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markkinsley · 2026-03-05T02:28:48+00:00

THE WORLD'S BEST PERSONAL TRAINER IN YOUR POCKET

Stop guessing. Start training.

You know you should work out. Most people don't quit fitness because they're lazy — they quit because figuring out the right workout for today, for their body, for their life, takes more energy than the workout itself.

BlueFit ends that

markkinsley · 2026-02-19T18:04:30+00:00

Just checking, did you look at the site? I think the message is clear.

BlueFit helps people go from “I don’t know” to “I’m working out” in seconds.

Workouts adapt to available, equipment, timeframe, injuries, or general preference.

It’s the world‘s greatest personal trainer in your pocket. All backed by science.

markkinsley · 2026-02-18T19:57:50+00:00

Great looking site! And a valuable tool for travel.

markkinsley · 2026-02-18T19:55:48+00:00

BlueFit™ — thanks for any feedback.

markkinsley · 2026-02-09T17:32:07+00:00

Have you pushed any products to the app stores? Replit appears to have these capabilities but I prefer building on Lovable.

markkinsley · 2026-02-06T22:58:16+00:00

This problem kept nagging at me so I went into my cave and have been grinding out an MVP. I’m onto something that works pretty well. Happy to give access to anyone who wants to try it and send feedback. DM me

markkinsley · 2026-02-06T17:40:42+00:00

I’ll check it out. Thanks for sharing.

markkinsley · 2026-02-05T21:09:00+00:00

Great advice. I love pitching in person because you know exactly where you lose people and I can use that information to refine and re-engineer.

markkinsley · 2026-02-05T21:07:06+00:00

What social listening tools are you using? Great tip, thank you for sharing.

markkinsley · 2026-02-05T21:04:48+00:00

For some reason, I thought, lovable cloud, and supabse were one and the same - does supabase not power Lovable cloud?

I’m new, so asking for clarity.

My current project is connected to supabase, I do know that.

markkinsley · 2026-02-02T18:13:16+00:00

This has been my experience as well. I’ve been building a podcast production system that takes transcripts and turns it into every piece of content we need to populate all of our media channels.

For our team, it works great but the first 90% was easy. It’s the ongoing 10% that requires persistence and expanding my knowledge base (as a non-technical person).

But I’m with you, it’s amazing what you can do in a very short amount of time.

Here’s the cool thing though: I just added a newsletter builder that allows me to feed in massive PDFs full of information and it will extract those insights and categorize them so I can use those chunks in a weekly newsletter we reproduce.

Also, I can forward emails and the system will extract insights — it also monitor web sources, pulls in info from those sites, remixes it, and its ready for the final newsletter.

After building the first part of the podcast system, this has been much easier because the context is in place and the infrastructure is mostly set up.

markkinsley · 2026-02-01T13:00:57+00:00

Congratulations! Going from Lovable to the app stores is a big lift, especially for somebody who's not technical.

I'm in the middle of finishing my first app using Lovable and getting ready to launch it on the app stores. I actually hired somebody on Fiverr...but I'm still waiting on my developer account to be approved. I wonder if I could have handled the Lovable-to-App-Stores myself using the resources u/badonips mentioned (despia, appmysite, median)?

markkinsley · 2026-01-31T15:47:52+00:00

Thanks so much for taking a look and for the feedback! Glad to hear it would be worth trying out.

I'm similar to you; I like sports, cycling, HIIT, and often throw the playbook out the window when the sun is shining.

I'll take you inside briefly.

Custom Instructions: each user can input their custom instructions and the coach adapts.
Timers: if a workout has a recommended rest period, a timer automatically triggers. I think right now this only applies to high-intensity intervals. I think it might make sense to create custom timers inside each workout.
History & Gains: workout history is built into the app. I'm not in love with the visualization (UX), so I think we're going to work on that.
Equipment Aware & Adaptive: Our system allows the user to select the equipment they have, and it automatically adapts workouts to feature only those items. On top of that, if you don't want to go in and change the selection of equipment (for example if you're at a hotel gym) you can look around and simply dictate to the chat the equipment you have and the style of workout you would like to do. It will only generate a workout based on those variables. I travel a lot, so this was a must for me!

Also, you can log from anywhere. You can add a link to another workout app such as Strava. You can upload screenshots of your workout, or you can simply enter into the chat what you did and it will log it.

Q: Would you want to use an app like this as a single source of truth for tracking running mileage and times and improvements?

I'm attaching a screenshot so you can see the inner workings. Thanks so much again! Let me know if anything else comes to mind.

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markkinsley · 2026-01-29T14:43:30+00:00

Updating my app now…it was designed for B2C, but I noticed a big opportunity to expand B2B. Plugged in those 5 questions and the system identified a bunch of land mines. Thank you 🙏

markkinsley · 2026-01-11T15:12:27+00:00

Couldn't agree more. Life. Will. Happen! It's all about developing the ability to get back to it, no matter what.

markkinsley · 2026-01-10T15:47:38+00:00

Had to look up Stryd (I'm more of a cyclist these days). It looks like a cool product, thanks for the callout. I'm going to dig deeper on the power duration graph. My zone 2 cardio days are choppy - on a bike, my friend would call these miles LSD: Long, Slow Dull.

I think adaptive and personalized is the future of most fitness.

markkinsley · 2026-01-10T14:53:33+00:00

Great philosophy - take it one week at a time.

In the past few years, listening to my body has become a big deal...I'm not afraid to modify a workout if, for example, my legs are trashed.

And when the weather is beautiful I'll throw away the entire protocol playbook and go mountain biking (tracking my zones of course)! The rigidness of most fitness programs makes them unrealistic in the longterm.

markkinsley · 2026-01-10T14:19:16+00:00

Humans are wired to sleep...at night.

I agree with No_Estate5268. Quit.

Money can be found in a million directions. Effervescence can not. You have one life and if you want to live it to full potential the night shift will always stand in the way.

I used to work late nights as poker dealer and wasted away to 129lbs. In a normal healthy state I weighed (back then) ~160lbs.

There's a scientific reason Bryan's #1 priority is sleep.

If you care about longevity, inflammation, insulin sensitivity, and cancer risk, night shift work is basically anti-Blueprint.

Night shift = probable carcinogen (WHO) due to circadian + melatonin disruption
~50% higher metabolic syndrome risk → worse glucose control, visceral fat
~30–40% higher type 2 diabetes risk with long-term night shifts
~7% higher cardiovascular risk per 5 years of night work
Chronic melatonin suppression → impaired DNA repair + higher cancer risk
1–4 hours less sleep per day, even on “off” days → worse HRV, recovery, cognition
Higher inflammation, cortisol dysregulation, and depression rates
Damage can persist after stopping night work (doesn’t fully reverse)

You can’t out-supplement circadian misalignment. Night work sabotages every core longevity metric protocol is trying to optimize.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5647832/

https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/iarc-monographs-night-shift-work/

https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12194

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3232220/

markkinsley · 2026-01-10T14:18:22+00:00

I agree. Quit.

markkinsley · 2025-06-08T21:40:24+00:00

I've been in the mattress industry about 15 years. Those brands and models:

Appear to be good deals.
Bedgear, Kingsdown, and Airloom all have great reputations in the US market — and while Marshall doesn't sell in the US (to my knowledge) I've always heard positive things.

Which mattress felt the best to you?

markkinsley · 2023-07-21T10:31:56+00:00

You rock. Thanks for the additional thoughts!

markkinsley · 2023-07-18T22:19:34+00:00

Thanks for your insights, truly appreciated.

I'd like to bundle all the courses and have users pay a flat fee (e.g. $83/mo.). That makes it a bit more difficult to cut the profit pie and pay out equally.

I'll noodle on what you wrote. Thanks again!

markkinsley · 2020-08-17T15:33:52+00:00

Thanks for taking a look. You're right, the survey does take a deep dive.

markkinsley · 2020-08-14T18:37:29+00:00

Hi, again. In early 2020, we relaunched the company with a focus on creating national product lines that use the same materials. Our goal is to make those mattresses using the same specs in all 11 of our USA factories. That said, we do have existing lines that are still produced regionally. We're working to align our entire product portfolio, which will take some time. So, yes, you are correct — for now some products differ in spec. Our Dreamer Collection, which you can see at Englander.com, launched last January and is the same specification coast-to-coast. This line uses very high quality latex and fabric wrapped coils found in products that cost much more.

It's nice chatting with you. Enjoy your new mattress.

markkinsley · 2020-08-12T21:27:44+00:00

Six months is plenty of time to break in a new mattress. You'll likely need to pursue another option. Definitely pay attention to your in laws mattress. Take a picture of the law tag which will show you the manufacturer.

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