Workout.cool
Consumer and social
fitness tracking
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
24 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 35 critical, out of 97 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 7 for, 7 againstExecution: 1 for, 10 againstPerformance: 0 for, 10 againstDesign: 5 for, 4 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean UI and useful open approach
From 1 comment
Oh funny to see it here. I'm the original author of workout.lol. I sold the app to a guy who seemed to just abandoned it. I also texted him multiple times if he needs support,…
Vincenius on HN
Objections
Exercise suggestions too basic and too many exercises per session
From 1 comment
Wow, Thanks a lot for taking the time to write this seriously. This kind of detailed feedback is incredibly valuable, especially at this early stage. Thanks ! So, yeah you're…
surgomat on HN
Frequent downtime from traffic spikes
From 2 comments
Thanks a lot for reporting! The traffic from HN hit hard (which I didn’t expect tbh). I’m working on stabilizing it and will have a fix in the next minutes / hour Appreciate you…
surgomat on HNUh, sorry about that we got hit with a "surge of traffic" let's say (earlier). It should be back to normal now! Mind giving it another try é_è? Keep me posted !
surgomat on HN
Requests
Save and track routines over time
From 1 comment
Thanks a lot means a lot coming from a gym bro hehe Btw I totally agree: once you’ve been training a while, the only thing that really matters is tracking your progress and…
surgomat on HN
Better equipment and filter onboarding for beginners
From 2 comments
Thanks so much for this feedback The current onboarding assumes a bit too much knowledge up front (didn't expect that). Bcs yeah, most beginners don’t think in terms of "rear…
surgomat on HNMh yeah i didn't expect that but it shows that the current flow assumes a bit too much knowledge up front, I"ve heard similar feedback from others. I'm already planning to make…
surgomat on HN
Questions
Why restart from scratch instead of contributing to the original?
From 1 comment
Just out of curiosity: if the original project was open source, why did you decide to restart from scratch?
abtinf on HN
Alternatives named
workout.lol / wrkout.xyz
From 2 comments
Am not sure what your data source is, but l run the following: - https://wrkout.xyz/ (exercise database api with images and videos) - https://github.com/wrkout/exercises.json…
olliejennings on HNOh funny to see it here. I'm the original author of workout.lol. I sold the app to a guy who seemed to just abandoned it. I also texted him multiple times if he needs support,…
Vincenius on HN
Liftosaur
From 1 comment
Liftosaur is an interesting project in this space that I use for tracking my weight lifting. The lifting routine is programmable and shareable. They have a database of exercises…
gregwebs on HN