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15 Years of Building Jefit

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Re: 15 Years of Building Jefit

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Post by oldpersonintx2 »

youtube is FLOODED with free fitness content, I mean, you could workout for five years and never see the same video twice

its all evergreen - crunches from five years ago are just as good today

everyone I know who worked as a personal trainer has moved out of the industry

endless free resources out there

and then the content connected to devices like Peloton etc

not sure how you can make a buck in this business

want to track your progress? look in the mirror or guesstimate

Re: 15 Years of Building Jefit

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Post by placardloop »

tallanvor wrote: post #8
xnx wrote: post #3

Longtime Jefit user. I respect that it the enshittifiction (e.g. locking "volume" charts behind a subscription) has been slow enough to not force me to another product. I've definitely encountered many many bugs, but only a few that have resulted in partial data loss. Lots of respect with allowing data export in a simple format like .csv Did the "recent" exercise sort get removed?

I've been using it for a long time as well, but I'm really tired of the constant up-sell attempts. I really just want a dead simple app to track my work, and I really feel like Jefit is moving further and further away from that.

If you’re on iOS, the app “Strong” is a really simple but great tracking app. On Android there is “FitNotes” which is a little bit more barebones, but still really functional. I have tried Jefit a few times and think it’s great but ended up using these other ones because of their simplicity.

Re: 15 Years of Building Jefit

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Post by warmwaffles »

xnx wrote: post #3

Longtime Jefit user. I respect that it the enshittifiction (e.g. locking "volume" charts behind a subscription) has been slow enough to not force me to another product. I've definitely encountered many many bugs, but only a few that have resulted in partial data loss. Lots of respect with allowing data export in a simple format like .csv Did the "recent" exercise sort get removed?

I stopped using the app around 2018 and went back to pencil and paper. Although I did like the diagrams on the movements to do, but once you learn them, you can't forget them. I never entered the data into a spreadsheet though, I didn't care about tracking gains. All I cared about was, what I was doing last week and where I am at this week.

Re: 15 Years of Building Jefit

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Post by chihuahua »

It would be interesting to hear more about why the move to Silicon Valley was necessary.

"My team in North Carolina didn't want to relocate. If I moved, I'd be starting from scratch, with no team"

I wonder what was the problem with the existing team working remote?

Re: 15 Years of Building Jefit

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Post by Cyphus »

tallanvor wrote: post #8
xnx wrote: post #3

Longtime Jefit user. I respect that it the enshittifiction (e.g. locking "volume" charts behind a subscription) has been slow enough to not force me to another product. I've definitely encountered many many bugs, but only a few that have resulted in partial data loss. Lots of respect with allowing data export in a simple format like .csv Did the "recent" exercise sort get removed?

I've been using it for a long time as well, but I'm really tired of the constant up-sell attempts. I really just want a dead simple app to track my work, and I really feel like Jefit is moving further and further away from that.

Heavyset on iOS should fit the bill perfectly. It has everything I want in a workout tracker (weights based on percentage of training max, workout calculator, Apple Health integration) and nothing more. https://www.runloop.com/heavyset

Re: 15 Years of Building Jefit

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Post by BlackjackCF »

placardloop wrote: post #12
tallanvor wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using it for a long time as well, but I'm really tired of the constant up-sell attempts. I really just want a dead simple app to track my work, and I really feel like Jefit is moving further and further away from that.

If you’re on iOS, the app “Strong” is a really simple but great tracking app. On Android there is “FitNotes” which is a little bit more barebones, but still really functional. I have tried Jefit a few times and think it’s great but ended up using these other ones because of their simplicity.

Hevy is another great and simple iOS workout tracking app in the same vein as Strong.

Re: 15 Years of Building Jefit

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Post by reactordev »

chihuahua wrote: post #14

It would be interesting to hear more about why the move to Silicon Valley was necessary. "My team in North Carolina didn't want to relocate. If I moved, I'd be starting from scratch, with no team" I wonder what was the problem with the existing team working remote?

This. The guy was sold a dream that only SV could make it. Totally not true. I’m sure the value of SV networking is great but what would that provide him? There’s plenty of opportunities he could have pursued in his home state. Raleigh-Durham has a very healthy investment culture.

I’m always skeptical of people who built something elsewhere then decided Silicon Valley is the only place they can grow. Sounds like someone said that to him and he just ran with it. With all the VC’s turning him down, he could have done that on the east coast just as effectively.

List of partners in his home state that could have been interested:

   Frontier Growth
   SJF Ventures
   Bessemer
   River Cities Capital Fund
   Wildwood
Having participated in countless Startup Weeks (Boulder being my favorite), there’s opportunity everywhere if you’re willing to put yourself out there.

Re: 15 Years of Building Jefit

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Post by FredPret »

tallanvor wrote: post #8
xnx wrote: post #3

Longtime Jefit user. I respect that it the enshittifiction (e.g. locking "volume" charts behind a subscription) has been slow enough to not force me to another product. I've definitely encountered many many bugs, but only a few that have resulted in partial data loss. Lots of respect with allowing data export in a simple format like .csv Did the "recent" exercise sort get removed?

I've been using it for a long time as well, but I'm really tired of the constant up-sell attempts. I really just want a dead simple app to track my work, and I really feel like Jefit is moving further and further away from that.

If you're on iOS, consider this completely crazy idea:

Apple Numbers.

I started doing this with Excel, but the AN experience on mobile is great. You can even add simple forms.

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