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Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by jayroh on Monday June 14, 2021 @11:41AM (#27503926)
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.

Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by joelrunyon on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:50PM (#27505736)
Hope this isn't too over the top, but we built exactly this with https://impossiblefitness.com/movement/lateral-raise

Written demo, video, photo, etc of each movement.

We are adding more movements daily. Please give me a shout if there's other information you'd want to see here.

Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by steve_adams_86 on Monday June 14, 2021 @02:48PM (#27506600)
One thing I'd love to see here is better formatting of the instructions. The content is great, but I found it a little jumbled to read. Here's an image of the current format, and an image of a proposed format as an example of what I mean.

https://imgur.com/a/rXPU4nr

Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by joelrunyon on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:35PM (#27507178)
Bumped into an issue with formatting. Cleaning this up this week.

Anything else structural wise you'd like to see?

Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by steve_adams_86 on Monday June 14, 2021 @05:18PM (#27508429)
I'll dig around and see if anything comes to mind later. I love stuff like this, so I'm happy to provide some feedback.
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by jayroh on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:36PM (#27507195)
This is really great! Thank you!
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by joelrunyon on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @12:35AM (#27511330)
Thanks!
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by datsaladbowl on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:18PM (#27504469)
Quick plug, but l made some attempts at this: https://github.com/wrkout/exercises.json
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by InitialLastName on Monday June 14, 2021 @11:45AM (#27503992)
darebee.com (similar website in terms of being a database of fitness stuff, mostly bodyweight-oriented) does a great job of this with some of their videos.
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by asdff on Monday June 14, 2021 @04:01PM (#27507543)
Why not search the internet for a video?
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by dehrmann on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:55PM (#27504978)
Oh, it's a lateral (vs rear) delt raise. That would have helped.
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by xcambar on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:24PM (#27505346)
No 5 year old would understand that.

I'm way past 5yo and I do not understand.

Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by dehrmann on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:14PM (#27506927)
A 5-year-old who knows anatomy might. You're raising something from your side (lateral) with your shoulder (deltoid muscle).
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by sitesuniverse on Monday June 14, 2021 @11:42AM (#27503950)
Great idea, thanks for the feedback!
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by jayroh on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:37PM (#27507222)
Not a problem :). Thanks for the new resource!
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database by catchmeifyoucan on Monday June 14, 2021 @11:41AM (#27503936)
Pre made routines would be awesome