It is splendid, something I was looking for. You could now concentrate for a better UI/phone app. A suggestion, You can also look for customizing/substituting workouts for the exact duration.
Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project
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#82This is really great! I was telling my fiancé about this workout just today. I read the NYT article but it was very sparse on details. Where can I find more info? About the research, more details about the workout itself (for example, during intervals is it full-on 100% all the effort I can muster, how many reps am I aiming for, is it done every day), etc? Thanks for this. I'll give it a try in about an hour!
I believe this was the paper on which the NYT article was based: http://journals.lww.com/acsm-healthfitness/Fulltext/2013/050...
Excellent. Thanks for the link!
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#83That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute workout timer. Then you're in trouble, huh?
No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.
7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.
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#84This is great, thanks! I'd like to hear a ding or some audio notification at the end of each section.
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#85excellent.
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#86Pretty Javascript.
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#87I'm wrecked! Should be called the 1 minute work out :-) Nice idea and love the way you implemented it with the simple graphics on top of the countdown. The dots idea is also cool. Well done!
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#88Great idea, you could make a pretty cool app out of this: let people create routines by letting them associate pictures with exercise names and amount of seconds. They could then create workouts by creating a list of exercises and rest periods and play their routing with the timer you created. Does this exist? I want one.
I agree that for the best results, changing it up (also called Muscle Confusion - http://athletics.wikia.com/wiki/Muscle_Confusion_Principle ) is also necessary. Instead of making your own workout (which most people are not qualified to do), we've built an app that asks for your goal, level, time, equipment, etc. to build you a personalized routine that changes as you go: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/pumpup-workou…
Love this app! It's so personal, sometimes I think it knows more about what I want than my girlfriend.
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#89Awesome!
What would be nice is a choice to confirm between exercises so you can hit spacebar to continue and a multiplier for the speed of the tick.
I'm not sure I can do 1 push up/sec for half a minute as a first training session. :P
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.
7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.
I only work out for prime numbered minutes, so 7 works very well. ;)