Timer on Training Page

[isaacbmiller]

Shouldn't be too much work but a timer defaulting to 20 sec would be nice instead of using another device or estimating in your head.

[arxanas]

I considered it, but we should be careful here. 20 seconds isn't a magical number. What's important is that you deliberately practice a set.

I've spent several minutes working on sets that were difficult for me. Ultimately, we want the user to do however much would challenge them. But 1) it's hard to convey that in the UI, and 2) it actually requires some practice in of itself to understand when you are effectively practicing.

[arxanas]

For some more context, Smash Training is based on the Stronglifts weightlifting app. In that app, you always do five reps of an exercise, and then the rest time is variable.

There's a slider at the bottom that goes through three phases. It's suggested you rest 1:30 if the set was easy, 3:00 if normal, or 5:00 if hard. However, the official guidance is to do your next set just as your heart rate and breathing return to normal.

Unfortunately, there's no simple physiological signal that we can wait on in our case 😓