The workout alarm you turn off with push-ups
You don’t need more discipline. You need an alarm that doesn’t accept “five more minutes” as an answer.
Most training plans fail the same way: they ask for too much, too vaguely, at no particular moment. The gym hour gets skipped, the streak never starts, and the plan quietly dies — usually somewhere between the snooze button and the second coffee.
Shimaru is a micro training coach, and its workout alarm is how the coaching sticks: an alarm that makes you exercise to turn it off. When it rings, you put your phone on the floor and move. The front camera counts your reps out loud, and the alarm only ends when your set does. No snooze, no bargaining, no half-asleep “I’ll do it later” — just a few honest reps, exactly when you planned them.
How the workout alarm works
- Set your plan. Pick an exercise — push-ups, knee push-ups, squats, sit-ups, or a plank — a target, and the moment it happens.
- The alarm rings. Get up and put the phone on the floor. Snoozing isn’t on the menu.
- Move to stop it. The camera watches your form and counts each rep out loud. The alarm ends when your set does — and your streak grows.
That’s the whole trick. The alarm is just the mechanism — what you’re really building is the habit behind it. Here’s what people use it for.
Wake up earlier — for real this time
A normal alarm starts a negotiation, and 6 a.m. you always loses it. A workout alarm skips the negotiation: by the time your set is done, you’re out of bed, your blood is moving, and you’ve already won once today — before the day even asked anything of you. Mornings stop being something you survive and start being something you start.
Get stronger, a few reps at a time
Ten push-ups every single morning beat the heroic gym hour you keep rescheduling. Small doses are easy to show up for, and showing up is the whole game — your targets grow as you do, and the progress charts show your totals climbing week after week. A few honest reps a day is how a body actually changes.
Build a habit that sticks
Every finished session extends your streak, and the longer the chain gets, the less you want to break it. For the days life wins — sick, traveling, just wrecked — Streak Shields protect a missed session, and pause mode covers vacations. It’s discipline with a safety net, not a guilt trip.
Your camera stays yours
All movement detection runs on the phone itself. No photo, video, or body measurement ever leaves your device — only the rep count is kept.
What it costs
One subscription unlocks everything — no tiers, no ads, no tracking. A whole year of Shimaru costs less than a typical month at the gym. The annual plan starts with a 3-day free trial, and the exact price for your country is always shown in the app before you pay.
Your first win is one alarm away
Shimaru is on the App Store in English, Japanese, and Spanish — and tomorrow morning is a fine place to start.