Show HN: Get off your a** and do push-ups
8 itsharveenatwal 7 7/1/2025, 2:00:32 PM timm.so ↗
I built an app where you LITERALLY have to do push-ups to use Reddit (or whatever app).
My guy, this is the summer you get SWOLE! Build a massive chest instead of doomscrolling on Hackernews.
Also, it's FREE. You can set it on a schedule. You can set it on a time limit. You can set it after X opens. Or even after you come home from work.
The apps will remain blocked until you do your push-ups!
The app is built natively on SwiftUI. I use Apple's native Vision API to detect body parts and joints. I use Apple's Screen Time API for app blocking.
I don't know what else to say so go on now and get the app!!
2. What's up with the scrolling strikethroughed social media networks up at the top.
Aside: I've occasionally done "Be able to do 100 pushups" challenges. Nobody else's plans has worked for me.
What's always worked for me is stacking pushups. If I start and can do only 5 pushups comfortably, then I do 5 pushups at a time throughout the day. Say, 3 - 4 times a day to start. Then move to stacks of 10 throughout the day. When I get up to doing stacks of about 40, I can bang out 100 pushups. If I start and can only do 1 pushup (healed injuries, out of shape, etc) then I'll start a stack of 1 pushup.
I somewhat adopted this from my military days. It's worked remarkably well for me and I can from doing say, 2-3 pushups and get to 100 pushups in about 4 weeks. YMMV.
Also, love the push up stack challenge. I’ll have to give that a try! 100 push ups in a day now that’s a goal I still have to hit
You should find the feature by tapping: “Add rule”, then select one of our rule types, then select “friction”, and look for “push-ups”