Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project

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Post by samolang » Fri, May 17, 2013, 12:01 PM UTC

lgsilver wrote: post #51

Thanks again to everyone. I'm going to keep the webapp completely open and free as long as anyone is using it, and I'll definitely open up the code once I clean it a bit. If anyone would like to port it to IOS, I'd be happy to chat. lgsilver (at) gmail.com -- Lindsay

I know this is against the rules, but I just wanted to say thank you. This is super convenient and I hope to use it on a regular basis. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project

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Post by trgraglia » Fri, May 17, 2013, 12:35 PM UTC

Pretty similar to the Android app 'Relaxed Abs'. Awesome job!

Re: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project

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Post by zeroexzeroone » Fri, May 17, 2013, 1:45 PM UTC

It would also be pretty sweet to have the ability to move exercises around. I tend to throw in pull-ups and other stuff at the end (with things around the house). Possibly even creating custom 7-min workouts that fit the guidelines of upper/lower/upper/lower, etc.

EDIT: but this is an awesome thing, regardless

Re: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project

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Post by papsosouid » Fri, May 17, 2013, 2:36 PM UTC

nthitz wrote: post #13

It seemed like most of the comments when the article was on HN were saying that this is not a very good workout... Having said that, cool site, looks great!

I don't think that is an accurate summary. There is tons of scientific evidence for short, high intensity training like this. The only legit complaints were the idiot saying it is useless because it won't make you into a power lifter (it certainly won't make you a power lifter, but that doesn't make it useless), and the people pointing out that you should check with your doctor first to make sure you don't hurt yourself.

Re: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project

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Post by papsosouid » Fri, May 17, 2013, 2:38 PM UTC

Alterlife wrote: post #137

I didn't know what a wall sit was, so I looked it up ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_sit ). According to wkiipedia, it's safety is disputed: might be injure someone with bad knees... something to keep in mind.

>According to wkiipedia, it's safety is disputed

To be more accurate: according to an unsupported claim made by a single random individual.

Re: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project

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Post by Otiel » Fri, May 17, 2013, 3:03 PM UTC

You should specify a different tone for the last 3 "bips". We can't be looking the screen 100 percent of the time, so a different "bip" to indicate that the end of the current countdown would be a good addition imo.

Re: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project

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Post by nosequel » Fri, May 17, 2013, 4:12 PM UTC

jacques_chester wrote: post #102

garrettgottlieb wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

"Muscle Confusion" is not a legitimate physiological property. It seems to be a mutated misunderstanding of "accommodation", which is almost entirely a nervous system phenomenon having almost little to do with adaptations in muscle tissue. The best form of "changing it up" for hypertrophy is to modulate standard acute training variables. Merely randomly changing exercises is ... not efficient.

I wish I could upvote this several times. Muscle confusion is a b.s. term, you need periodization in your training. Merely doing random shit everyday is going to work while your are a total newb, but you'll never get really strong that way.

Re: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project

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Post by daninfpj » Fri, May 17, 2013, 4:39 PM UTC

I was going to make an app for this. You beat me to it, and it's pretty good, no reason for me to bother now.

Re: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project

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Post by freefrancisco » Fri, May 17, 2013, 4:42 PM UTC

I love it, thank you! I just tried it now. I have one suggestion, at the end when it's time for side plank, it is not clear when you should switch sides. I thought I would rest, and then the timer would tell me to do the other side, but at this time the timer was done. It would be better if the timer indicated when to switch sides, or had two segments, one for each side. Other than that, it was perfect!

Re: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project

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Post by mcgwiz » Fri, May 17, 2013, 5:03 PM UTC

Nice job.

I don't want to presume anything. Did you purposefully shorten the workout from that described in the ACSM article? It indicated 30 seconds on and 10 seconds off. (Your total duration variable should be 480--don't ask me how they added that up to "7 minutes"!) This has lead to some confusion in the comments here. And, although their intervals are somewhat arbitrary, and asserting this routine is "scientific" is debatable to begin with, it would be more accurate.

Again, great job.