Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by amelius on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:06PM
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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.
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Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by rickbhardwaj on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:47PM
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(shameless self-promotion but) We're actually building something just like this. We're calling it Formguru, here's an example of my squat in action: https://www.formguru.fitness/video/c96fa975-fd9e-4912-8f60-1....
Right now it's more focused on form feedback, but adding live audio cues is on our roadmap. I'd love to know what other features you'd want us to build.
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by voldacar on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @12:04AM
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Wow, this is super cool. I love how it shows exact angles and traces the path of the bar. With that weight, you should be doing full reps though ;)
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by momothereal on Monday June 14, 2021 @02:44PM
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This is really cool! Well done
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by Multiplayer on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:20PM
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I have the tempo.fit - It's a giant video screen with camera that does exactly this. It's a great piece of kit.
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by sebdufbeau on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:04PM
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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
by goodcjw2 on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:57PM
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In terms reps counting. Yes, it works quite well :)
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by teh_g on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:16PM
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What I want is an app that screams at me like a drill sergeant: "Let's go, you got 10 more to go! Keep up!"
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by blensor on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:46PM
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Not really screaming but in VRWorkout the computer voice combined with the visual cues are as direct as it gets :)
So if you need some motivation to get your bodyweight training done maybe check it out ( https://vrworkout.at )
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by teh_g on Monday June 14, 2021 @02:28PM
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That looks promising, thanks!
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by tanjtanjtanj on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:32PM
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That's basically what Peloton, Apple Fitness, and whatever other competitors to those are.
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by blowfish721 on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:08PM
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I’d go for a Peloton but for weight lifting for sure!
I know there are some of those but haven’t found any for free weights, can’t say I have been looking too hard yet however.
Edit: tempo.fit seems interesting!
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by raspasov on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:47AM
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I am working on an app that does this: automatically counts reps from camera. The counting for basic exercises like squats, dips, push ups, pull ups, kb swings is decently accurate. No voice at the moment.
You can email me at my HN username @gmail.com, would be great to hear what you think!
Current TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/3OLYPP6V
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by markedathome on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:43PM
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Runtastic had apps that used to do this, where you held the phone and it counted the reps, push-ups, sit-ups etc. There were apps for each activity, which gave you reps, a count, and a timer, along with cooldown, with voice prompts.
Then Adidas bought them out and closed the individual apps and released a replacement for the main Runtastic app.
There were numerous threads on reddit asking for similar replacements, and I don't think there has been one. So I gave up looking.
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by alex_g on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:27PM
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I saw this exact thing pop up on ProductHunt at some point in the last year. Sorry, I don't remember the name, but it was an iOS app.
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by cdubzzz on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:26PM
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My Garmin watch (Forerunner) does this (well, not audio prompts). It will start rep count when I start the exercise and end it when I stop and guess the exercise. The exercise guessing is spotty at best but you can also pre-program the workout and use is that way. Rep count is much accurate (if not perfect).
Re:Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database
by ddlutz on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:40PM
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