Hacker News with Generative AI: Fitness

The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated (uu.se)
That fit people have a reduced risk of premature death from various diseases is a recurring result in many studies. New research from Uppsala University shows that people with high fitness levels in their late teens also have a reduced risk of dying from random accidents. This suggests that the associations seen in previous studies have probably been misleading.
Health, Mortality, Fitness, Research, Science
61 points by gnabgib 7 days ago | 81 comments
The Paradoxes of Feminine Muscle (newyorker.com)
In a new book, the author Casey Johnston argues that pumping iron helped her “escape diet culture.” But a preoccupation with strength can take many forms.
Feminism, Fitness, Body Image, Gender
14 points by Munksgaard 14 days ago | 12 comments
Minimum Viable Muscle: The Least You Must Do to Not Fall Apart (iterintellectus.substack.com)
Most fitness discourse drowns in maximalist BS, endless debates over optimal programming, supplement minutiae, and genetic limitations. This noise obscures a far more pressing biological reality: the minimum effective dose required to prevent accelerated decay. This baseline isn't about aesthetics or performance, it's about avoiding the active cellular abandonment that begins immediately when movement signals disappear.
Fitness, Health, Biology, Minimalism
6 points by skadamat 23 days ago | 0 comments
Using a 'Tiny Bit of Math' May Improve Your Heart Health, Study Suggests (nytimes.com)
Many people use a smartwatch to monitor their cardiovascular health, often by counting the number of steps they take over the course of their day, or recording their average daily heart rate. Now, researchers are proposing an enhanced metric, which combines the two using basic math: Divide your average daily resting heart rate by your daily average number of steps.
Health, Science, Fitness, Technology, Heart Health
7 points by brandonb 25 days ago | 0 comments
The standing power throw is out as new Army fitness test goes 'sex-neutral' (taskandpurpose.com)
The Army announced two major changes to its fitness standards Monday: soldiers in 21 combat jobs will have to pass a gender-neutral test, while the standing power throw — occasionally called the ‘yeet’ event — will be thrown out for all soldiers.
Military, Fitness, Gender Equality
14 points by PaulHoule 27 days ago | 15 comments
Show HN: Heart Rate Zones Plus – The first iOS app I developed (apple.com)
Track time in heart rate zones. Track per day, week, month and more. Set goals & visualize progress. Get details about heart rates zones of your workouts.
Health, Fitness, Mobile Apps, iOS Development
100 points by tobias5 27 days ago | 93 comments
What we get when male fitness standards clash with female preferences (nataliaantonova.substack.com)
And this is what we get when male fitness standards clash with female preferences.
Gender, Fitness, Relationships, Preferences, Society
26 points by robarr 27 days ago | 21 comments
What It Feels Like to Get Stronger (troynikov.io)
I am now the strongest I’ve ever been. I’ve lifted weights on and off for about a decade, making incremental progress several months at a time, with this latest stretch being about six months long. Over the last several weeks I’ve gone beyond my previous peak, and continue to improve.
Fitness, Strength Training, Personal Experience
4 points by jxmorris12 39 days ago | 0 comments
Protein is being added to yoghurt, bread, coffee – is it beneficial? (theconversation.com)
Protein intake dominates fitness advice. Whether you want to build muscle, improve your fitness or watch your weight, the common advice handed out by everyone from fitness influencers to doctors is that we need more protein.
Nutrition, Food, Health, Fitness
4 points by gnabgib 50 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Do You Take Protein Suppliments? Any Noticeable Benefits? (ycombinator.com)
Fitness, Nutrition, Supplements, Health
15 points by samrohn 53 days ago | 13 comments
Show HN: AI Supported Workout Planner (repsome.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Fitness, Health, Programming, Web Applications
11 points by wunderlab 53 days ago | 0 comments
Sports supplement creatine makes no difference to muscle gains, trial finds (unsw.edu.au)
People who take the popular sports supplement creatine and lift weights do not build muscle any faster than those who do resistance training without the supplement, new research shows.
Sports Science, Health, Supplements, Fitness
167 points by geox 53 days ago | 171 comments
Stamina Is a Quiet Advantage (kupajo.com)
Stamina usually has a physical and competitive connotation — those with greater stamina can outwork and outlast opponents.
Stamina, Competition, Sports, Fitness, Advantage
227 points by kolyder 68 days ago | 104 comments
Show HN: iOS app that corrects your form in real time using your phone's camera (firefly.fitness)
Firefly uses your device's camera to score your form and provide real-time feedback, helping you activate muscles effectively without expensive hardware or wasted time.
iOS, Fitness, AI, Health, Mobile Apps
45 points by AC101101 75 days ago | 42 comments
Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker (github.com/wger-project)
wger (ˈvɛɡɐ) Workout Manager is a free, open source web application that helps you manage your personal workouts, weight and diet plans and can also be used as a simple gym management utility. It offers a REST API as well, for easy integration with other projects and tools.
Fitness, Open Source, Software, Health, Web Applications
221 points by freemh 101 days ago | 112 comments
Minimum effective dose (winnielim.org)
I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the procedure), so I have been hesitant in taking up my regular exercise again because I don’t want to distract my immune system from my tooth’s healing. So when I went to the gym today for the first time in weeks I tried to do only the bare minimum required – also known as the minimum effective dose.
Health, Fitness
345 points by surprisetalk 113 days ago | 184 comments
How to Hit Peak Fitness After 40 (nytimes.com)
You can’t train in middle age like you did in your 20s. But if you’re strategic, your best days can still be ahead.
Fitness, Health, Aging, Lifestyle
26 points by cyanbane 123 days ago | 12 comments
Show HN: Hold yourself accountable for gym visits with a $10 stake (gymbully.fit)
Hit your target or donate to charity. Ready to challenge yourself?
Fitness, Motivation, Charity, Accountability
10 points by paul_brook 124 days ago | 18 comments
Your Exercise Gear Reserves The Right To Track And Sell Data On How You Smell (techdirt.com)
A new Consumer Reports study unsurprisingly finds that popular exercise equipment makers collect way more data on users than is necessary, then sell access to that data to a wide variety of dodgy and largely unregulated data brokers and middle men, who in turn generally play fast and loose with it.
Privacy, Fitness, Data Privacy, Consumer Reports, Data Brokers
9 points by hn_acker 130 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Minimal, self-hosted exercise tracker (github.com/bmtwl)
A small, single html file and browser local storage solution for tracking a fixed, rotating set of daily exercises from one week to the next.
Fitness, Web Development, Self-Hosted, Open Source
127 points by DrPhish 149 days ago | 39 comments
Show HN: Marathon Cope 2024 – Your peak fitness, whether or not you ran it (getfast.ai)
Your peak marathon fitness, whether or not you ran it, in 2024.
Fitness, Running, Health, AI, Show HN
14 points by tmulc 159 days ago | 12 comments
Show HN: Run10K Trainer – Personalized Training Running Plans for Your 10K Race (run10ktrainer.com)
Running, Fitness, Training, Software, Health
8 points by alexdevcodes 168 days ago | 15 comments
How Apple Watch estimates VO2Max within 1.2 ml/kg/min without a treadmill test (empirical.health)
VO2Max is a powerful metric of longevity: every 1 ml/kg/min increase in VO2 max reduces risk of death by 9 percent.
Health, Apple Watch, Fitness, VO2Max
89 points by brandonb 205 days ago | 57 comments
OutRun: Open-source, privacy oriented, outdoor fitness tracker (tadris.de)
Open Source, Fitness, Privacy, Hardware
60 points by 0x000042 208 days ago | 21 comments
Why strength training? A programmer's perspective (fhur.me)
About four years ago I started strength training. A strict diet of barbells and kettlebells, averaging between 2-3 times per week. It was one of those decisions that changed my life for the better.
Fitness, Programming, Personal Development
86 points by fernandohur 236 days ago | 161 comments
Maximizing Muscle Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review of Training Techniques (2019) (nlm.nih.gov)
Effective hypertrophy-oriented resistance training (RT) should comprise a combination of mechanical tension and metabolic stress.
Fitness, Exercise, Research, Muscle Growth, Training
44 points by wslh 246 days ago | 4 comments
Show HN: Free AI tailored workout generator (workoutgenerator.fit)
Fitness, Artificial Intelligence, Free Tools
9 points by ggay 249 days ago | 18 comments
A lonely man in his 30s found welcome and community at spin class (longreads.com)
It’s my first day of spin class, and I am in the darkest corner of the room.
Community, Fitness, Social Connection, Loneliness, Personal Growth
140 points by mooreds 251 days ago | 200 comments
Strongman's 'guy rope' muscles show greatest growth, study finds (theguardian.com)
Scientists who examined Eddie Hall say findings suggest set of muscles in the legs are ‘more important than we thought’
Science, Fitness, Biology
7 points by PaulHoule 258 days ago | 3 comments
YouTube will begin limiting access to fitness videos for European teens (euronews.com)
YouTube, Fitness, Europe, Teens, Regulation
14 points by vladoh 259 days ago | 10 comments