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New comment by danimirror in "Show HN: Move Frequently – Stay active with a 1-min exercise every 45 minutes"

danimirror — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:50:26 +0000

Cool, thanks! Will try to reproduce

New comment by danimirror in "Show HN: I built a fair alternative to Product Hunt for indie makers"

danimirror — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:49:35 +0000

Love the idea! Would be amazing if the ranking algorithm would be public. As in you know exactly what needs to be done to rank higher

New comment by danimirror in "Show HN: Move Frequently – Stay active with a 1-min exercise every 45 minutes"

danimirror — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:17:29 +0000

Thanks for the feedback!! - Very good observation on the progress bar. We will address it! - The count down should be synced worldwide, regardless of IP or device type. We will look into it and test it from different devices. Would you be up for sharing the device and the web browsers you are using? It would be super helfpul! - Love the music idea. It could work well to incentive other people in your office to join as well :D

New comment by danimirror in "Show HN: Move Frequently – Stay active with a 1-min exercise every 45 minutes"

danimirror — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:58:56 +0000

Thank you for the feedback and glad you like it :) We are definitely exploring the idea of including videos/gifs for each exercise to make it more visual. We are actually exploring the idea of allowing users to upload their own videos and we will then curate them to show the best ones.

Show HN: Move Frequently – Stay active with a 1-min exercise every 45 minutes

danimirror — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:28:18 +0000

My buddy Miguel and I really like taking care of our health. So we eat healthy, we lift weights and all of that. However, last week we learned no matter how much you exercise, sitting for long periods of time is a risk factor for early death. And we also love building products, so we do spend a loooot of time in front of a computer.

At first, we just wanted to build a tool for ourselves that reminded us to do a couple of exercises to break our sedentary work habits. But then we thought it would be much more fun if more people could join us and we could all take a break together to do a mobility/strength exercise every now and then.

So we launched https://movefrequently.com/ : a world-wide initiative to perform a 1-minute mobility and strength exercise every 45 minutes. The tool has a universal timer so that everyone in the world using it will be presented with a simple exercise they can do in front of their computers.

We hacked this on Friday, but plan to give it some love and add features if people like it. Check it out and let us know what you think.