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Show HN: Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform

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827 points surgomat | 8 comments | 18 Jun 25 12:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.339s | source | bottom

I was the main contributor to workout.lol, an open-source fitness app to easily build a workout routine. The project had traction (1.4k GitHub stars, 95 forks, ~20K visits/month), but was eventually sold due to video licensing hurdles. The new owner stopped maintaining it, and the repo went abandoned.

Over the next 9 months, I sent 15 emails to try to save it : no replies. Feature requests & issues were ignored. The community was left with a "broken" tool let's say.

I couldn't just let it die So I built the new version from scratch with the same open-source spirit, but a better architecture long-term vision, more features and no license problems.

It's called : Workout.cool (https://workout.cool). What it offers: 100% open-source, MIT-licensed - 1200+ exercises (with videos, attributes, translations) - Progress tracking - Multilingual-ready - Self-hostable

I'm not doing this for money. I'm doing it because I believe in open fitness tools, and I’ve been passionate about strength training for 15+ years.

If this resonates with you, feel free to: - Star the repo - Share with fitness/tech friends - Suggest features - Contribute code/design/docs

Together, we can build the open-source fitness platform we all wanted to easily build a workout routine and get in shape

Website: https://workout.cool GitHub: https://github.com/Snouzy/workout-cool

1. kylebenzle ◴[18 Jun 25 14:27 UTC] No.44310212[source]▶
Is this not just more AI slop? Why is anyone commenting or voint it up?
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2. mrln ◴[18 Jun 25 14:54 UTC] No.44310454[source]▶
How do you even come to that conclusion? There's nothing on that page that screams "AI slop" to me.
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3. blitztime ◴[18 Jun 25 15:03 UTC] No.44310533[source]▶
The readme and the emojis seem heavily AI.
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4. edude03 ◴[18 Jun 25 15:12 UTC] No.44310613{3}[source]▶
Could be, I've seen a weird trend of using AI to write content when it doesn't make sense. Sure, using it to write a blog post about a topic is "slop" but I can see arguments for it. Using it to improve thoughts you have in your head, by making up details and add emojis however, I can't understand.

For example as a heavy FB Market place user I see a lot of stuff like:

[picture of an iPhone 12]

- iphone 14 - new battery - delivers to [enter your state here] - comes with [enter accessories it comes with]

Like they were too lazy to even fill in the brackets or ensure some level of accuracy. What's the point?

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5. RankingMember ◴[18 Jun 25 15:42 UTC] No.44310875{3}[source]▶
I hope people come to realize that this kind of stuff is a major turn-off right out of the gate.
6. throwawayoldie ◴[18 Jun 25 15:55 UTC] No.44310983{4}[source]▶
That's a problem that was solved in the 1980s with the introduction of "mail merge" functionality in word processors. Using an LLM to do this is like using a sledgehammer to swat a fly.
7. surgomat ◴[18 Jun 25 16:36 UTC] No.44311332[source]▶
Mh no in this case, just... me. I posted this before going out to grab dinner with my sister, and honestly didn't expect any of this traction. Came back to dozens of comments, stars, traffic spikes, app down... lol
8. ◴[18 Jun 25 17:08 UTC] No.44311598[source]▶