Why do you show different exercises everyday? Technique is important especially for bodyweight exercises.
How can you call it "HackerBody" when bodyweight exercises are so much less effective than Weight lifting?
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#22Why do you show different exercises everyday? Technique is important especially for bodyweight exercises. How can you call it "HackerBody" when bodyweight exercises are so much less effective than Weight lifting?
[citation needed]
There are pros and cons to bodyweight and free weight depending on the desired outcomes. Neither strictly dominates the other.
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#23What makes a fitness program hacker friendly? That's basically reinforcing some stereotype that all coders belong to this fraternity of brothers. We don't. We are professionally programmers, but once I step outside of my job I am no longer a programmer. Fitness shouldn't be targeted at a specific profession, instead it should be targeted at people who work in similar conditions. Office jobs vs programmers, which make…
Agreed 100%. I've seen several fitness sites try to brand themselves as "geek" or "nerd" oriented, but at best they're just the same old thing with a couple of video game jokes added.
I'd love to see someone actually address the motivational and cultural differences that people from the geek subculture have, instead of just thinking that you can slap a coat of paint on the same old bro-and-jock approach.
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#24What makes a fitness program hacker friendly? That's basically reinforcing some stereotype that all coders belong to this fraternity of brothers. We don't. We are professionally programmers, but once I step outside of my job I am no longer a programmer. Fitness shouldn't be targeted at a specific profession, instead it should be targeted at people who work in similar conditions. Office jobs vs programmers, which make…
A business needn't go for as broad a market as they could, and is often rewarded by targeting (and really resonating with) a narrow niche.
Due to the name I immediately felt right at home, that this was totally for me. "Feel Better. Code Better. Level Up."? Heck yeah, speaks right to me.
I signed up without hesitation and enjoyed a nice 26 minute break from coding. Something aimed at "office workers who sit all day" likely wouldn't have gotten that response from me.
(And if the "hacker" tagline really does end up weighing down this venture, spinning off a rebranded version or two for other niches could quickly solve that problem.)
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#25What's wrong with meatheads? As if getting in Bodybuilding-shape didnt require the same dedication as programming. I'd even say true bodybuilding is far more demanding than being a programmer. Not necessarily requiring as much math, but nobody in his right mind would compare against that.
Also, this program will not help you get in shape.
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#26As a fellow weight loss geek, I recommend dropping gluten and milk from your diet.
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#27Are the videos necessary, how about photos and a timer for low bandwidth/speed? Just a though. ;)
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#28What makes a fitness program hacker friendly? That's basically reinforcing some stereotype that all coders belong to this fraternity of brothers. We don't. We are professionally programmers, but once I step outside of my job I am no longer a programmer. Fitness shouldn't be targeted at a specific profession, instead it should be targeted at people who work in similar conditions. Office jobs vs programmers, which make…
A business needn't go for as broad a market as they could, and is often rewarded by targeting (and really resonating with) a narrow niche. Due to the name I immediately felt right at home, that this was totally for me. "Feel Better. Code Better. Level Up."? Heck yeah, speaks right to me. I signed up without hesitation and enjoyed a nice 26 minute break from coding. Something aimed at "office workers who sit all day"…
The idea of a pragmatic plan to get in shape appealed to me as a programmer, but I read this kind of language and cringe:
"Feel Better. Code Better. Level Up."
"Being healthy will make you a better programmer."
I think the "hacker" market can be captured without being so patronizing.
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#29There are 5 fields to fill out to sign up? At the very least, provide a Facebook or other one-click sign in option.
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#30What makes a fitness program hacker friendly? That's basically reinforcing some stereotype that all coders belong to this fraternity of brothers. We don't. We are professionally programmers, but once I step outside of my job I am no longer a programmer. Fitness shouldn't be targeted at a specific profession, instead it should be targeted at people who work in similar conditions. Office jobs vs programmers, which make…
A business needn't go for as broad a market as they could, and is often rewarded by targeting (and really resonating with) a narrow niche. Due to the name I immediately felt right at home, that this was totally for me. "Feel Better. Code Better. Level Up."? Heck yeah, speaks right to me. I signed up without hesitation and enjoyed a nice 26 minute break from coding. Something aimed at "office workers who sit all day"…
My whole point is that they aren't resonating with that niche. Being a hacker doesn't say anything about your fitness level. I know plenty of Engineers that are healthy as hell and work out regularly (myself included). This is basically stereotyping engineers into the pale fraile archetype. Not everyone who codes is a vegan-overly-politically-correct-Bay-Area-hipster. There's a lot of diversity in people who consider themselves coders.
If you want to call it "Geek" fitness or "Nerd" fitness, that's one thing. The whole level up angle is being done by Fitocracy successfully and they aren't targeting coders, they are targeting people who like games and tech, which is a large group of people who may be put off by the hacker angle. By labeling hacker, they are saying that "only people who code will really understand our product".