Ive been learning C++ for awhile now and Im interested in building my own applications/ software that I can use on a daily basis. I have a workout routine and I would like to build a program that acts just like a product you would buy from the store. Any advice on tutorials, sites, or books would be awesome!
As the others already have commented above, show us a better vision about what you would like to do. No one can help you if you don't be specific with your goals.
Ok, right now I keep my workout and weight maxes in an excel spread sheet. Every week I do a certain percentage of my max and reps in a wave. So for example wave 1 is 5X15 at 45% of my max. The issue is I have to manually input and find the percentages as well as increase my max when I test myself for growth. I would like a program that would keep track of my routine and automaticly update my weight when I grow.
Well, anything like that would require engineering. Making something to keep track of that automatically. Like a pedometer and a scale that sync to a device such as your phone. I mean, I get what you're saying - you want to make tools in general that will be useful to you in your day to day life. It takes a little more than programming though for what you want to do - but anything is possible.
If you want to make a computer program that keeps track, you'll still have to manually input your data. iPhone has that health app - it keeps track of your steps and any other health data you want but you have to manually input that stuff. I think a few years ago they came out with a Nike watch that operates similar to what you're trying to do? I know next to nothing about it though.
EDIT: Sorry - misread what you wrote! You want it to automatically do the math for you - That is VERY doable.