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I've recently been toying with the idea of turning my overly complicated weightlifting Excel into an overly complicated me-only webapp / testflight app. It can'

I've recently been toying with the idea of turning my overly complicated weightlifting Excel into an overly complicated me-only webapp / testflight app. It can't be worse than Excel for iOS!

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abound 2y ago
Self-plug: I wrote a not-too-overly complicated app for tracking my strength training (a 5/3/1 derivative) https://github.com/bcspragu/stronk https://github.com/bcspragu/stronk
- hammock 2y ago
  Nice. If you havent seen it, I use 531 calculator religiously and it has a ton of programs on it, and very customizable https://blackironbeast.com/5/3/1/calculator https://blackironbeast.com/5/3/1/calculator? Might inspire you as you continue to develop your app
- worthless-trash 2y ago
  I use stronk (531 BBB) ! Its a damn small world! I exported most of my data from "Strong" into Stronk, was easy. Thanks ! The interface showed lbs, but my values were all kg, still works.
dcreater 2y ago
This is exactly what I've wanted to do for a long time. All the apps in the app store are money sucking or ad ridden and unnecessarily cluttered. I want a simple front end that lets me log lifts to a sheet/database
- httpsterio 2y ago
  you could do an ios shortcut that fills a numbers sheet for you
  - dcreater 2y ago
    hmm tell me more
- hackernewds 2y ago
  get Claude to make an app and publish it as a PBA
  - dcreater 2y ago
    PBA?
    - fragmede 2y ago
      mispelling of PWA, presumably
- tmpz22 2y ago
  I’ve been jotting them down in a standardized format in apple notes and using a regex to parse them into structured json for later analysis. For all the apps that are supposed to make this easier none of them do it right.
  - fudged71 2y ago
    I’m verrrry interested in your regex!! Can you share? I’m interested in building a fitness ontology/terminology linked to a tokenizer and parser.
    - tmpz22 2y ago
      My format is MM/DD/YYYY (i.e. 1/1/2025) $sets x $reps $weight $name (i.e. 3x10 135 Bench Press) I uploaded the log file to ChatGPT and had it spit out a Python script to parse into JSON: ``` for line in file: date_match = re.match(r'^(\d{1,2}/\d{1,2}).\*?$', line.strip()) if date_match: # construct a new workout entry # continue exercise_match = re.match(r'^(\d+)x(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(.+)$', line.strip()) if exercise_match: # insert new exercise into current workout # continue ```
  - maxglute 2y ago
    I'm doing something similar, incidentally in a wildly complicated google sheets + appscripts lot in google keep and copy paste, then sheet does rest https://imgur.com/a/xoHaxFY https://imgur.com/a/xoHaxFY (3 images) notation is ColB, it'll generate relevant metrics, running total for some metrics like sets / INOL I also have onedit in sheet where if I put $$ anywhere it will calculate for the row if I have: ++5,10 it will generate warmups 5 reps jumps at 10%, back to 50% +++5,10 will do ramping warmups i.e. x5, x4, x3, x2, x1 whatever last onedit row will also split up Rep PRs at top Most useful for me is auto cycle naming and visualization, i.e. the house keeping stuff that makes all the other apps finicky vs just logging on paper or note #### date = program name ### macrocycle (i.e. month) ## mesocycle (i.e. week) # microcycle (i.e. day) so it will auto generate something like #24/12/27 #24/12/27「188/58」「3/2/4/4」「2D AGO」 (0,4,4,3) 188th session / 58th session of this program (program 3, macro 3 / meso 4/ micro 4), done XYZ days ago. (0,4,4,3) is push, pull, legs, fatigue/recovery out of 5 Visualization shows on/off days so you can get good timeline sense box border for mesocycles (week) with how many days at corner (useful for intuitive training) bars are volume (500lb increments) for varios tags (i.e. bp for all bench press variations) underline shows inol status for session (none, single under line, double underline, thick underline for >0.4, 1, 2, 2+ it'll highlight extra good or bad sessions i.e. (5,4,0,3) was a very good push day Now mostly i goto gym, log in google keep: #YY/MM/DD (performance) comments ex1 (reps x sets) comments ex2 (reps x sets) comments ex3 (reps x sets) comments Copy and paste into sheet when I feel like it and review metrics graph when needed
- sandspar 2y ago
  I use Google Forms to send data to a Google Sheet. You just put whatever lifts you have in the Form with spaces to add weights. I use this Google Form --> Google Sheets thing for a dozen different things.
  - datadrivenangel 2y ago
    I do this same Google Form technique, and save the bookmark to my phone's home screen. So it's like having a dedicated app!
tcandens 2y ago
This seems like a common predicament. I made this one mostly for myself and to try out VLCN sqlite sync. https://www.dumblift.com https://www.dumblift.com
m-zuber 2y ago
I've been very impressed with hevy[0] so far [0] https://www.hevyapp.com/ https://www.hevyapp.com/
adlotsof 2y ago
I use https://www.liftosaur.com/ https://www.liftosaur.com/ which allows for overly complicated stuff with its liftoscript DSL

I've recently been toying with the idea of turning my overly complicated weightlifting Excel into an overly complicated me-only webapp / testflight app. It can't be worse than Excel for iOS!

deleted 2y ago

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abound 2y ago

Self-plug: I wrote a not-too-overly complicated app for tracking my strength training (a 5/3/1 derivative) https://github.com/bcspragu/stronk https://github.com/bcspragu/stronk

hammock 2y ago
Nice. If you havent seen it, I use 531 calculator religiously and it has a ton of programs on it, and very customizable https://blackironbeast.com/5/3/1/calculator https://blackironbeast.com/5/3/1/calculator? Might inspire you as you continue to develop your app
worthless-trash 2y ago
I use stronk (531 BBB) ! Its a damn small world! I exported most of my data from "Strong" into Stronk, was easy. Thanks ! The interface showed lbs, but my values were all kg, still works.

dcreater 2y ago

This is exactly what I've wanted to do for a long time. All the apps in the app store are money sucking or ad ridden and unnecessarily cluttered. I want a simple front end that lets me log lifts to a sheet/database

httpsterio 2y ago
you could do an ios shortcut that fills a numbers sheet for you
- dcreater 2y ago
  hmm tell me more
hackernewds 2y ago
get Claude to make an app and publish it as a PBA
- dcreater 2y ago
  PBA?
  - fragmede 2y ago
    mispelling of PWA, presumably
tmpz22 2y ago
I’ve been jotting them down in a standardized format in apple notes and using a regex to parse them into structured json for later analysis. For all the apps that are supposed to make this easier none of them do it right.
- fudged71 2y ago
  I’m verrrry interested in your regex!! Can you share? I’m interested in building a fitness ontology/terminology linked to a tokenizer and parser.
  - tmpz22 2y ago
    My format is MM/DD/YYYY (i.e. 1/1/2025) $sets x $reps $weight $name (i.e. 3x10 135 Bench Press) I uploaded the log file to ChatGPT and had it spit out a Python script to parse into JSON: ``` for line in file: date_match = re.match(r'^(\d{1,2}/\d{1,2}).\*?$', line.strip()) if date_match: # construct a new workout entry # continue exercise_match = re.match(r'^(\d+)x(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(.+)$', line.strip()) if exercise_match: # insert new exercise into current workout # continue ```
- maxglute 2y ago
  I'm doing something similar, incidentally in a wildly complicated google sheets + appscripts lot in google keep and copy paste, then sheet does rest https://imgur.com/a/xoHaxFY https://imgur.com/a/xoHaxFY (3 images) notation is ColB, it'll generate relevant metrics, running total for some metrics like sets / INOL I also have onedit in sheet where if I put $$ anywhere it will calculate for the row if I have: ++5,10 it will generate warmups 5 reps jumps at 10%, back to 50% +++5,10 will do ramping warmups i.e. x5, x4, x3, x2, x1 whatever last onedit row will also split up Rep PRs at top Most useful for me is auto cycle naming and visualization, i.e. the house keeping stuff that makes all the other apps finicky vs just logging on paper or note #### date = program name ### macrocycle (i.e. month) ## mesocycle (i.e. week) # microcycle (i.e. day) so it will auto generate something like #24/12/27 #24/12/27「188/58」「3/2/4/4」「2D AGO」 (0,4,4,3) 188th session / 58th session of this program (program 3, macro 3 / meso 4/ micro 4), done XYZ days ago. (0,4,4,3) is push, pull, legs, fatigue/recovery out of 5 Visualization shows on/off days so you can get good timeline sense box border for mesocycles (week) with how many days at corner (useful for intuitive training) bars are volume (500lb increments) for varios tags (i.e. bp for all bench press variations) underline shows inol status for session (none, single under line, double underline, thick underline for >0.4, 1, 2, 2+ it'll highlight extra good or bad sessions i.e. (5,4,0,3) was a very good push day Now mostly i goto gym, log in google keep: #YY/MM/DD (performance) comments ex1 (reps x sets) comments ex2 (reps x sets) comments ex3 (reps x sets) comments Copy and paste into sheet when I feel like it and review metrics graph when needed
sandspar 2y ago
I use Google Forms to send data to a Google Sheet. You just put whatever lifts you have in the Form with spaces to add weights. I use this Google Form --> Google Sheets thing for a dozen different things.
- datadrivenangel 2y ago
  I do this same Google Form technique, and save the bookmark to my phone's home screen. So it's like having a dedicated app!

tcandens 2y ago

This seems like a common predicament. I made this one mostly for myself and to try out VLCN sqlite sync. https://www.dumblift.com https://www.dumblift.com

m-zuber 2y ago

I've been very impressed with hevy[0] so far [0] https://www.hevyapp.com/ https://www.hevyapp.com/

adlotsof 2y ago

I use https://www.liftosaur.com/ https://www.liftosaur.com/ which allows for overly complicated stuff with its liftoscript DSL