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Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by jnosCo »

fdw wrote: post #43
browningstreet wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The world is filled with workout routines. They're everywhere. They're in books, they're on sites, they're in magazines, they're on forums. They've been explained a million times -- PPL, 5/3/1, bro-splits, kettlebell routines, WODs, etc. My recommendation, if you're really a beginner, just go buy one book that explains these things. They're all based on the same principles. The same knowledge is being repackaged, re-…

> You don't need more routines. You need the routine you'll do 50 or 100 times. Honest question from someone with just anecdotes and no data: Is it preferable to do the same routine regularly over different routines (equally often)? Last year, a friend sent me a link to https://darebee.com/ where I've been choosing different routines almost every time (or a program, which consists of different routines for each day).…

If we're talking about lifting, It's better to switch your routine after a while to avoid "plateauing", but not so often as to not be able to track progress and perfect form in lifts.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by tomjen3 »

Interesting, I tried the create a routine but it required a login, that seems uncessary that early.

Especially because I assume (since I can't easily check it now) that it can't be used to put together a routine for people who are just terribly out of shape.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by Afton »

fdw wrote: post #43
browningstreet wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The world is filled with workout routines. They're everywhere. They're in books, they're on sites, they're in magazines, they're on forums. They've been explained a million times -- PPL, 5/3/1, bro-splits, kettlebell routines, WODs, etc. My recommendation, if you're really a beginner, just go buy one book that explains these things. They're all based on the same principles. The same knowledge is being repackaged, re-…

> You don't need more routines. You need the routine you'll do 50 or 100 times. Honest question from someone with just anecdotes and no data: Is it preferable to do the same routine regularly over different routines (equally often)? Last year, a friend sent me a link to https://darebee.com/ where I've been choosing different routines almost every time (or a program, which consists of different routines for each day).…

Goals goals goals. The implicit assumption is that your goal is to develop something specific over time. You want to get stronger, you want to get bigger, you want to increase your endurance, for example.

Since those specific goals are so common, they fade into the background. But if your goals are more or less one or more of those goals, then yes, do the same set of exercises 50-100 times (progressing weights/intensity/etc). That will stimulate improvements. Doing a bunch of different things every time is 100% better than sitting on the couch, but won't allow you to progress very much. You'll essentially only be progressing e.g. strength when you happen to overlap some motion with the right amount of increase to cause improvement.

But something that you'll do is better than a perfect thing that you'll get bored of and stop doing. Existence is the primary predicate and all that.

Incidentally, Starting Strength (the book) talks about this somewhat. He distinguishes between 'training' and 'exercising'. Training is about progressive overload. Exercise is about moving your body. If you want to change your body, you'll want to train.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by cdubzzz »

sitesuniverse wrote: post #50
cdubzzz wrote: post #38

What is the "recipes" functionality that is linked in the header but coming soon?

Still working out the details. What I have in mind is something very similar to the routine database, but for recipes!

Interesting. I'll add my email. I have been working on an open-source, self-hosted recipe/calorie tracker dealy that my spouse and I have been using for macro tracking during weight training. Haven't put much effort in to "advertising" it but we have been using it quite successfully for a few months now.

https://github.com/kcal-app/kcal

EDIT: side note -- when signing up for the email the MailChimp landing page has a "return to site" button that points to "https://sites.cx/" (which is an NXDOMAIN for me).

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by Afton »

jnosCo wrote: post #51
fdw wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You don't need more routines. You need the routine you'll do 50 or 100 times. Honest question from someone with just anecdotes and no data: Is it preferable to do the same routine regularly over different routines (equally often)? Last year, a friend sent me a link to https://darebee.com/ where I've been choosing different routines almost every time (or a program, which consists of different routines for each day).…

If we're talking about lifting, It's better to switch your routine after a while to avoid "plateauing", but not so often as to not be able to track progress and perfect form in lifts.

This is one of those 'true but' statements. I think it's actively harmful to provide it to beginners who don't have the context to understand what that means. Vanishingly few beginners are running a routine long enough or hard enough to suffer from this problem.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by dehrmann »

jayroh wrote: post #4

Would _love_ to see a community sourced database of "explain it like I'm 5" translations. Example: What does "Bent Over Lateral Raise" mean? Show me? Lateral ... to what? I'm sure I can figure that out, but, for the newbies of the world it's another hurdle to keep them from actually starting/moving.

Oh, it's a lateral (vs rear) delt raise. That would have helped.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by ar_lan »

Hitton wrote: post #28
mam3 wrote: post #16

I'm very tempted to add mine which I would call "the lazy lifter: build a nice body with 4x30 minutes per week" (a very efficient, leangains-based routine). That said i'm very sad by the abscence of likes. What dopamine rush can i hope to get by contributing to your database :( ? Or at least comments.

Lazy lifter? That sounds exactly like a thing for me. I'm willing to trade upvotes here on HN for that method :)

I would also look into 5/3/1! It's a very easy to follow program, and doesn't take much time at all. Slow and steady gains.

Granted, if you're a beginner, there are much quicker programs (since noob gains are a very real thing), but 5/3/1 is a very simple program to follow, can be repeated for an extremely long time, and isn't very intense stress on the body. I increased my lifts pretty drastically over 2 years, but it felt incredibly slow/gradual - until I looked back over my increases from 2 years prior.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by sitesuniverse »

tomjen3 wrote: post #52

Interesting, I tried the create a routine but it required a login, that seems uncessary that early. Especially because I assume (since I can't easily check it now) that it can't be used to put together a routine for people who are just terribly out of shape.

The login is currently just an email token so you can edit your routines after they've been created. I am working on reducing the friction for this. Any suggestions?

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by sebdufbeau »

Multiplayer wrote: post #36
amelius wrote: post #27

What I want is an app that counts reps/sets for me. I.e., point phone camera at self, the apps starts counting down (using a voice), and stops when I'm done. It should auto-detect the exercise.

I have the tempo.fit - It's a giant video screen with camera that does exactly this. It's a great piece of kit.

Wow, that's fascinating, first time I stumble upon the company. Seems like Peloton for weight lifting

Does the detection work well? Is it worth the price?

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by boplicity »

sitesuniverse wrote: post #18
mam3 wrote: post #16

I'm very tempted to add mine which I would call "the lazy lifter: build a nice body with 4x30 minutes per week" (a very efficient, leangains-based routine). That said i'm very sad by the abscence of likes. What dopamine rush can i hope to get by contributing to your database :( ? Or at least comments.

Please do add it. I would really appreciate some more content! Yeah a like/ranking/comment system is something I'm thinking about. Any suggestions?

Factor in how long someone has been doing a routine, in terms of the value of their "like"
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