Show HN: Workout.lol – a web app to easily create a workout routine
Everyone is very complementary so can I be allowed to be the debbie downer? As a web app, it&#x27;s neat! Functionally, not a fan as yet.<p>I&#x27;ve lifted for a couple of decades. I put in the muscles for a pull workout I will be doing today and the results are... dumb. &quot;Dumbbell superman&quot; nah not going to do that. Two types of hammer curl? Nah that&#x27;s a waste of time. &quot;Bayesian hammer curl&quot; wtf, my eye is twitching. Two types of dead-lift only differentiated with different shaped weights? Nope that&#x27;s dumb too. It&#x27;s also suggesting exercises at the wrong level e.g. bands or dead-lifting a kettlebell. I&#x27;d need to put all my gym&#x27;s kettlebells onto a bar for a useful dead-lift :) It also had no vertical pull like a chinup&#x2F;lat-pull for a back workout which is kinda criminal.<p>For a beginner, they won&#x27;t know it&#x27;s dumb, so this is kind of harmful. They need to use a more carefully designed complete split &#x2F; full-body-workout, because it matters how multiple days combine, not just a single day.<p>For an intermediate&#x2F;advanced lifter, clearer goals are more useful e.g. PL or BB, and then planning intensity&#x2F;loading&#x2F;waves&#x2F;deloads etc. for constant progression. What I find most useful is deep dive discussion by an expert for most effective exercises and how to get the most of out of them with subtleties about grips and cues to increase mind-muscle-connection etc. Suggestions for how to swap out exercises to work around injuries or focus on weak points is very useful. The lifter can then iterate and swap exercises in and out of their routine to keep it fresh and useful.