Hey! I'm a front-end focused engineer with over 10 years experience building video-related webapps. I've built broadcaster and consumer clients for a large live streaming site. I recently worked at a healthcare startup and led efforts to build out a behavioral health portal, connecting therapists with patients for virtual visits. I love being part of an effective team and enjoy mentoring junior engineers.
Technology-wise, I'm super comfortable with React, NodeJS for back-end services etc., and would enjoy branching out at a company that uses Next.js, React Native, Kotlin, Swift, or Rust. (I have some experience with these technologies, but not professionally)
Between jobs I've been building a large-scale LED project which is detailed at my portfolio site https://metal-heart.org
This doesn't jive with my experience. Sure, some listings are just renting you a place and leaving you be. But I've booked non-private rooms in places and had very accommodating and social hosts.
Tracking your workouts is important for debugging later - if you're not getting the results you want, how can you figure out the issue if you don't know what you've been doing?
If your goal is "general health" and you're doing okay, you're lucky (or you should set harder / more specific goals!) But as an example, I thought I was eating well, but when I started tracking my calories for a few months, I realized I had underestimated my daily calorie intake by about 400 calories, and I was still eating way too many carbs for what I considered to be a "low-carb" diet.
I'm also on Fitocracy (was using spreadsheets before) to track weightlifting - tracking is a necessity for lifting IMO.
It took me about half a year of lifting to get where I wanted to be, and tracking was instrumental in achieving that. But now it's all just maintenance, so why should I track? Some people approach it like a sport (that you want to continue to get better at) and some approach it like exercise (to maintain a level of fitness) – both seem perfectly fine to me.
I am not familiar with Fitocracy but it seems to be getting much love here. Part of my dislike for tracking and measuring fitness might come from my experience with cumbersome apps that make the process a pain. I used Fitness Buddy for a period, and found it way to complicated and in-depth to make tracking how much weight I lifted and the reps quickly between exercises. I'll give Fitocracy a shot, and see if I change my mind.
As a side note, I do like tracking how much I walk, but not for debugging, but for motivation. I'd like to hit a 100 miles before the end of the year just by walking at lunch, but for no other reason that personal pride I guess.
While much of the discussion here is focused on tracking activity, I want to mention that we at Fitocracy consider tracking secondary to the social experience the app and site provide. We believe that the key to long term success isn't about numbers on a screen but rather, making fitness a part of your identity and every day life through spending time with people and communities just like you. I highly recommend you check out the social aspects of the experience if you download the app :)
I just carry a small notebook with me to the gym. I note the reps and weight, and any subjective notes about what worked, what didn't, and what to aim for next time.
Takes a few seconds to fill out in between reps.
I'm sure there are useful, simple apps, but you don't need an app to track.
As others mentioned, tracking lets you make sure you're increasing your lifts. I never progressed consistently until I started tracking, and slightly increasing each time.
