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

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Post by Kovah »

sanderjd wrote: post #215
Kovah wrote: post #194

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No. I indeed paid a human to set up a training plan and show me how to correctly execute the exercises. Highly recommend that to anybody starting with weightlifting. There's so much you can do wrong.

How did that work? Did you have to sign up to a subscription at a gym and use a personal trainer there?

Yes I have a gym membership and they offer sessions with a personal trainer for a flat fee per hour. Talked with my trainer, told him what I wanted to achieve and he wrote a basic plan based on that. Then we went around the studio and he explained all exercises and how to do them properly.

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Post by Rapzid »

nsagent wrote: post #186
Rapzid wrote: post #179

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5x5 and 3x5 are out of vogue for lots of reasons but it largely boils down to: * Not enough volume * Non-periodized That first bit means different things at different phases of a lifting "career". But generally speaking "time under tension" and research into effective rep ranges has changed modern thinking on set sizes and volume. These days people, including World's Strongest Men, tend to recommend higher rep ranges…

Weird. I've lifted on and off for 25 years. For most of that time I did the stereotypical 3x8-12 and saw much slower progression. During the past couple years I switched to a 5x5 plan and saw massive gains in strength, even while I was cutting weight via a caloric deficit (was eating 1500-1600 calories a day, but had lots of protein and adequate carbs). For reference, I went from a dumbbell bench press of 45lb to 75l…

It's not that weird; Stronglifts (SL aka 5x5) and Starting Strength (SS aka 3x5) both utilize progressive overload to stimulate gains.

Progressive overload works. Those programs "work".

They are just out of vogue for beginners, and they are both targeted towards beginners.

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

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Post by busymom0 »

paul7986 wrote: post #227
busymom0 wrote: post #172

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Even a little bit of variation in the amount of calories consumed vs detected by AI will be the difference between gaining or losing weight. Also, since fats are the most dense calorie wise (9 per gram), and also hardest to detect by AI as fats are usually transparent (oil), it's even harder to get a remotely accurate measurement of calories.

I think most important thing is calories consumed not fats and sugars, etc as it's simple the less you consume the less weight you can take on. Having smart glasses automagically telling u how much your consuming for each meal & total caloric daily intake via audio or visually within the glasses i think would be powerful! Majority of people have no idea how much they consume and I'm betting they consume anywhere betw…

I think you are missing the point. I am saying that a smart glass or AI will be unable to tell the amount of calories with any reasonable level of accuracy because fats (oil for example) are the most calorie dense while also the most invisible in pictures. And even a tiny bit of inaccuracy in this measurement is enough to put one from a calorie deficit (losing weight) to calorie surplus (gaining weight).

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Post by dankwizard »

nsagent wrote: post #186
Rapzid wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

5x5 and 3x5 are out of vogue for lots of reasons but it largely boils down to: * Not enough volume * Non-periodized That first bit means different things at different phases of a lifting "career". But generally speaking "time under tension" and research into effective rep ranges has changed modern thinking on set sizes and volume. These days people, including World's Strongest Men, tend to recommend higher rep ranges…

Weird. I've lifted on and off for 25 years. For most of that time I did the stereotypical 3x8-12 and saw much slower progression. During the past couple years I switched to a 5x5 plan and saw massive gains in strength, even while I was cutting weight via a caloric deficit (was eating 1500-1600 calories a day, but had lots of protein and adequate carbs). For reference, I went from a dumbbell bench press of 45lb to 75l…

I'm sorry but what?

You have been lifting weights somewhat regularly for 25 years, majority 3x8-12, and the switch to 5x5 increased your dumb bell bench press from ~20kg to ~35kg?

There is just no way. That is extremely light weight. Like, most beginners who follow any sort of progressive overloading system will be at that level in 4 weeks starting from essentially 0

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

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Post by 8mobile »

Hi, congrats for workout.cool I really like that it lets you build workout plans and track progress, super useful for my projects. It would be great if it also had a way to sync with wearables or import data from fitness trackers in the future. Keep it up!

Thanks

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

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Post by eclat »

mywittyname wrote: post #109

This is great! I've been looking for an alternative to Strong, since it has a limit on the number of workout templates that you can have in the free version (and $100+ for such a simple app feels excessive). I added a link to my home screen to make it feel like an app and I'll give it a go for a week to see how it goes.

I feel like strong strikes the right balance of simplicity and features. It has everything one needs and no bloat.

The sign up flow on workout cool is really strange - I just want to input my regime and record sessions.

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

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Post by RankingMember »

Rapzid wrote: post #232
nsagent wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weird. I've lifted on and off for 25 years. For most of that time I did the stereotypical 3x8-12 and saw much slower progression. During the past couple years I switched to a 5x5 plan and saw massive gains in strength, even while I was cutting weight via a caloric deficit (was eating 1500-1600 calories a day, but had lots of protein and adequate carbs). For reference, I went from a dumbbell bench press of 45lb to 75l…

It's not that weird; Stronglifts (SL aka 5x5) and Starting Strength (SS aka 3x5) both utilize progressive overload to stimulate gains. Progressive overload works. Those programs "work". They are just out of vogue for beginners, and they are both targeted towards beginners.

Out of vogue for beginners according to what/who? This is the first I'm hearing of a falloff of 3x5/5x5 for beginners, so I'm confused where this is coming from.

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

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Post by surgomat »

dankwizard wrote: post #235
nsagent wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weird. I've lifted on and off for 25 years. For most of that time I did the stereotypical 3x8-12 and saw much slower progression. During the past couple years I switched to a 5x5 plan and saw massive gains in strength, even while I was cutting weight via a caloric deficit (was eating 1500-1600 calories a day, but had lots of protein and adequate carbs). For reference, I went from a dumbbell bench press of 45lb to 75l…

I'm sorry but what? You have been lifting weights somewhat regularly for 25 years, majority 3x8-12, and the switch to 5x5 increased your dumb bell bench press from ~20kg to ~35kg? There is just no way. That is extremely light weight. Like, most beginners who follow any sort of progressive overloading system will be at that level in 4 weeks starting from essentially 0

Just jumping in here to feed my ego :D

after 15 years of lifting, I'm currently pushing 4x10 with 50kg dumbbells on the bench. So yeah, 35kg after 25 years seems odd unless those 25 years weren't exactly "serious" or "consistent" let's say.

No judgment, but yeah

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