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Re: Show HN: MuscleWiki – A fitness website using gifs

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Post by w0ts0n »

zaid9 wrote: post #9
w0ts0n wrote: post #2

Today I launched MuscleWiki. The goal of this website is to make a easy to use, to the point, exercise guide. Version one enables people to click a body part and then get quick loading, high res gifs. No 10 minutes intro explaining, no super low resolution. I plan on expanding this into male/female/home/gym/kettlebells/etc options that users can check. I also plan on opening the site up to the community to develop tr…

Great idea! Have you considered giving the user the option to load gifs individually (or in sets of 2 as your app seems to be organized)? Loading 20+ gifs per muscle groups takes a lot of time and bandwidth on slower connections.

Yup! That's pretty much one of the end goals. I need a dev on board really (and I'm searching)

Re: Show HN: MuscleWiki – A fitness website using gifs

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Post by paulddraper »

nataliam511 wrote: post #13

Are you planning on filling out those body parts that aren't currently clickable? I know you can't really lift weight for wrists, for example, but working on their mobility is fairly important, especially for those of us attached to a keyboard.

You can lift weights for wrists. Though that's a bit like saying "lift weights for elbows".

The actual muscles are in the forearms. https://musclewiki.org/Forearms

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Post by Nadya »

paulddraper wrote: post #14
nataliam511 wrote: post #13

Are you planning on filling out those body parts that aren't currently clickable? I know you can't really lift weight for wrists, for example, but working on their mobility is fairly important, especially for those of us attached to a keyboard.

You can lift weights for wrists. Though that's a bit like saying "lift weights for elbows". The actual muscles are in the forearms. https://musclewiki.org/Forearms

Depends how strict you're trying to be...

Yes, the extensor indicis and pollicis longus muscles are "part of the forearm" but most people would consider those "wrists". While FPL and FDP would be "forearm". I'd argue pronator quadratus is also "wrists" even though it is also "part of the forearm".

Note: Wikipedia for names, I only wish I knew my muscles that well. But I understand what nataliam511 meant by "wrists".

Re: Show HN: MuscleWiki – A fitness website using gifs

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Post by paulddraper »

Nadya wrote: post #16
paulddraper wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can lift weights for wrists. Though that's a bit like saying "lift weights for elbows". The actual muscles are in the forearms. https://musclewiki.org/Forearms

Depends how strict you're trying to be... Yes, the extensor indicis and pollicis longus muscles are "part of the forearm" but most people would consider those "wrists". While FPL and FDP would be "forearm". I'd argue pronator quadratus is also "wrists" even though it is also "part of the forearm". Note: Wikipedia for names, I only wish I knew my muscles that well. But I understand what nataliam511 meant by "wrists".

True. Anyway, my link shows what you can do for your "wrists" with weights.
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