3 ms·
Ask HN: Do you workout? Review my startup
For any other fitness junkie nerds like myself, I've started excycle.com
Its an online sports nutrition store, which focuses on the community trying supplements, tracking the results, and creating an aggregated display of them.
This is important because supplements are not regulated through the FDA (unless people start to die). So it helps people see which supplements are the most effective.
I'd love any and all feedback!
- bgnm2000 17y agohttp://www.excycle.com http://www.excycle.com
- noodle 17y agothe concept is interesting and has some potential. however, basing reviews on the numbers that you have posted is dubiously representative at best. there are a lot of reasons why an individual will see gains/losses in performance across the time period that a supplement will last. i'd put more info on the root page about what the site is about and such.
- bgnm2000 17y agoI agree that there are many reasons. The point of the site, is that any current review site for supplements, all you get is a review. You don't know anything about the reviewer, like how long they've been lifting, what their goals are, how much they weigh, what their diet is, what their workout is etc. Our system focuses on the reviewers, so you can see who a suppement did or did not work for, and if it did work for someone, what other things they were doing which may have attributed.
- pedalpete 17y agoWell it doesn't look like you have much content. The after looking around a bit, i found the 'shop' icon, but thought I was already in it, as it was highlighted. But clicking on the shop brought me to an alphabetical product list by brand. Is this really the way people shop? Particularly on a site which is loaded with reviews, I'd expect to shop by product type, and then make a purchase decision based on the reviews/scores. The way you have it, as far as I can tell, you are expecting people to select a brand, and then look at the products by that brand. That doesn't seem efficient or effective. You really need to work on usability. You've clearly done design work, but navigation needs a lot of work.
- bgnm2000 17y agoHey Pedalpete, Thanks for the comments, I greatly appreciate it. I'll "unhighlight" the shop icon, but on the shop page, we have by type & goal under the brand, maybe I should move it above if you didn't see it?