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Makes sense, thank you! I initially thought having the 'get ready for the next exercise' would help people understand that it's a break but given the feedback I definitely need the descriptions there too. Any idea on how to still make it clear that it's a break?

Re: the beeps, couldn't agree more. While building it I also found them annoying but I deprioritised that for the first launch.

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> Any idea on how to still make it clear that it's a break?

Not a UX designer, but you could consider having a de-emphasised (smaller font, subdued colour, no illustration) "Next:" underneath every instruction that describes what's upcoming. For regular exercises, that could just say "Break", whereas during the breaks, it could show the next exercise. That way, it's always clear what's the current task and what's up next.

Please make this keyboard accessible, going back to the desk and having the find the little ">" is annoying, I'd rather just press the right key, or the spacebar.

Not a designer, but for me it would help if breaks were distinguished visually from exercises–both types of screens look the same.

A different background color, font, or something visual in addition to text clues would go a long way for me. I definitely paid more attention to the timer & beeps on break screens than the text.

You could use this stretching video as inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAf67xFS-qE

I've watched this one several times and like how she presents it.

Here’s another I really like. It adds in some light static strength holds.

https://youtu.be/4BOTvaRaDjI

"Take a break while you get ready for the next exercise:"

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