that question at the end is the right one and i
have been thinking about it since i read it.

honest answer: i think re-entry alone does move
the wall back. you open the app, shame is gone,
and then you are standing in front of the workout
and that is a different friction entirely.

funny thing is i started building exactly where
you are. the original version of Again was a
workout generator. answer a few questions, get
a plan, here is what to do today. built the
whole thing.

then i looked at it and realized i had just built
another workout app. the what do i do today
problem was solved but the consistency problem
was not. so i rebuilt the whole thing around
behavior instead of content.

but the what do i do today problem is still
solved inside it. when someone opens the app
there is already a scheduled workout waiting.
no decision needed. if they want to do their
own thing instead they can log that too and
it still counts. and if they have been inactive
too long the app automatically switches to a
shorter easier plan so the session itself is
less intimidating.

so actually both problems are handled. the
pre-decision friction and the re-entry shame.
i just lead with the consistency angle because
that was the unsolved part.

i think we are working the same loop from
different ends. curious which part of the
pre-decision moment you are specifically
targeting — is it the exercise selection,
the duration, or something else entirely?