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Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
Exercise Order Options
For the last six months, you could pick any exercise from the workout list to perform next, in any order. If Leg Press was next on the list, and someone was using the machine, you simple chose another exercise. When you saved that exercise, you could then pick Leg Press, or something else if the equipment was still busy. I really like the look of the new interface, the fact that reps and weights are editable while you do the exercise, etc. BUT, I don't think the next exercise on the list should be "automatically started" when you save the previous exercise. It only takes one touch to select any exercise, but takes a lot of effort to "back out" and do a different exercise if it is already "pre-loaded" for you. If a lot of people like the new "auto start", maybe there could be an "option" or "switch" in Setup where you can choose if you prefer "Auto Start Next Exercise in list" or "Choose the next exercise yourself"? (like it worked before)
Long press and swipe to re order exercises
Would be great if we can have a long press and swipe on an exercise to change its order faster, on the order of exercises page as it's very tedious to move them with the arrows.
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Founder of Dr. Muscle
See how long I worked out
Is there the possibility to see how long I worked out? Maybe a timer per workout would be nice.
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's done! Now, when you finish a workout, you get a congratulations message with your stats for that workout, including how long it was (and how many exercises, sets, and new records you did).
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Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
Update recommended weight and reps when if I change increments while I execute an exercise
After I open an exercise and get to the screen where I save my sets, if I go and change increments, I have to exit the app to have increments reflected in the exercise execution. Have a look: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FTXEwuYA3dKnBYu79
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's done! Now, after you edit the increments, when you return to that exercise, you'll see a popup that lets you reload the app's recommendation for that exercise.
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Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
Support 25 pound bars and other custom bars in plate calculator
I like the new plate calculator but it only supports 45 pound barbells when there are also 25 pound EZ bars and the sled of a leg press machine that weighs 118 pounds I think that there should be support for other barbells and other sources that require plates.
Thank you,
Peter
Hi guys!
This feature is already implemented! Tap here to customize bar weight (including 25 lbs):
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Sync with the health app on my iPhone X
I would like to sync this app with the health app on my iPhone X please. Is there way to do this now or will there be a way to sync in the future updates? I have used other apps and it syncs automatically.
Thanks, Tony
Per side or combined amounts flag for exercise weight
It would be very helpful to have a flag that indicates per exercise if the weight listed is per individual weight (e.g. dumb bell) or combined (barbell). Certain exercises right now need to he 2x or halved since it is ambiguous from the description of exercises and users can create their own exercises. This would be helpful for data quality and normalization purposes cross users as well since there is no way to tell now.
M
Bob, you're absolutely right. This topic is one year old and we've since updated the app to show "If you're using dumbbells, enter the weight for one hand" and walk users through unilateral exercises with popups for "Side 1" and "Side 2". So, I'm marking this as completed.
Joel, I wouldn't advise you do the unilateral exercises that way, for reasons Bob explained (thx Bob!). But if you still want to do it, you can create custom exercises that are not unilateral and swap them in. Simply replace the ones the app uses by yours, and you'll be good to go.
Big thanks for all who voted for this topic.
More volume at lighter loads for isolation exercises
I do wander about the approach to some of the isolation movements and in particular things like lateral raises where I feel that more volume at lighter loads is almost certainly better, yet the the algorithm can be quite aggressive in pushing the numbers up. It seems all of the lifts are following roughly the same model, though obviously not everything can progress as much as compounds and certain movements definitely benefit from more volume.
I'm usually supplementing separate work for these groups. So I wonder if in the future some attention might be paid to favoring more volume on things like calves that can use it.
At the end of the day, your app is great and it's honestly the foundation my training, though I do supplement around it with things I'd like to target a bit more or can handle greater frequency (arms). It's pushed a ton of my compounds up and I specifically credit things like ridiculously high rep deadlifts and squats for greatly increasing my conditioning and growing my 1RMs by a huge amount.
I also love and evangelize rest-pause training now. Anyway, keep up the good work and have a nice day!
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's done!
You can now customize isolation exercises for more volume at lighter loads. To do so:
- Tap "..." next to an isolation exercise
- Tap "more"
- Toggle on "Use custom reps"
- Set reps to any high range, e.g. 15-25
If you're on Android, you can update now. If you're on iPhone, you'll have to wait 2-3 days for Apple to approve it. To update:
- Open the store app on your phone
- Search for Dr. Muscle
- Tap update
Now would be a great time to suggest and vote for our next feature. If you'd like to do that, please visit: https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1-submit-your-feedback/topics#.
Really appreciate your support and advice. Thanks!
Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
Tell the app what equipment you have available
Is there a way to tell the app what equipment you have available? I work out at home but i have a cable attachment and landmine attachment on my rack.
We've begun working on a similar feature. Please vote here for your equipment at home: https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/175-select-your-available-equipment-at-home
I'm marking this one as completed to remove the duplicate.
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