Ask HN: Algolia HN API internal server error
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All I want from a fitness app is to specify my A/B-day routines ONCE and then during gym I just wanna hit some button which means "I completed this set plz give me next one", but I also need a way to mark if I couldn't do a full set or if for one reason or another I had to do the set with lower weights (again, I'm over 50 and trust my body more than my routine). Also would be nice to have a comment box so I could write down the reason why I had to lower weights "shoulder was acting up again".
Anyway, it's 2025 now and I use a paper notebook and a pen and I don't even carry my phone to gym. Like another reply here mentioned I still have phone with me because the gym door only opens with an app (which is incredibly annoying). Paper notebook fulfulls all of my requirements above: I can mark sets with weight, I can cross over a number if I failed to complete a set, I can write down a lower number if my body can't handle the set weight that day, and I can always write down an explanation what was wrong.
Basically this is what I need (imaginary numbers for example):
The downside of paper notebook is that I have to write down a number after every set, I would prefer for an app just to give me a button for "Done" and then something else for exceptions. The reason I need to OK every set is once you get into higher weights it becomes really hard to keep count as blood from your brain goes to muscles and you feel kinda lightheaded.
EDIT: When I come home from gym I now have to copy my numbers from paper to computer so I can do graphs and stats and that's a bit annoying. If I was using an app I would need to have a way to automatically submit the workout results to MY OWN SYSTEM/API - forcing me to subscribe and use someone elses database is totally out of the question.