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827 points surgomat | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.348s | source

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

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eitally ◴[] No.44309735[source]
Thanks for sharing -- I'm a personal trainer and will give this a shot. Is there any plan to allow users to create workouts to share (or does it already and I haven't discovered it yet?)?, or API integration with common platforms like Strava, Garmin Connect, Healthkit, Google Fit, Coros, etc?
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surgomat ◴[] No.44311247[source]
Thanks to you ,really cool to have a personal trainer trying it out.

Yes, sharing workouts is on the roadmap. Users will be able to create routines, save them, and share them with others (even with public links) as the previous workout-lol project.

As for API integrations (Strava, Garmin, HealthKit, etc.) definitely something I’m open to.

Curious to know : what kind of data would you want to sync or pull in? Workouts? Step counts? Heart rate zones?

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1. eitally ◴[] No.44311532[source]
For your reference, Medbridge is one of the leading players in this market, for trainers creating prescribed programs for their clients/patients. The mobile app does everything you've created so far, but adds a governance and analytics layers for the trainer to specify sets and reps, track weights, and for the client to assess their rpe/comments/feedback.

Think of it similar to the Strong app, but aimed at trainers/PTs.

https://www.medbridge.com/care/home-exercise-program