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Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by tootie »

sentinel wrote: post #24

Great idea! At some point in the past, I had spent... maybe 10-12 hours putting together a number of bodyweight + dumbbell exercises I picked up from YouTube. I used Giphy to record GIFs of the movement, and saved them all in a Trello dashboard (tagged and everything). I used it every time I went to the gym to figure out what exercises I could do for a particular muscle group.

A classic web 1.0 website that is still humming along is ExRx that documents hundreds of different weight lifting techniques:

https://exrx.net/

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Post by teh_g »

amelius wrote: post #27

What I want is an app that counts reps/sets for me. I.e., point phone camera at self, the apps starts counting down (using a voice), and stops when I'm done. It should auto-detect the exercise.

What I want is an app that screams at me like a drill sergeant: "Let's go, you got 10 more to go! Keep up!"

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Post by tylerscott »

sitesuniverse wrote: post #8
catchmeifyoucan wrote: post #3

I like it! It looks similar to strong lifts app. Will you have your own app that goes alongside this?

I think the first step would be to export routines as a spreadsheet. Eventually an app would be awesome though. Do you have any suggestions?

I have an open source app that uses a language called Traindown to record exercises. It might be of interest for folks who prefer text or more "free form" recording of workouts: https://traindown.com/transponder/.

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Post by datsaladbowl »

jayroh wrote: post #4

Would _love_ to see a community sourced database of "explain it like I'm 5" translations. Example: What does "Bent Over Lateral Raise" mean? Show me? Lateral ... to what? I'm sure I can figure that out, but, for the newbies of the world it's another hurdle to keep them from actually starting/moving.

Quick plug, but l made some attempts at this: https://github.com/wrkout/exercises.json

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by sitesuniverse »

lcjy wrote: post #30

Love the idea, although it is indeed quite similar to liftvault without the routine names. Might be worth considering having a centralized repository of exercises with curated links to videos which demonstrate how to perform that exercise with proper form. Then when creating the routine, you select from that list of exercises. This allows for a bit of consistency and quality control so people aren't throwing in rando…

One difference from liftvault is that users can't submit their own routines to liftvault (as far as I know).

Good suggestions. Thanks for the feedback!

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Post by Multiplayer »

amelius wrote: post #27

What I want is an app that counts reps/sets for me. I.e., point phone camera at self, the apps starts counting down (using a voice), and stops when I'm done. It should auto-detect the exercise.

I have the tempo.fit - It's a giant video screen with camera that does exactly this. It's a great piece of kit.

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Post by neogodless »

I was wondering if https://musclewiki.com/ was going to pop up. My wife had just sent it to me earlier this week.

It lets you pick gender, muscle group, exercise type (stretch, bodyweight, barbell, dumbbells, kettlebells) and has detailed instructions and videos. (It does not have sets/reps like the shared site.) Perhaps they would be good to use in tandem.

Personally, I think for sets/reps, it follows most exercise advice. Choose what you'll actually do. If that's 3 sets of 5 reps, fine. Do that. If you can get yourself to consistently do more than that over time, you'll benefit from the increase in volume. (When I'm active, I follow Starting Strength style - increase warm-up weight while decreasing reps; then a bunch of working weight sets.)

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by sitesuniverse »

runawaybottle wrote: post #29

This is good. Some things I think you should consider: - Get users (hah, easier said than done of course). - Comments will help people find variations (not everyone has the same equipment, or have physical issues that require a variation of the workout, comments will fill that void). - Split this up into categories (core, legs, etc) - Link this stuff to YouTube videos (it’s just easier to watch someone doing it with…

Thanks for the feedback! Yes I am planning to do all of this. :)
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