We have recently built https://www.co-train.space/ to let people exercise online with Youtube video. See discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22890595
Ask HN: How are you exercising at home?
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#12I have an exercise bike to which I added a tablet (an old bookshelf plank I had lying around) on which I can put my laptop. It’s pretty hard to type but it’s perfect for conf calls and a bit of light document reading. I have a lot more conf calls since we went into lockdown so I can manage at least 30 minutes of biking every day while sitting in meetings. I have never gotten so much exercise so regularly! I also do H…
How can you possibly bike while in a meeting and still make a meaningful contribution? I
1) I usually bike on a low-resistance setting where I can talk without being out of breath (similar to talking and walking). If I’m on a higher setting and I need to talk, I just stop biking.
2) I was going to insert a joke about meetings and meaningful contributions here. But more seriously a lot of meetings are about synchronisation, which means that I spend most of my time listening. Believe it or not, it’s easier to concentrate on what everyone is saying when biking rather than, for instance, reading your emails or browsing the internet.
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#13In India, we have this app called cure.fit[1] which now conducts live CrossFit classes for anyone to attend from home. This is just body weight movements and no equipment.
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#14I sold my other equipment and just have a pull up station now. I use it for different pull up variations (wide grip, chin up, etc), dips, and knee/leg raises.
Aside from that, I do some stretching, climb the stairs in my apartment for cardio/legs (30 floors), do a few pushups, bodyweight squats, etc.
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#15My wife and I decided we did not want to pay for Crossfit and the math worked out that if we built a home gym, we’d eventually be saving. Olympic bars and weights, two racks, pull up station, kettlebells and dumbbells, assault bike, rower, treadmill, ghd, wallballs...
We do a mix of an app called StreetParking, some Instagram workouts, and some stuff we just make up. StreetParking is nice because it has daily workouts all the way from body weight to oly and power programs.
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#16Burpees...lots and lots of burpees. And also, burpees
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#17My partner and I had been working with a personal trainer up until the lockdown hit and had sold most of our exercise equipment before we moved to London, so without the gym we were a bit stuck. Thankfully we did have a rowing machine and some dumbbells so have been using those with an app called FitBod. You enter the equipment you have and it builds a workout based on that. It also has body weight exercises too. Once we’re out of lockdown I suspect we’ll skip the personal trainer and keep using FitBod, just at the gym instead.
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#18No equipment calisthenics, theres loads on YouTube and images for routines
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#19I have an indoor bike. It's pretty awesome. I hurt my foot about 1.5 years ago, and combined with way too much work, I stopped doing sports.
Luckily, I got back in the game roughly at start of Dec. Now, I do 4 times/week, 40 minutes pretty high intensity. At the end of the workout, my bpm is between 185-192.
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#20Almost bought a Concept2 rowing machine on the day UK lockdown started, decided not to, now there is no stock left in country and no possibility of getting one until at least June. Really regret it.
If anyone has ideas how I can beg, borrow or buy one I'd love to know!