I don't need a workout routine. I need someone that checks if I arrive at the gym. There is no service for that. Once I am at the gym I work out.
A personal trainer is the service you’re looking for. Or a gym friend group
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#32The UX is efficient to get started. I would also like to have something similar for office ergonomics, like stretching your back or neck when taking a break from the 'puter.
Thanks! Maybe this is something for you: https://stretch15.com/
This was actually the website that inspired me for workout.lol :D
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#33Very well done. It would be good if the video pop-overs were a bit larger by default (even double the size) as on my resolution screen they're pretty small. One of the videos was face-on (mountain climber) so I couldn't see really what was going on with the legs.
Thanks! Improving the video sizes is on my list and will hopefully come soon :)
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#34I don't need a workout routine. I need someone that checks if I arrive at the gym. There is no service for that. Once I am at the gym I work out.
MaaS (Motivation as a service). You send some a sum of money and if you don’t arrive at gym service keeps it.
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#35Love the site, and the workflow. As a non native speaker I understand you’re trying to keep the instructions brief but I have to read them multiple times to understand what to do. You could add some physiotherapy exercises with a stick as well.
Also love the site. > As a non native speaker I understand you’re trying to keep the instructions brief but I have to read them multiple times to understand what to do. I’m a native speaker and I frequently experience this reading workout instructions. Something about exercise language in general feels very clunky.
I found it’s a form of jargon, and once you know more about the field, it becomes much clearer.
Before I started working out at all, I found it really hard to follow any workout instructions (even videos). I couldn’t tell if what I was doing felt right or if my form was off in some important way.
After a few sessions with a personal trainer/physical therapist, and just getting comfortable with the sensations and movements, I found it much easier to figure out what I’m supposed to be doing from an instruction. I had more of the building blocks that I knew were correct already.
Text is still inherently a difficult way to instruct movements though.
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#36Love the site, and the workflow. As a non native speaker I understand you’re trying to keep the instructions brief but I have to read them multiple times to understand what to do. You could add some physiotherapy exercises with a stick as well.
Also love the site. > As a non native speaker I understand you’re trying to keep the instructions brief but I have to read them multiple times to understand what to do. I’m a native speaker and I frequently experience this reading workout instructions. Something about exercise language in general feels very clunky.
I was still worried about where the LLM fit into all this, but I think we've found an opening!
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#37Nice work and pleasant to use.
One improvement idea I have after getting to the exercise list is to add a warmup routine for the chosen muscle groups. Before beginning the exercices.
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#38This is incredible! Love how simple and intuitive it is.
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#39Very nice, thank you for creating this! I love how it looks on mobile device, definitely will start using it.
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#40What an awesome execution. This app goes to show how you can build an excellent product even in a crowded market like Fitness. There must be gazillion workout builders out there, but OP's is the first one that I have seen which shows every exercise with example videos, and allows you to build exact workout you need without multiple google searches.