Competitive Gains

Competitive Gains is a app that brings competitive gaming to the gym. Track and rank progress in exercises like Bench, Squats, and Rows with ranks (Bronze to GIGA CHAD) and progress charts.

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Inspiration

My inspiration for the project comes from my love for the gym. I want to make the gamify going to the gym to encourage more people to focus on their physical health.

What it does

This application takes in user inputs on certain gym exercises like bench, squat, and barbell rows. the user enters the weight and how many reps they did it for. the program then gives the user a rank based on their exercise, and remembers it. This allows the user to track their progress in a visual representation through a line graph over time, and encourages the user to continue to rank up to reach the next level

How we built it

I built it in VS code using react. The code is written in java script and uses node.js

Challenges we ran into

A challenge I ran into was just getting it started. I didn't know how to start developing this app and I've never used react before so I had to do some research on different approaches I could take to finish the project. another challenge I ran into front end developing. I have only done a couple of full stack projects before and refamiliarizing myself with front end developing was quite challenging.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I am proud of how the app looks in its final state. I didn't even expect to build a project joining the hackathon, so seeing a project I built from scratch in just under 48 hours is really cool and I am proud of myself for getting it done.

What we learned

I am definitely better and more confident at full stack developing now than I was a few days ago so that is cool. I also learned a lot about JavaScript which I wasn't the most familiar with until the hackathon

What's next for Competitive Gains

I want to create a mobile implementation of the app next. I've never developed a mobile app before so I created a web app due to time constraints. However, I would like to implement a mobile version of this and also add some sort of networking system so you can friend other people and share your ranks and best lifts.

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