jenniferpattee

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Comment · 3 years ago

Could you explain what a smart contract is? (and is that a dumb question? lol)

Comment · 4 years ago

Congrats on launching!!! I will see if I can find someone who can roast your product.

Comment · 4 years ago

Hey @wanderingcoder, my cofounder and I had the same problem as you when we were looking for coaches. We'd love to chat if you have 15 min? My email is [email protected].

Here's our backstory. We needed coaching, did a bunch of research, found coaches everyone said were good, found them to be really really expensive ($750/session and up), tried them, they didn't really help much.... it was super frustrating.

My biggest issue was I needed help showing up every day and bringing my best effort to solve problems that seemed increasingly impossible. I knew I wasn't performing at my best, and very much wanted to -- but I didn't know what to do.

One of my batch mates introduced me to a friend from Stanford who had worked with a sports psychologist to help her train for the Olympics. After talking to her, I discovered an area of psychology called "performance psychology." It's the mental training pro athletes to reach goals.

It was both an aha moment... and also something that made me feel a little mad. I had worked in so many jobs where this type of coaching would have made a. huge. difference for me -- why wasn't it widely known and available?

My cofounder and I are now solving that problem with Coach. We'd love to talk to anyone looking for a coach. We're still in beta, but here's our demo: https://vimeo.com/680075985/cd193c0e7c

Comment · 6 years ago

This is good to know! The researchers we're in touch with say there needs to be more evidence and longitudinal studies until the science behind 7-min workouts is certain. The habit-formation strategies -- and the effect of things like text-based health interventions -- have been fairly well researched though! Some of the best research labs in the world, like UCSF, are actively studying text-based cues and coaching today.

Comment · 6 years ago

I challenge you to try our ab workouts for 30 days ;) You would be surprised. We start with a basic fitness assessment to measure your upper body and core strength. Unless you are already starting out in the 90th percentile, you will most likely experience a 20% gain in ab strength after 30 days if you do the workouts every day. This is what the data is telling us after a year of tracking users and their results.

Comment · 6 years ago

Yup. What we're hearing from users is going into YouTube and finding the workouts is kind of a pain, and then you also have to do the workout. Our user is crazy busy, mostly working parents, tiny slices of time in their day to workout. It's worth it to them to pay $20/mo to get a new workout texted. We have yet to see if LOTS of people want that, tho! Free is def a nice price.

Comment · 6 years ago

We're already in trouble in so many ways! LOL

Comment · 6 years ago

Wow I did not even know we pushed that out live! Thank you for digging it up and sharing!!!!

Comment · 6 years ago

omg great feedback thank you so much!

Comment · 6 years ago

EXACTLY

Comment · 6 years ago

I always say the best workout is the one you look forward to. If you are currently doing 30min 3-4x a week - and you change the exercises every 2 weeks (so you don't plateau0 - then you are following what most trainers would say is the ideal protocol for strength training. You're also hitting the CDC guidelines. Ideally you would also be getting 120-150min of vigorous cardio in there as well.

Definitely going to check Mark Lauren out. Thanks for the tip! The 7-min workouts tend to work best for people who are too busy for 30-min workouts, or they are looking for something to "mix it up." For instance, they've been doing the same ab workout forever. Our 30-day ab program delivers a new 7-min ab workout every day, so you learn a lot of new moves!

Comment · 6 years ago

This is great feedback - thank you! Looks like the links to the sample workouts are missing. Here's one https://www.workoutdaily.io/vanessa. It sounds like we need to also provide links on the signup flow soon after we ask for an email. This could explain why so many people are dropping out! Right now the workouts are intended for people between the ages of 20-60 and in good health. Soon we would like to make it so the user can customize based on health condition and age group. We'd love to know more about how you'd like to customize and what you're looking for.

Comment · 6 years ago

This is such a good point! We definitely need to do that. What would convince you? The CDC guidelines for exercise To maintain your weight: Work your way up to 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity, 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity, or an equivalent mix of the two each week. Problem is most people aren't doing anywhere close to the CDC guidelines. What we're hearing from users is that they can't say they are too busy for a 7-minute workout...so they end up doing it. If you do 7 min a day for 7 days that's 49 minutes a week of exercise - which helps people build the habit and the confidence necessary to "work their way up" to the CDC's suggested guideline.

Comment · 6 years ago

we'll send you some dumbbells and get you out of your plateau! emailing you today. - jenn

Comment · 6 years ago

We have a workout called the "Roxanne" where we do a burpee every time Sting sings "Roxanne..." Turns out 4 minutes of burpees is a lot of burpees too!

And yes what we are hearing from folks is "I can't say I am too busy for a 7-min workout.." so that kinda gets them activated. From there we are hearing that people "tend" to make healthier decisions for the rest of their day. "After doing our workout my wife and I decided to go play tennis..." or, "since I already had my running shoes on, I decided to go for a jog." stuff like that. Users describe it as a "springboard" to healthier decisions.