One of the things we wanted to experiment with while building AntiRot was this:

What happens if you add a little physical friction between someone and the app they're about to doomscroll?

That's where our Push-Up Challenge comes in.

When you've blocked an app and try to open it, AntiRot can show an overlay asking you to complete a push-up challenge before continuing.

The idea isn't to punish you.

It's to break the automatic → open app → scroll → repeat loop.

Instead of instantly getting what your brain is asking for, you have to pause, make a conscious decision, and do something physical first.

And honestly, that's what makes the feature interesting to us. 😅

We're experimenting with different types of friction because we don't think every distraction needs another notification saying:

"You've been using this app for 2 hours."

Sometimes you just need something that makes you stop for a second.

We're still refining AntiRot, but this is one of the features we're most curious to see people react to.

Would a push-up challenge actually stop you from opening a distracting app, or would you just do the push-ups and keep scrolling anyway? 😂

We have built AntiRot to find out.