Show HN: Get off your a** and do push-ups

(timm.so)

11 points | by itsharveenatwal 2 days ago ago

10 comments

  • runjake 2 days ago ago

    1. I don't think I'd use it. It feels too much like using an app to meditate. But it's a neat app.

    2. What's up with the scrolling strikethroughed social media networks up at the top.

    Aside: I've occasionally done "Be able to do 100 pushups" challenges. Nobody else's plans has worked for me.

    What's always worked for me is stacking pushups. If I start and can do only 5 pushups comfortably, then I do 5 pushups at a time throughout the day. Say, 3 - 4 times a day to start. Then move to stacks of 10 throughout the day. When I get up to doing stacks of about 40, I can bang out 100 pushups. If I start and can only do 1 pushup (healed injuries, out of shape, etc) then I'll start a stack of 1 pushup.

    I somewhat adopted this from my military days. It's worked remarkably well for me and I can from doing say, 2-3 pushups and get to 100 pushups in about 4 weeks. YMMV.

    • itsharveenatwal 2 days ago ago

      That’s totally fair! The idea was that we often lose track of time on social media apps (hence the strikethrough) so what if there was a way to nudge us to get some push ups in during our down time?

      Also, love the push up stack challenge. I’ll have to give that a try! 100 push ups in a day now that’s a goal I still have to hit

      • runjake 2 days ago ago

        Good point about the notifications. That's a pain point of mine: remembering to do a stack throughout a busy day.

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  • on_the_otherfoo 2 days ago ago

    I’m a bit confused… it’s not Free

    • itsharveenatwal 2 days ago ago

      What do you mean? Are you unable to get to the main screen after the personalization survey?

      You should find the feature by tapping: “Add rule”, then select one of our rule types, then select “friction”, and look for “push-ups”

      • itsharveenatwal 2 days ago ago

        If for some reason you’re stuck, you can also hold down the app and there will be an option to “try for free” which should take you straight into the app

        • on_the_other_fo 20 hours ago ago

          That worked - but within the app after going through the walkthrough I didn’t see a way out of the subscription screen

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  • revskill a day ago ago

    Sorry, please no to Apple, such a bullshit company.