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Show HN: Get off your a** and do push-ups

(timm.so)
11 points itsharveenatwal | 2 comments | 01 Jul 25 14:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.559s | source

I built an app where you LITERALLY have to do push-ups to use Reddit (or whatever app).

My guy, this is the summer you get SWOLE! Build a massive chest instead of doomscrolling on Hackernews.

Also, it's FREE. You can set it on a schedule. You can set it on a time limit. You can set it after X opens. Or even after you come home from work.

The apps will remain blocked until you do your push-ups!

The app is built natively on SwiftUI. I use Apple's native Vision API to detect body parts and joints. I use Apple's Screen Time API for app blocking.

I don't know what else to say so go on now and get the app!!

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runjake ◴[01 Jul 25 17:13 UTC] No.44436035[source]▶
1. I don't think I'd use it. It feels too much like using an app to meditate. But it's a neat app.

2. What's up with the scrolling strikethroughed social media networks up at the top.

Aside: I've occasionally done "Be able to do 100 pushups" challenges. Nobody else's plans has worked for me.

What's always worked for me is stacking pushups. If I start and can do only 5 pushups comfortably, then I do 5 pushups at a time throughout the day. Say, 3 - 4 times a day to start. Then move to stacks of 10 throughout the day. When I get up to doing stacks of about 40, I can bang out 100 pushups. If I start and can only do 1 pushup (healed injuries, out of shape, etc) then I'll start a stack of 1 pushup.

I somewhat adopted this from my military days. It's worked remarkably well for me and I can from doing say, 2-3 pushups and get to 100 pushups in about 4 weeks. YMMV.

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1. itsharveenatwal ◴[01 Jul 25 17:24 UTC] No.44436140[source]▶
That’s totally fair! The idea was that we often lose track of time on social media apps (hence the strikethrough) so what if there was a way to nudge us to get some push ups in during our down time?

Also, love the push up stack challenge. I’ll have to give that a try! 100 push ups in a day now that’s a goal I still have to hit

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2. runjake ◴[01 Jul 25 17:58 UTC] No.44436471[source]▶
Good point about the notifications. That's a pain point of mine: remembering to do a stack throughout a busy day.