Workout.cool Modern fitness coaching platform with comprehensive exercise database Table of Contents Contributors About A comprehensive fitness coaching platform that allows create workout plans for you, track progress, and access a vast exercise database with detailed instructions and video demonstrations. ๐ฏ Project Origin & Motivation This project was born from a personal mission to revive and improve upon a previous fitness platform. As the primary contributor to the original workout.lol project, I witnessed its journey and abandonment. ๐ฅน The Story Behind workout.cool ๐๏ธ Original Contributor : I was the main contributor to workout.lol : I was the main contributor to workout.lol ๐ผ Business Challenges : The original project faced major hurdles with exercise video partnerships (no reliable video provider) could be established : The original project faced major hurdles with exercise video partnerships (no reliable video provider) could be established ๐ฐ Project Sale : Due to these partnership issues, the project was sold to another party : Due to these partnership issues, the project was sold to another party ๐ Abandonment : The new owner quickly realized that exercise video licensing costs were prohibitively expensive , began to be sick and abandoned the entire project : The new owner quickly realized that , began to be sick and abandoned the entire project ๐ Revival Attempts : For the past 9 months , I've been trying to reconnect with the new stakeholder : For the past , I've been trying to reconnect with the new stakeholder ๐ง Radio Silence : Despite multiple (15) attempts, there has been no response : Despite multiple (15) attempts, there has been no response ๐ New Beginning: Rather than let this valuable work disappear, I decided to create a fresh, modern implementation Why workout.cool Exists Someone had to step up. The opensource fitness community deserves better than broken promises and abandoned platforms. I'm not building this for profit. This isn't just a re...
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