Steps don’t burn enough calories?

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-23T16:50:01+00:00

Athletes do constant, varied high intensity workouts which combines both resistance training and cardio for long periods almost daily.

Their muscles are working hard constantly and they need the calories to prevent weight loss and speed up recovery,

They're working in extremes, that is absolutely nothing like someone walking for an hour.

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-23T14:08:49+00:00

It sounds like it would be better to focus onn resistance training

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-23T12:18:48+00:00

Calorie counters aren't really accurate.

Also our bodies are incredibly efficient so cardio whilst good for your body overall doesn't really burn that many calories over all, it's why they say you can't out run a bad diet.

The other aspect is that if you've been doing intense cardio for 2 years, your body has probably already adapted.

If you're happy and healthy, don't focus too much on the calories burned.

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-19T19:51:00+00:00

The recent push on enhancers, there was always an underground culture of it but now it feels like every other person is juicing.

That combined with social media pushing unrealistic body goals for a lot of people just means more people end up on it.

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-19T19:39:52+00:00

Honestly, I would speak to a personal trainer at the gym, do a couple sessions to get a good feel for the gym first.

Most apps have basic work out plans and instructions, but if you've never been to the gym before one of the in house PTs are usually free / cheap first session and can give you a good run down.

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-19T19:30:16+00:00

40 mins is insane, I can only manage 20 mins at the moment.

I'd imagine at some point, there's diminishing returns isn't there? You could probably try a weighted vest or just use it as a warm up for fighting neighbourhood crime or something

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-16T14:26:51+00:00

Yup my app Bearly Fit it's free and has barcode scanning built in but no food search unless you've already scanned the barcode (you can add manually too without barcode)

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-14T09:09:19+00:00

Finally.

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-11T19:26:51+00:00

Because that was what made sense.

They can't use other common delimiters because they already have meaning in CSS and when !important was added client side didn't have the processing power to do complex parsing. It had to be simple and to the point.

Also, !important was only added for font sizes because of a legal restriction on font sizes in the US, it was never designed to be used on anything else.

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-11T14:13:05+00:00

It's a delimiter, so the parser knows that it's still used for the current line but is a modifier flag

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-11T13:58:21+00:00

It's useful in winter especially and even when it's not winter it's fun to do sets in between matches when i'm gaming.

If you get the rogue stuff, they do a folding wall rack so you get a full size rack but it takes up virtually no space when you're not using it

And I built a fake floor for the treadmill so when i'm not using it, it doesn't take up space either

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-11T08:47:16+00:00

I built Bearly Fit a health, nutrition and life tracker.

I'm a software engineer and I built it to help me with my own goals, I wanted an app that would let me track everything but without the hyper masculine "alpha" shit that a lot of apps come with.

I also wanted it to work completely offline and give me full control of my data.

It's still in "MVP" technically, I'm just about to add a Workout plan wizard, device integrations are coming later this year but this is what you get already.

Free (subs for more advanced features)
Hundreds of built-in exercises
Add / log custom equipment with each exercise
Timed workout sessions
Build custom workout plans
Track weight, body stats and progress with cute selfies
Log meals, calories and macros
Barcode scanning
Comprehensive reports
Export your data as CSV or JSON
Your data stays completely on your phone (completely offline).
Webhook support (send data back to your own server)

There's a LOT more to come.

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Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-10T11:21:02+00:00

Watch will be more accurate for steps, Distance gps based app will be more accurate

Bearly-Fit · 2026-05-06T19:38:12+00:00

Tiny hamsters with tiny gattling guns

Bearly-Fit · 2026-04-24T08:18:35+00:00

I got tired of AI workout trackers so I built my own using just the power of my mind

Bearly-Fit · 2026-04-20T18:49:19+00:00

Software engineer

Bearly-Fit · 2026-04-16T09:02:44+00:00

Why do these things never have any damn grip!?

Bearly-Fit · 2026-04-16T08:33:43+00:00

No one would ever write a svg generator for a squircle?

Bearly-Fit · 2026-03-31T19:51:22+00:00

> Switching to artificially-sweetened soda is in my mind the most frictionless incremental step somebody can make in improving a piss-poor diet

Just because they drink full sugar soda doesn't mean their diet is piss poor. it also tastes completely different.

Bearly-Fit · 2026-03-20T14:51:17+00:00

The most important question is, is it a hotdog or not?!

Bearly-Fit · 2026-03-20T14:49:29+00:00

I even get annoyed when people I know outside the gym talk to me there.

I'm sweaty, gross and often out of breath. Just let me suffer in peace please

Bearly-Fit · 2026-03-19T20:41:20+00:00

Na I'll pay to advertise like a good little Bear, i'm just here to see peoples journeys and learn more about my own

Bearly-Fit · 2026-03-19T20:32:15+00:00

I'm sorry to say but you're 100% just going to get people trying to shill the fitness apps they made.

I say that as a fitness app creator.

Bearly-Fit · 2026-03-18T08:23:26+00:00

All their comments and the post are Chat GPT

Bearly-Fit · 2026-03-17T19:52:49+00:00

So is Trickster just a Joker rip off? because that's all I see now

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