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Re: Show HN: Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform

#21

Love it! Would be cool to be able to optionally select muscle groups first, i.e. before selecting equipment. Also, seeing all available exercises for a muscle group rather than the pre-defined 3 would help tailor the experience more.

Why muscles first?

Because the purpose of exercising is usually not to use a certain machine but to train a certain muscle (group).

Re: Show HN: Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform

#24

Love it! Would be cool to be able to optionally select muscle groups first, i.e. before selecting equipment. Also, seeing all available exercises for a muscle group rather than the pre-defined 3 would help tailor the experience more.

Why muscles first?

You generally want to make sure you're working out specific muscles or muscle groups a certain of times each week and with a certain number of working sets, rather than "I have used $MACHINE recently so I need to do that today."

Re: Show HN: Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform

#27

I don't get the pick the muscles thing almost as much as I get the open source fitness thing.

Agree, it seems like a mismatch of features and audience.

As someone who doesn't know much about working out or what exercises to do this sounds like a good app. I need help, but picking based on muscles is off. My thought and goals are not by muscle group, but losing weight or getting more toned.

Conversely, someone who knows what muscle groups they want to target, probably already has some sense of the exercises to target and thus less likely to need the app.

Re: Show HN: Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform

#29

I don't get the pick the muscles thing almost as much as I get the open source fitness thing.

Agree, it seems like a mismatch of features and audience. As someone who doesn't know much about working out or what exercises to do this sounds like a good app. I need help, but picking based on muscles is off. My thought and goals are not by muscle group, but losing weight or getting more toned. Conversely, someone who knows what muscle groups they want to target, probably already has some sense of the exercises to…

For someone like me, who have had an accident (dislocated kneecap) and need to focus on special muscle groups to compensate it makes sense to search for exercises based on muscle groups.
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