3. App: Head to head async matches

Why this solution?

Players schedules are problematic so they could not jump on at a specific time everyday. Thus, I need to make this more convenient and work around the player's schedule. I also needed a simple to learn movement so it's easier to learn, perform, and judge.

The application was redesigned so one player performs 60 seconds of pushups to record their a max rep count. They then choose a player to challenge them, where this player has 24 hours to respond to do the same. Whomever does the most pushups, wins.

User pains & gains addressed

• New: Convenient to workout

• New: Simple movement

• New: I can judge the movement is done correctly

• Quick workout

• Catalyst to get started working out

• Test your strength ability

• working out is boring

• I'm not motivated to do this myself

• I don't know fitness routine I should do

• I need a workout for the day

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Learnings

Terminology to help discuss this: initiator (start the challenge), challenger (responds to the initiator).

• It requires to have one of the two players highly motivated to initiate the challenge, or else the match would not occur.

• Challengers who would no show would ruin the entire experience for other person. In most cases, challenger was unaware of this disappointment. It's like setting up a basketball game, you show up to the court, and your friend forgets to show up.

• There are many different interpretations of a pushup which would lead to poor experiences between two players.

• During a challenge, as people became more fatigued, the pushup form would degrade. This would put in question who actually won.

• If one of the two players has poor pushup form, then it deters the person with good pushup form to initiate another challenge with that person.

• If you lose in pushups, you are de-motivated to ever play again against that person since the race type game is very simple: who can do the most pushups.

• The amount of gains you get through pushups day to day is minimal, but over the course of 12 weeks the gains are exponential.

• We had a few players begin with the ability to perform 20 pushups in 60 seconds, and after 12 weeks, they were able to perform 45+ pushups in 60 seconds.

• A player who works out in their daily life: their workouts would be intensified because they were motivated to do well in the next pushup match.