Integrated Flexibility Assessment Tests & Progress Dashboard
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MathisG
## Problem
While tracking strength gains (e.g., hitting a new PR on pull-ups) is concrete and rewarding, tracking flexibility and mobility progress is notoriously difficult. Goals like "solve back pain" or "touch toes while standing" are often long-term and lack immediate, measurable milestones. Without a way to quantify small improvements, users frequently feel they are stagnant, leading to frustration and dropout.
## Proposed Solution
I suggest implementing a Flexibility Assessment Test feature, similar to the workflow used by physiotherapists or the GOWOD app.
### How it works
Initial Assessment: Users perform a standardized set of mobility tests (e.g., shoulder range, hamstring flexibility, hip mobility). The app estimates current Range of Motion (ROM) based on user input, photos, or guided angles.
Integrated Workouts: The app recommends specific flexibility routines based on the assessment results.
Periodic Re-Testing: A prompt to re-take the assessment every month (or user-defined interval).
Progress Dashboard: A visual dashboard that tracks ROM improvements over time, converting "feeling better" into hard data (e.g., "Hamstring flexibility improved by 15°").
## Why it matters
Calistree has a whole flexibility part, and already has plenty of data on muscle recovery, exercises progression and the likes. I think adding this would really improve the user engagement with flexibility and mobility training which are often overlooked by athlets.
It would add tangible feedback, increasing accountability with trying to beat last month's score.
Reference Apps like GOWOD have successfully proven that users are willing to engage in mobility work if they can see a clear visual representation of their improvement. Integrating this directly into Calistree would be a game-changer for flexibility-focused users.
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protozoa
In contrast to GOWOD's approach to mobility assessment, the app (iOS) "pliability: Stretch & Mobility" takes a slightly different approach. It uses the camera to detect misalignments rather than GOWOD's self-reported approach. The pliability app's approach has its own strengths.
Before you implement some sort of a mobility test, it might be good for you to investigate both the apps (GOWOD and pliability) to see the strengths of both approaches and decide which aspects you want to integrate.
Louis Deveseleer
Merged in a post:
Mastery for flexibility (and possibly even strength) should consider form and not just time / reps
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protozoa
When an exercise is done, the form is quite important to determine mastery -- particularly for flexibility. If I did some flexibility exercise for some time, the app does not get any feedback on whether I actually did it well. For example, GOWOD (iOS) does a mobility test periodically to evaluate which muscles do not have sufficient mobility, and allows for future exercises to cater to stretching those muscles. Could we incorporate that concept somehow in Calistree?
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KaKaRoTo
I think the point is to only record perfect form in the app. If your form broke during a rep, you don't count that rep.
I like the idea of a guided mobility test to establish baseline and what needs improvements. I'd upvote that suggestion!
Louis Deveseleer
KaKaRoTo Assessments have been requested too here: https://feedback.calistree.com/requests/p/integrated-flexibility-assessment-tests-progress-dashboard
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protozoa
Louis Deveseleer - Yes, this is a similar point. Can the posts be merged and combine the votes?
Also, the post about generating routines for weaknesses would become a tangentially related point (https://feedback.calistree.com/requests/p/generate-weaknesses-program).
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lorenauker
I love the idea of a flexibility assessment. I would definitely use it to track progess and find which areas I need to focus on more.
For making flexibility progress more measurable and tracking progress, check out this feature request.