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I keep on hearing about Elixir/Phoenix. What is the advantage of putting this on Elixir vs something like Rails or Laravel?
How do gyms make it into the database? I'm looking at where I live (Brooklyn), and almost every single gym listed is a CrossFit gym. There are a considerable number of missing gyms. Otherwise, this is awesome. I work out at home now, but when I was looking for a gym a while back, it was extremely annoying. New York is especially bad since most gyms are small and/or prioritize cardio equipment and weight machines as o…
So my initial feed was the 3500+ Crossfit gyms, plus an additional 600-700 powerlifting, weightlifting, and strongman gyms across the country. I knew these places would have great equipment, great staff, and the amenities fitness enthusiasts would need to get in a great workout.
That said, as you can see, Crossfit dominates more than 80% of my current results. If you sort by Price you may find a smaller, niche gym in your area that will likely be much cheaper and will accommodate your workout type.
What does it matter what it's built in if it's not an open project? First issue. I click an icon on the right yet the menu it controls opens on the left.
This is great. Reminds me of my first node/angular project http://gymnear.com/
My data is sourced in-house specifically because I didn't want to include globos that had crappy policies or insufficient equipment.
We're building a real estate research tool to help people find the right home based on their lifestyle. This could be really interesting for us if ever there's traction. I'm particularly interested in ratings and reviews and the filtering capability.
For me up in the North of England, I only get two gyms. Both are in London which is not feasible in the slightest to get to.
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My area only shows Crossfit gyms. Are there other gym types planned? Also, although this appears more like a personal project and less like a startup, the ability to cancel a membership through this site would be great. Membership cancellation is one of the biggest pains with gyms today.
The original thought behind this experiment was to include quality gyms with a vast amount of equipment. Turns out that Crossfit gyms fit the bill there. I had a great data feed of them, so they represent about 90% of the gyms in the US on our list. The rest are smaller, mom-and-pop powerlifting and strongman gyms. If you sort by price you'll find many of those other gyms are listed on the site. The next step is to o…
Also, how do you modify the data that is on there? There's incorrection information for my gym.
This is great. Reminds me of my first node/angular project http://gymnear.com/
Cool! I like that project, how did you source your feeds - directly from Google Places? My data is sourced in-house specifically because I didn't want to include globos that had crappy policies or insufficient equipment.
I think the idea of having an in house database that users could add information (type of gym, type of equipment, etc.) could be very powerful.
Your project seems to be heading down that route. I would love to help contribute!!
Clicking on 'Price' under 'Sort by' results in the error message: > Sorry bro! We couldn't find any gyms in your area, so head up to search bar and try again. when there are gyms displayed for same area when sorted by location edit: looks like it's triggered when area's gyms don't have any associated prices
This is correct! You're likely in a smaller demographic where I don't have a lot of price information. I haven't fully fleshed-out how I want to handle this, originally I wanted to order by any that had a price (lowest to highest), and THEN show the remaining gyms which have no price info (as by default they are listed at 0 dollars in the DB, I think).