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jambalaya

30 karma · joined February 22, 2009

I'm a web developer and fitness enthusiast.
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jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
Cool thanks for sharing your thoughts, much appreciated.

1,2) No worries, I'm in no hurry and I imagine learning web development is a slow process. I'm not sure how I'll improve from this point. I could use text fields for everything on a single page but there are dynamic aspects that are hard to get around. For example how do I enable it to take programs with varying number of weeks.

3) I really like the idea of a drop down boxes of the already completed weeks and a "copy week" button next to it; thanks for the inspiration on that!

4) Okay I just thought fields would be easier because you can use your keyboard and press the digit and tab to the next item. The whole site tabs well, which is how I've been using it. I should mention that!

5) Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant that workouts wouldn't be editable and be tied to a user's account. I imagined that anyone could do variations of a workout easily.

6) I guess lol. 'index' is in 'link format' and there's no button was my subconscious reasoning for everything's done I guess.

Yah I'm taking the criticism so well because I care about the final result ;) Thanks for the extended input!!!

jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
Thanks for the feedback!

1) I agree it's difficult to use. Streamlining is a technical problem.

2) I also agree it's difficult to understand. I made up the term 'exercise group.' It's to group the different sets and repetitions for one exercise. I need to make the process more clear and easier to use. This kind of ties in to the first problem. I tried using javascript to have it all on one page in a dynamic fashion but wasn't able to piece it all together. This is the first step in getting a useful interface.

3) This is very interesting to me. I came across this issue with swimming. I looked up some swimming workouts and they looked like nothing I had seen before. I'm familiar with weightlifting. I had thought of being able to copy workouts from one to another. What about being able to copy weeks and then being able to tweak?

4) Do you feel more comfortable with fields?

5) I imagined everyone would have an account.

6) Ok, haha yeah I need lessons on design stat!

Thanks again

jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
Thanks for the input and luck!!! Okay, I will make it clear with big font on the home page what the purpose is. I understand it's difficult to use! Haha, I have trouble with it myself! I tried using Javascript to do it all on one page as seen here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/741576/need-help-with-rai... This is the best I could do with having it work at all.
jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
I was thinking this site would be along the lines of http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Training_Pro... but flushed out and easy to follow
jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
What do you have in mind about an interface?

Please keep listing the other sites. I didn't know of Hi-Tech trainer.

What would differentiate this site is that this isn't specifically for trainers. It's for everyone to share their workout programs.

There are forums I'm aware of like BodyBuilding.com and T-Nation. They don't have user generated programs. I also want to make it easy to use. I'm not there yet.

Thanks for the input!!!

What I think I know what others may not is that there is a ton of good programs out there just sitting on peoples' desks, not being utilized by everyone.

jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
I completely agree with you. I was working with javascript before to do it all on one page as seen here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/741576/need-help-with-rai... But I wasn't able to successfully implement it. I tried to make it easier by showing the program in progress at the bottom. I'll add instructions to make it easier, thanks a million!
jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
Thank you for your input!!

1) Ok I'll dive into why I have javascript confirming a delete.

2) This tool is to discover workout programs or ideas you see in another workout listed. You can also share your own.

3) Okay, I'll restyle the table to make it more clear.

4) Okay, I'll add suggestions to make it easier.

5) Okay I'll change the link show to be the program name highlighted.

6) Yeah, I need to learn some basic CSS.

Haha, thanks! Feel free to tell me whatever you want. It's in its infancy. The more insight the better! Thanks again!

jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
Cool, I'm looking at it right now, thanks! The idea I had was everyone could pool their individual program ideas. Kind of like an open database for workout programs.
jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
Yes I used scaffolding to start and tied things together. I want to be a web developer some day. I'll write validations as one of the things I need to do, thanks!
jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
Thanks, done! It's for anyone that wants to share their workout programs or use others they find.
jambalaya··on Please Criticize my Fitness Site that Stores Workout Programs
Clickable link. Thanks for any advice, input, whatever!

http://www.funniestlift.com

The reason I bought the name funniestlift was because after doing Olympic Lifting for a year I realized it's really hard and being upbeat about it is a much better outlook. I want to create a fun, free, and valuable website for programs of all types!

Hahaha the titles you guys are coming up with are making me laugh! Haha, the reddit meme made its way onto my site!

jambalaya··on Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
Would you guys be interested in a site that contains various workout programs?
jambalaya··on Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
But he isn't lucky in the sense that some people can metabolize carbohydrates much better and can consume more than others.
jambalaya··on Ask HN: How do you wake up?
My alarm goes off at 7:55 pm. Work starts at 8 pm so there isn't much time for messing around. This is by design. I work support and sign in, start work-related tasks etc.
jambalaya··on Poll: Do you smoke marijuana?
I'm looking to obtain a card to ingest for minor arthritis.
jambalaya··on Poll: Do you smoke marijuana?
That 'tis brilliant! Put that online!
jambalaya··on Tim Ferriss' New Book: Become a Superhuman
Why is it not all that impossible to gain way more than ten pounds of muscle in a relatively short time? From what are you basing this?

I haven't read Tim's books but this seems like a reason to not like his work. This isn't science. Now, if he said body weight from water etc. Which he could have for all I know.

jambalaya··on NY man sues dating website Match.com for deception
I wasn't humiliated from 1 date in 6 months with Match.com. I was humiliated briefly with eHarmony when I fell for a fake letter of interest. I was very excited and I emailed all my friends "Hey look this is great!" Then I slowly realized over the course of the week that I had been duped. I received no further response and was embarrassed. It should have been obvious with the spelling mistakes and the woman being listed as a High School English teacher :) I'm moving to offline approaches. I should get out more any ways. I may try okcupid or something in the future.
jambalaya··on Why the 5 Star Rating System Isn't Suited to Local Reviews
What about the Wilson score confidence interval mentioned here?

http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating....

jambalaya··on How to Become As Rich As Bill Gates
He also set up the class rosters for high school, surrounding himself with all the cute girls.
jambalaya··on Followup on the $18000 StockArt.com story
While taking in $1800 in donations...the plot thickens!
jambalaya··on Undergrad improves CERN supercollider algorithm
It's probably 35 or later nowadays considering we're living longer and there's more flexibility in terms of careers.
jambalaya··on Ask HN: How can I get up early in the morning?
I downloaded free natural sound recordings from emusic.com as part of their trial. I loop around 8 hours of soothing ocean waves :)
jambalaya··on 6 months later, the Intel SSDs are still massively better
I learn a lot about SSD's from Storage Search

http://www.storagesearch.com

jambalaya··on Ask HN: Anyone use brain drugs such as piracetam here?
In terms of energy yes I perceive positive effects and personally think it's powerful stuff and am try to dose it when I'm sluggish.

I know you didn't ask but I like sharing :) I also love eggs, especially pasteurized egg whites, and place them in the same category. To me pasteurized egg whites are equally as powerful. I would liken it to caffeine with no negatives but I don't like the sensation all the time.

Veggies like broccoli and spinach to a much less immediate effect. I would place berries higher than veggies. I take fish oil. Mayo Clinic recommends it.

And of course exercise. I weight lift like you see in the olympics, albeit with much less weight. It's a very efficient weight lifting related exercise. There's also sprinting, akin to spinning but fuller body, and swimming.

So that's my core physical body and mind well being philosophy :)

jambalaya··on Ask HN: Anyone use brain drugs such as piracetam here?
I take doses of Greens+ from time to time. I like it. I tried Piracetam and others but didn't put the effort in to identify how they affected me.
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