topic Re: Body Weight Workouts and Tracker in Home Automation

Body Weight Workouts and Tracker

aponcher — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:20:40 GMT

I'd like to find/create a script/service that does a few things that should be very do-able but seem to be a PIA.

1) Randomly throughout the work day (Service/script should run during some window or on some timer, i'm amenable to other triggers but this should be good enough) prompt user to do push-ups or sit-ups

- something along the lines of 'Lets do a set of push-ups!'

2) After some reasonable amount of time it should follow up and ask how many reps/sets were done.

- something along the lines of 'How many push-ups did you do?' -> '25'

3) the service/script should then store that data in some well defined google sheets (Different sheets per exercise, timeseries data)

4) there should be a visualization option where it charts the exercises by time series to show progress

there are many stretch goals that can be added if/when the basic infrastructure is worked out

Re: Body Weight Workouts and Tracker

MarilouBode — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 06:41:13 GMT

What you’re describing is essentially a lightweight “habit tracker” with randomized prompts, automated logging, and integrated progress visualization. The simplest way to think about it is as a personal fitness micro-coach that lives on your computer. At its core, the script would act as a tracker by recording each exercise event (push-ups, sit-ups, etc.) along with the date, time, and count

Re: Body Weight Workouts and Tracker

HobartShields — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:20:41 GMT

This is definitely doable, and the way you’ve broken it down is solid. A setup like this is very similar to how LTO Tracker works—triggering actions on a schedule, collecting user input, storing it in a structured format, and then turning that data into clear progress insights.