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Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by jrvarela56 on Thursday May 16, 2013 @04:12PM (#5720862)
Great idea, you could make a pretty cool app out of this: let people create routines by letting them associate pictures with exercise names and amount of seconds.

They could then create workouts by creating a list of exercises and rest periods and play their routing with the timer you created.

Does this exist? I want one.

Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by stankal on Thursday May 16, 2013 @04:59PM (#5721102)
Shameless plug: I made an iOS app, called Bootcamp, that does that. The app has a library of exercises you can choose from to create your own workout. Check it out: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bootcamp/id398974469?mt=8
Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by bradfordarner on Thursday May 16, 2013 @04:40PM (#5721011)
Agreed! This is brilliant!

Once again a wonderful example of something incredibly simple but incredibly useful. This would be particularly beneficial for Crossfit style workouts that are closely linked to a timer and where there is a different set of exercises every single day.

Brilliant!

Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by warmfuzzyapps on Thursday May 16, 2013 @08:40PM (#5722110)
Shameless plug:

I made an app called RipDeck based on the deck of cards workout that is great for providing variety to your routine.

We have a weekly featured deck or you can create custom decks. Great for bodyweight exercises. Give it a try. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ripdeck/id409921624?mt=8

The featured decks are available on the site if you want some workout ideas for use with a regular deck of cards. http://ripdeckapp.com

Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by garrettgottlieb on Thursday May 16, 2013 @05:36PM (#5721326)
I agree that for the best results, changing it up (also called Muscle Confusion - http://athletics.wikia.com/wiki/Muscle_Confusion_Principle) is also necessary. Instead of making your own workout (which most people are not qualified to do), we've built an app that asks for your goal, level, time, equipment, etc. to build you a personalized routine that changes as you go: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/pumpup-workout-coach/id57307.... The hardest part of working out shouldn't be coming up with the plan.
Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by iancarnevale on Thursday May 16, 2013 @06:40PM (#5721651)
Love this app! It's so personal, sometimes I think it knows more about what I want than my girlfriend.
Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by jacques_chester on Thursday May 16, 2013 @09:07PM (#5722196)
"Muscle Confusion" is not a legitimate physiological property.

It seems to be a mutated misunderstanding of "accommodation", which is almost entirely a nervous system phenomenon having almost little to do with adaptations in muscle tissue.

The best form of "changing it up" for hypertrophy is to modulate standard acute training variables. Merely randomly changing exercises is ... not efficient.

Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by nosequel on Friday May 17, 2013 @12:12PM (#5725211)
I wish I could upvote this several times. Muscle confusion is a b.s. term, you need periodization in your training. Merely doing random shit everyday is going to work while your are a total newb, but you'll never get really strong that way.
Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by modulusprime on Thursday May 16, 2013 @05:09PM (#5721160)
For Android, there is a very simple free app called ExerTime ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aisknab.ex... ). It's not pretty and the configuration UI is both annoying and confusing (you must enter the total elapsed time at each step, not the time-per-step), but the normal use case works really well. The right options are available (notification sound, audio channel, text-to-speech, screen lock).
Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by RockyMcNuts on Saturday May 18, 2013 @09:36AM (#5728852)
Agree with louder cues, or volume-adjustable.

Would also just let you set the time interval for cues and have ability keep them repeating indefinitely until you close the app. eg I have 3-4 stretches I want to do after working out and sort of count in my head to 30 seconds for each one.

Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by rythie on Thursday May 16, 2013 @05:04PM (#5721134)
Surely this would be the MVP for such an app - he should probably should capture email addresses of interested people though.
Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by geekam on Thursday May 16, 2013 @04:14PM (#5720872)
how about creating a playlist on youtube and that plays along with each exercise?
Re:Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project by monkey_slap on Thursday May 16, 2013 @04:51PM (#5721052)
I want to make this now