"What Animal Do You Lift?" is back online!

[readerjoseph]

original post (from nine years ago):

https://www.reddit.com/r/xxfitness/comments/27h7f0/what_animal_do_you_lift_a_web_app

the calculator was offline for a long while but all the infra things are finally upgraded, you can once again track if you have progressed from squatting a svelte wildebeest to a fledgling pacific walrus!

why is this post-worthy?

1. when this first went live, it had a delightful reception, and in this current climate, it feels even more important to offer moments of joy to people wherever possible
2. there are no ads, there's no data tracking (much less selling), i am paying fully out-of-pocket for this app and it'd be great to know my money is going towards providing some fun to folks (i.e., the app is being used)

http://whatanimaldoyoulift.herokuapp.com

(sort of x-posted from r/fitness but it's still pending moderator approval)

 

[johnprakashjha]

@readerjoseph My physical therapist asked if I had anything about 7 lb at home to use for some of my exercises…so now I literally lift my 7 lb toy poodle during some of my exercises. Does that count?

 

[hiskid8883]

@readerjoseph I benched a newborn baby longhorn and deadlifted a mature alpaca, both for six reps. How adorable

 

[kinggeorge]

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[pasifika]

@kinggeorge v good bot

 

[purpleangel]

@kinggeorge Good bot

 

[chandrika]

@kinggeorge best bot!

 

[iamyangmin]

@readerjoseph A medium-sized deer lol

 

[angelsue]

@readerjoseph It doesn't work for me

I can go to the website, introduce a weight, but the button does nothing. Tried it in 4 different browsers.

 

[painhour]

@angelsue Yeah, doesn't work for me either.

 

[readerjoseph]

@angelsue thanks for the heads up! looks like there were some intermittent database connectivity issues (which is why the first page loaded for you, but submitting didn't work). made some changes which hopefully makes connections moving forward more robust(but also i suspect traffic will calm down / even out fairly soon)

 

[nathan2018]

@angelsue It’s not just you - it worked for me yesterday but didn’t just now when I tried.

 

[shostar12]

@nathan2018 Glad to see that it's just not me! From personal experience I know that I can, bench, OHP, squat, dead lift my Dogo. He was completely out of pocket! I had to remove him my girl's lap. He was drowning her in licks and kisses.

 

[balkan]

@angelsue My guess is that when this was widely shared, it probably used up all of the developer’s free API calls. Super fun idea though. Maybe try again at the beginning of July?

 

[angelsue]

Now it works again! I bench a cheetah lol

 

[livefaith]

@readerjoseph Haha I can hip thrust a Fledgling Pacific Walrus! Very cool

 

[drewmarshall]

@readerjoseph Omg I’m lifting a baby giraffe

 

[tealpearl]

@readerjoseph With dumbbells, I bench a newborn manatee for 3x8 reps... "newborn" is doing a lot of work here.

 

[ronit]

@readerjoseph This is one of my favourite websites. I recently benched a baby elephant for a triple! And two days ago I, uhm, also benched a baby elephant (albeit a slightly lighter one) for a set of five.

 

[readerjoseph]

@ronit that's fantastic, congrats!!