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New Feature: Text Messaging - James Bellamy

James Bellamy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:05:18 -0500

Great feature. I am always forgetting my logbook and writing my wods down on any piece of paper i can find. Then they never all end up in the same place. Now i can just send from my phone and enter when i get home.

Technique: Swimming vs Olympic Lifting - monstert

monstert — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:24:30 -0500

Just one brief comment about swimming. I'm not sure where you came to the conclusion that swimming only uses "a small set of muscles". You actually use nearly every muscle in your body each stroke. In order to perform at a high level you must have a solid core, powerful legs and shoulders, above average joint flexibility, and stamina. You need only look at the physique of the worlds top swimmers to confirm this. Many are long and all are broad powerful athletes.

Groups - thecleaner

thecleaner — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:26:31 -0500

How do you post a group's WOD's in advance so that the group knows what to expect the next day?

Exercises and the Inverted Hang - jaider64

jaider64 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:50:53 -0500

I agree...no need to add some of the real unusual workouts. I just add them into comments. FYI , love the site, when do you guys think you will have power output set up. No rush, I understand the work involved and we aren't paying anything.

I originally set up MPD group as unshared, but wouldn't mind changing same. Is this possible? I imagine that your future will also enable users to compare their workout efforts against others on your site and would certainly be willing to share ours. Thanks again, its the best Crossfit Logging Site out there.

Steven Marcolini
Marshfield, MA

Names - Casey

Casey — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:27:20 -0500

You're doing a great job with this site. I love it! Please keep up the good work.

Some User Questions - MB

MB — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:55:32 -0400

We don't store users' real names or location information, so that's not available to search. We do have plans to allow some kind of search for users with similar height, weight, performance, etc.

Some User Questions - Wheels

Wheels — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:01:56 -0400

If its not too invasive, could there be a search in the user list for users names instead of just seeing their alias?
Or, a search for certain stats would be another option. Finding users that have similar stats would be an easy way to compare your results against similar bodied people...
Also, adding a country of origin option would be cool to help find people from your country/state/region etc.

Cheers

Cleaning Up Your Logs - ihateburpees

ihateburpees — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:39:20 -0400

How about a remember me after login feature. A lot of poeple do this from there phones and its a PITA to try to log in every time.

New Feature: Text Messaging - john

john — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:18:52 -0400

32665 = FBOOK, for those who prefer letters to numbers.

Facebook Support - chris

chris — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:52:03 -0400

I have connected my page with facebook. When I hit the publish to facebook link nothing posts to my wall. Is there a step I am missing? I have tried with both firefox and IE.

Launch - McClurg

McClurg — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:34:19 -0400

Great idea for a site! Some good potential here.

Launch - MB

MB — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:38:59 -0400

The problem with Kelly that you mentioned above has been fixed.

If you un-check the "Skip details" box, the rx/non-rx display is now gone. The purpose of un-checking "Skip details" is to allow you to input more detailed scaling information on a per-exercise (rather than per-round) basis. If you did exactly the weights you specified in the first form, then you don't need this and you can leave the box checked.

Launch - john

john — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:52:47 -0400

I think that's a leftover from an older version which will probably go away soon. If you click the "workout was performed exactly as above" (or whatever) checkbox as you enter the workout, the Non-RX thing should go away.

Launch - jsachs

jsachs — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:06:44 -0400

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I tried the "duplicate" thing a few times. For example, I did the 30 muscle-up WOD and I wanted to enter my time. So I hit the "duplicate" link on the front page and it looked good and I entered my time, but then on the resulting page it said "Non-RX" for my entry. I did this a couple different times with the same result. The only way I was finally able to enter it as "RX" was to click the "Named workouts" link under the "add" section, then click the WOD and enter the time. If I'm doing something wrong, let me know...

Launch - MB

MB — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:46:06 -0400

On score entry: Technically, that's already the way it works. It's just that instead of having a simple form with only fields for the score, you get a pre-filled form. It's the same amount of keystrokes, just a little more surrounding information. This approach using only one form was simpler than making two different forms, one with just the score, and one with everything. The user experience to do what you describe is pretty simple. The first page you get when you log in has all the workouts people have logged sorted by the number of people who logged it. If you did it RXd, all you have to do is find the workout on the home page, click "Duplicate this workout", enter your score, and click "Submit".

I like your line of thought on this. This particular user experience is very important. If you find it more difficult than I describe, please let me know.

The problem with Kelly appears to be because a user created their own named workout called Kelly, so there is more than one to pick from. This issue is going on the top of the todo list.

Launch - jsachs

jsachs — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:42:30 -0400

Score Entry. I've thought about this a little more and this is probably the most important and heavily used part of the site. It should be so easy to enter the score. Aside from having a "enter your score" button/link next to each WOD, if someone is entering their score for TODAY'S WOD, they should just be presented with a place to put the score (time/reps/etc). If it's a strength day OR if the person checks "not done RX", then they should get the full on screen where you can enter all the details of the WOD.
Athletes that complete the WOD RX should just need to enter a score and be done!

Launch - jsachs

jsachs — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:38:59 -0400

I like it. Pretty sparse so far, but I see the potential and hope to see lots of new features and improvements soon!
Couple comments:
1. It's not very intuitive how to post your score for a WOD. If you added a link or button for "Post your score" on each WOD as they came up, that would be awesome.
2. The "Kelly" link in the "Add named WOD" list does not work. Says there is no WOD of that name.
3. I dont get what the "Skip" checkbox means when entering a score
4. It's not exactly clear how to make a score RX or not.

Facebook Support - MB

MB — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:21:34 -0400

No, it's not automatic. Facebook doesn't allow it to be automatic. To post a workout to your Facebook feed, find the workout you want, click "View" for that workout, and you will see a link "Publish to Facebook". Clicking that link should publish the workout to you Facebook wall. It will pop up a dialog box that allows you to add your own comment.

Facebook Support - Heath Powell (ihateburpees)

Heath Powell (ihateburpees) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:23:27 -0400

Facebook question:

Hey, nice format you have here. I have been a avid user of www.logsitall.com. the set up is close but your site looks like it has just a bit more detail and ability to customize.

How do you use the facebook intergration. I signed up and I think I linked it properly. is it automatic everytime I log a WOD or custom workout.

Update and Named Workouts - MB

MB — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:29:23 -0400

No, unfortunately you can't delete lines if you added too many. I'm aware that this is a problem, but unfortunately it will require a bit of work to fix. Don't submit the workout with too many entries. If you do accidentally add too many, you have to refresh and start over. I know this is a real pain. I do plan to fix it, but there are a number of other items with higher priority right now.