Is this not just more AI slop? Why is anyone commenting or voint it up?
How do you even come to that conclusion? There's nothing on that page that screams "AI slop" to me.
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#122Damn, I made an app to track gym progress back in college; I've made a deal with the gym owner so I could workout for free. I hoped one day to polish it up and release it to the public. Mine had some good features, like the ability to share your protocol with other people
Awesome would love to see this app!
The idea of sharing your protocol (or full workout templates) is something I'm definitly building into Workout.cool as well. Users will be able to create routines, save them, and share them publicly (or privately) super useful for friends, coaches, or even just "community inspiration"?.
If you ever feel like revisiting your old project or contributing some ideas/features, I'd love to hear more!
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Yes totally unexpected! It is fixed right now. Traffic spiked and my backend rate limits kicked in too hard. Thanks so much for trying it out
I'm still getting the same error
maybe some weird cache?? sorry about that é_è... cannot see the error anymore in the logs
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#124Curious on the design decision to have a server backend, instead of just offloading everything to the client to avoid the hug of death issue and server costs.
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I'm not sure a beginner would know what order to place them in nor would they recognize the potential injury risk associated with stacking some of these exercises. Beginners should be focusing on form and simple compound lifts. Throwing them into things like heavy accessory lifts with no regard for exercise choice or format is a quick way to get hurt. Again, I want to applaud OP for doing this. The fitness industry i…
What are the odds someone is going to get hurt?
Pretty high if you don't know what you're doing with a weight that you're not strong enough to handle.
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#126Damn, I made an app to track gym progress back in college; I've made a deal with the gym owner so I could workout for free. I hoped one day to polish it up and release it to the public. Mine had some good features, like the ability to share your protocol with other people
Awesome would love to see this app! The idea of sharing your protocol (or full workout templates) is something I'm definitly building into Workout.cool as well. Users will be able to create routines, save them, and share them publicly (or privately) super useful for friends, coaches, or even just "community inspiration"?. If you ever feel like revisiting your old project or contributing some ideas/features, I'd love…
mine was a php mysql backend with a js spa running on the browser. back then I got a cheap server to host everything, but once the app (pwa) was installed there were only a handfull of requests per user.
my idea was to actually have a centralized backend and distribute the app. I need to take a look at the source code for that project...
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#128Wow, this doesn't suck at all. The thing that's missing for me is suggestions on how much to lift / how many reps. There's a fitness program called 100 Pushups that came up with a good solution for that… - Repeat the exercise (in this case, a push-up) as many times as possible until failure. A person might achieve 8, for example. - The app comes up with a schedule; every other day, the user is expected to do a set of…
I love that idea. Yeah i know this app : it is a great example of how simple, adaptive progression can really motivate people (specially beginners).
And yes I'd absolutely be interested in discussing a UI + flow for a self-adjusting progression system like that. Yeah. Let's talk about that, drop me a DM? I can think about some (ugly) alhorithm first
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Agree. IMO a simple 5x5 is going to be the better option for someone just starting out. Stronglifts is one flavor with a great app that just works and tracks all the little stuff (progression, giving you a specific rest time) and, once you plateau, you can start digging in to other options.
I also wanted to say that for people starting out keep it super simple. I wouldn't even use an app. At most a notebook or spreadsheet. Do "Starting Strength" (squats, bench, deadlift. 3 sets of 5). Start with a weight you can handle with good form, even if it's just the empty bar. When you can do that add 5 pounds at the next workout. Increasing the load is important but don't let your form break down. An app is not…
Couldn't agree more about form and keeping it simple. I would note, though, that an app can help with that, e.g. the one I mentioned has videos demonstrating proper form, and what I would do when starting out is video myself from the side and compare. An app will also track progression more easily on something you naturally carry around (your phone), versus needing to remember a notebook.
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#130As a fitness newbie, my first and most immediate feedback is confusion at the otherwise delightful muscle selection interface, which seems to be required during onboarding before I can see what the product does. I'm loosely aware of "push", "pull" and "leg" groupings, but I'm not personally familiar with what specific muscles each routine is actually meant to target. This seems to mean the app is currently only meant…
push and pull i can understand struggling on, but if you don't know legs that's kinda on you