The Lift League Podcast
The Lift League podcast is a deep dive into the thought, planning, and relentless work behind building The Lift League. I'm covering the entire personal and professional process, the lessons learned, and the challenges faced while creating a company, a product, and hopefully, a community.
Episodes
7 episodes
The Lift League Podcast - Do You Need Username Security? - Googles Closed Testing Requirements
We have begun closed testing on Google Play and that means for the first time, strangers are in the app and we're all familiar with stranger danger. All I can say is, people are weird. But that's okay. The weirder people are, the better you can...
The Lift League Podcast - Building Healthy Social Media Tools
This episode covers getting Training Circles up and running in The Lift League, along with the decisions we made to preserve the motivating side of social media without bringing along the unhealthy parts. There is real power in seeing others sh...
Completed a Massive Sprint - RevenueCat and More
I was really worried I had missed a few things when rebuilding the database for the new app. But I was able to blast thru that issue, which motivated me to keep working at a break-neck pace. As a result of that sprint, I now have the bulk of th...
AI Body Fat Readers - Early Access Sign-Up
I spent some more time on the website. I realized it needed a CTA above the fold and what better CTA is there than an email gathering field? Let's get the list going! I also spent some time trying out new AI body fat estimators. They're interes...
Fitness App UX - Trainer Check-ins - Firebase Web Hosting
I'm finally back to lifting, at home. It was a long break but it feels really good to be back under the bar. The app is in a place where I can test full blocks and check-ins which makes lifting much more productive. I've also spent some time ho...
I Bought A New Laptop - Is it Worth Starting Over?
I finally broke down and bought a new laptop. It wasn’t easy, but Costco helped soften the blow. Once I had the new machine set up, I realized there was only one thing I could do: start over.So I went on a super build sprint and got more...
Dealing with Death - Deciding to Migrate Database or Rebuild from Scratch
My Dad died at the end of last year. It hit pretty hard since I was his primary caregiver for 5 years. But we move on and in my case, it was back to The Lift League. I had to put the project aside and at a time when it was is a really bad place...