Louis Coraggio Agreed. 😪

Scott Maw: Actually, this is the most ideal method of naming exercises within a large database when you are trying to optimize for 1) naming consistency and 2) reduce the chance of a team of coaches not being able to find an exercise.

(I've experimented with many different naming conventions over the years, and also consulted with a mentor who has a MASSIVE exercise database - thousands and thousands of exercises - as part of a coaching certification he runs.)

➡ In a database, you always want items to list similar movements together if sorted alphabetically.

Like so:

Naming them with variables at the beginning would result in these exercises , with many other exercises listing in between:

➡ Additionally, the search function within Everfit's metrics screen demands the EXACT name of the exercise as input - it does not pull "pieces" of the exercise name to display an exercise when searching. So it's important to keep a to make searching easier for my team vs. having exercises named randomly depending on their variations.

Knowing that the exercises always start with EQUIPMENT > EXERCISE NAME > MODALITY maintains consistency.

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And honestly, this is a moot point because there will inevitably be SOME words that are cut off for longer exercise names, even with switching the order. For a client, this is a mess when looking to select an exercise from the Alternative Exercise list.

Example, a low-touch program giving the client an option to select either Lateral Raises or Front Raises for an exercise slot:

Standing Lateral Rai...se (Dumbbell)

Seated Lateral Raise... (Dumbbell)

Standing Single Late...ral Raise (Dumbbell) ❌

Standing Single Late...ral Raise (Cable) ❌

Standing Front Rai...se (Dumbbell)

Seated Front Raise... (Dumbbell)

Standing Single Fron...t Raise (Dumbbell) ❌

Standing Single Fron...t Raise (Cable) ❌

VS

Dumbbell Standing La...teral Raise ❌

Dumbbell Seated Late...ral Raise

Dumbbell Standing La...teral Raise (Single) ❌

Cable Standing Later...al Raise (Single)

Dumbbell Standing Fr...ont Raise ❌

Dumbbell Seated Fron...t Raise

Dumbbell Standing Fr...ont Raise (Single) ❌

Cable Standing Fron...t Raise (Single)

VS

Dumbbell Standing La...teral Raise

Dumbbell Seated Late...ral Raise

Single Dumbbell Stan...ding Lateral Raise ❌

Single Cable Standin...g Lateral Raise ❌

Dumbbell Standing Fr...ont Raise

Dumbbell Seated Fron...t Raise

Single Dumbbell Stan...ding Front Raise ❌

Single Cable Standin...g Front Raise ❌

All different methods of ordering the pieces of the exercise name, still with multiple instances of exercise names being "similar".

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There is no reason that the app and the coaching web platform shouldn't be able to display the full name and/or include a hover tooltip, as this is already integrated in many other areas of Everfit. Exercise naming conventions shouldn't need to be shifted around to be in random order.

Coach Shayla ‎: Trying to optimise the data for how it is organised in the database is irrelevant when what you want to achieve is the names of the exercises displaying more clearly in the interface. That organisation of the items in a database becomes even more relevant when you are using the search function to find exercises when building workouts.