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Commerce · January 21, 2025

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Hold yourself accountable for gym visits with a $10 stake

I don't go to the gym as much as I should or want to. To give myself some financial motivation I made this website. First you set a goal for how many days you'll hit the gym. To prove you're at the gym, you will verify each visit by pressing a button on your phone (with location sharing on). You stake $10 as motivation and if you hit your target, you get the money back. If you fail, your $10 goes to the "Save The Children" charity with a donation receipt emailed to you. Obviously you could visit the gym and then just go home without working out - but getting to the gym is half the battle!…

Hold yourself accountable for gym visits with a $10 stake launched on January 21, 2025 with 10 votes, #1,608 of 6,141 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

In plain words

This website helps people commit to gym visits by staking $10 on meeting their self-set attendance goals. Users set a target number of gym days, then verify each visit by pressing a button on their phone with location sharing enabled. If they hit their goal, they get their $10 back. If they miss it, the money goes to Save The Children charity with a donation receipt sent to them. The service uses Google sign-in and relies on the principle that reaching the gym is the hardest part of working out.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

I don't go to the gym as much as I should or want to. To give myself some financial motivation I made this website. First you set a goal for how many days you'll hit the gym. To prove you're at the gym, you will verify each visit by pressing a button on your phone (with location sharing on). You stake $10 as…

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