Comment by steve_gg | Hacker News Reader

Comment by steve_gg | Hacker News Reader

Taking a look at your app, it seems a little disingenuous to tell people they can see the same results without a gym membership. Maybe a complete beginner will see the same results for a few weeks, but after that there's no way.

Also, fitness advice I can trust and nutrition plans that work? Why should I trust you guys over anyone who has an actual background in exercise physiology or nutrition? Do you have any evidence that your nutrition plans are better than premade ones online? I'm blown away that people give Soylent so much crap, but they're following the same principles as apps like this (an "if it fits your macros" approach) but do it with consistency and accuracy that a meal plan could never achieve.

It looks like you're off to a strong start, and I wish you the best of luck, but the app so far looks like it's strongly overselling/under-delivering which can be pretty offputting.

8fit is currently erroring out for me, but you don't need a gym to get where you want to get.

Not all non-gym bodyweight routines will work, but there are a few that use progressive overload and changing leverages to keep things "hard". This is what builds muscle, and if you're doing it regularly and eating well, you can shed fat (either through bulk/cut cycles or at the same time, albeit more slowly). For instance, see the beginner routine on Fitloop: https://fitloop.co/routines/bwf-beginner-routine

(I should probably mention that I'm assuming a lot here: specifically, this applies if you're looking to replicate a weightlifting-centric routine.)

Hey Steve, 8fit cofounder here.

It's really not a matter of whether or not you have a gym membership, it's a matter of the actual exercise you do. You can have a gym membership but if you spend your time doing the wrong things you won't get the results you're after. I myself go to the gym, as well as performing bodyweight exercises. They're clearly different, and we're not suggesting otherwise. However the bodyweight exercises are often more convenient for people with busy schedules, or who travel a lot.

As for the nutritional aspect, we're not inventing anything new, and we don't have any magic formulas. We're just helping people improve their health understanding the effects of the things they eat. It's not a fashionable diet, and it's not rocket science. It's pretty much standard healthy living.

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