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Are the videos necessary, how about photos and a timer for low bandwidth/speed? Just a though. ;)
As a hacker who codes all day and likes to understand how things work, I don't find this particularly enticing. I'm not particularly interested in paying for something when I don't even know what I'm going to get, how it works, what it's track record is, etc. Furthermore, you're going to have a tough time competing with all the stuff I can get for free or the much more well known things that I can pay for.
HackerBody workouts are 100% free. We require people to make an account because we're launching some really cool stuff soon that requires one.
As a hacker who enjoy fitness and lifting weights, the message "'meat head' free" tainted my impression of this site, as if my way of working out was bad. I happen to be someone who doesn't want "muscles on muscles on muscles" but I am also someone who works at a desk 8 hours a day and wants to stay healthy, and trust me, even lifting heavy weights 3 times a week does not turn you into some freak of nature. That said…
Regardless of the reasons for this, I believe hacker-centric health services really could use more "meathead free options".
Will there be an API for this?
As a hacker who codes all day and likes to understand how things work, I don't find this particularly enticing. I'm not particularly interested in paying for something when I don't even know what I'm going to get, how it works, what it's track record is, etc. Furthermore, you're going to have a tough time competing with all the stuff I can get for free or the much more well known things that I can pay for.
HackerBody workouts are 100% free. We require people to make an account because we're launching some really cool stuff soon that requires one.
1) I was assuming "Get Started for Free" means there's a free trial followed by a subscription fee type service.
2) It would go a long way to have a little more content (in terms of pics or specifics about the program) to tease sign-ups. The sign-up wall came a little too soon, before I felt interested enough to continue.
Not sure where your TOS came from but there seems to be a lot of focus on free trial that moves to a subscription after 30 days. This is a valid choice for a business model but it seems like it will limit your growth.
From a technical standpoint it looks like some of the routes for authenticated users are available to unauthentic folks like me. Also, ssl is a requirement even for early stage projects, pick one up asap.
All that said, you o have a nice bootstrap based layout that looks nice which is more than many projects have.
Lastly, being from Grand Rapids I do like the 'Made in the Mitten – By geeks, for geeks.' slogan.
1. Subscribe to fitness-related forums on reddit or find friends with whom you can compete. Huge motivational boosts here.
2. Try not to let yourself get depressed when you have weeks upon weeks of really tough work with no end in sight. This happened to me recently and I let go of my habits which I had built up over months. It's seriously killing me and my mood is suffering. It's a vicious cycle.
3. Eat well. Doesn't mean eat like a rabbit (you'd be surprised, you don't even need to eat remotely like a rabbit.) Like Scooby said in his videos: eat a little less, exercise a little more and lay off the carbs.
In as little as one month, people noticed the difference to the point where they said I appeared even more intimidating than usual (I'm pretty tall). I want to get to the point where I do this continuously for at least one year. But man, is it hard.
As a hacker who enjoy fitness and lifting weights, the message "'meat head' free" tainted my impression of this site, as if my way of working out was bad. I happen to be someone who doesn't want "muscles on muscles on muscles" but I am also someone who works at a desk 8 hours a day and wants to stay healthy, and trust me, even lifting heavy weights 3 times a week does not turn you into some freak of nature. That said…
The "meat head free" line was good. I'm really tired of seeing how often programmer-focused sites tend to advocate eating huge amounts of meat, equate muscles with health, bash on endurance training and simply ignore things like yoga or pilates. This could be related to the extremely male-dominated demographic of the audience. Regardless of the reasons for this, I believe hacker-centric health services really could u…
As a hacker who enjoy fitness and lifting weights, the message "'meat head' free" tainted my impression of this site, as if my way of working out was bad. I happen to be someone who doesn't want "muscles on muscles on muscles" but I am also someone who works at a desk 8 hours a day and wants to stay healthy, and trust me, even lifting heavy weights 3 times a week does not turn you into some freak of nature. That said…
Acconrad, I appreciate your thoughts on the tagline, "meat head free". My goal was to appeal to people who aren't already doing something active. HackerBody isn't the end-all in being active but it's a great place for people to get started. The videos are just the tip of the iceberg. I wanted to get this launched and get feedback before I push out new features. Thanks for taking time to give me your feedback!
By putting other people down? Classy.