Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout watchapp today

Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by zarify on Sunday May 26, 2013 @10:43PM (#5773195)

I really like this. It's a nice simple idea and looks really good.

Since they came out with the latest version of the SDK I've been trying to think of some good stuff to play around with for the extended set of features they've given access to.

Any plans on adding support for the accelerometer to this? (for stuff like star jump reps or whatever)

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by akennberg on Monday May 27, 2013 @03:04AM (#5773743)

Great idea! I was thinking about using accelerometer as well. It'd be cool to track reps and try to beat personal record.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by jwcacces on Monday May 27, 2013 @10:49AM (#5774800)

That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with six minute workout watchapp. Then you're in trouble, huh?

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by kawsper on Sunday May 26, 2013 @09:34PM (#5773050)

Does it work on iPhone? I heard they had issues with Apple, and allowing you to download apps from the internet for your Pebble with iOS.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by andrewmunsell on Sunday May 26, 2013 @09:57PM (#5773102)

Yeah, they fixed the problem a while ago and you can install apps and watch faces directly to your Pebble from your iOS device.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by endlessvoid94 on Sunday May 26, 2013 @09:20PM (#5773029)

Protip: don't make your background image so monstrously large. It's close to 700kb alone :-)

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by akennberg on Monday May 27, 2013 @03:04AM (#5773746)

Reduced it to 200kb. I love my city, what can I say. :-)

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by epo on Monday May 27, 2013 @09:28AM (#5774555)

200Kb for a background image? I could say a few things, none of them complimentary.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by Zr40 on Monday May 27, 2013 @09:46AM (#5774612)

200 KB for a 1600x1078 photo sounds quite reasonable to me. The 300 KB PNG wrist photo on the other hand...

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by mparlane on Sunday May 26, 2013 @10:01PM (#5773110)

Once I get my White Pebble I might be able to join in with the watch app fun :(

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by supercoder on Sunday May 26, 2013 @10:03PM (#5773112)

Yeah I'm waiting for the white too...

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by vlaube on Monday May 27, 2013 @01:31AM (#5773569)

I too wrote a 7 minute workout app, only this time as a shell script.

https://github.com/vlaube-de/7min-workout

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by mc-lovin on Monday May 27, 2013 @04:36AM (#5773912)

mine is a regexp

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by Zr40 on Monday May 27, 2013 @11:05AM (#5774862)

The three vibrations at the start of the workout might be a bit superfluous; the watchapp already has my attention when starting.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by alpb on Sunday May 26, 2013 @11:18PM (#5773273)

Irrelevant: We just downloaded a 700 kb of background image and your links are hard to distinguish from text.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by HorizonXP on Sunday May 26, 2013 @10:10PM (#5773123)

Nice! I'm going to try loading this once I get the BlackBerry 10 Pebble app done.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by kermitten on Monday May 27, 2013 @03:54AM (#5773842)

Great! Very convenient in comparison to a smartphone too.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by Cub3 on Sunday May 26, 2013 @09:51PM (#5773081)

Thanks for this, just tried it out and it works great

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by gdonelli on Monday May 27, 2013 @05:41AM (#5774049)

Is anyone building a 7-min workout app for iPhone?

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by tluyben2 on Monday May 27, 2013 @06:07AM (#5774096)

I made one for Android and iOS and submitted it to the Appstore; probably they won't accept it though as it's 'too simple'? (Mine is free, no ads, I just wanted it for myself)

There is a paid one here from someone which looks quite nice: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/7-minute-workout/id650762525...

Mine is here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vafive.sev...

And waiting for an Appstore response as well.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by psyklic on Monday May 27, 2013 @01:07AM (#5773513)

Very neat! Works great on my Pebble.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by bossx on Monday May 27, 2013 @11:03AM (#5774855)

Awesome work Alex!

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by beachstartup on Sunday May 26, 2013 @10:34PM (#5773173)

what city is that in the background?

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by subsystem on Sunday May 26, 2013 @10:54PM (#5773223)

Toronto it seems like.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by mikeroher on Sunday May 26, 2013 @11:44PM (#5773325)

It is Toronto.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by dantalizing on Monday May 27, 2013 @08:41PM (#5777366)

got it. love it. Thanks!

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by westondeboer on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @01:26PM (#5781275)

good job!

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by analog on Monday May 27, 2013 @02:08AM (#5773645)

"essentially combines a long run and a visit to the weight room"

I'm sorry but it just doesn't, even if it is based on science.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by Kurtz79 on Monday May 27, 2013 @08:40AM (#5774428)

I agree, it was discussed to death in the story about the original article.

This exact phrase actually was in the NYT article rather than the paper itself, that as far as I remember made no such claims.

There is no doubt that is more beneficial than actually doing nothing, but let's keep it real.

About the app, nice.

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Re:Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout w... by pvnick on Monday May 27, 2013 @09:00AM (#5774486)

Based on science meaning essentially the same as based on a true story.

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