It would be really helpful if the timer showed up on my lock screen the way other timers do.  Even better would be the timer plus the number of reps for the next set.  That way I can just glance at my phone to check instead of having to unlock it all the time.

If it wouldn't interfere with the muscle-building algorithm/research behind the application, it would be nice if there were an option to have easy/medium/hard days intermixed.

Instead of having single days for each level of difficulty, every day a third of your exercises would be on their easy days, a third on medium, and a third on hard.  You could still have each exercise go through its proper progression of the difficulty levels, but your whole body wouldn't be so overwhelmed on hard days.  It would also make scheduling easier.  Some days my workout takes 30 minutes, others 90.

It feels as though this would also help me progress more quickly.  On hard upper-body days, I'm certain that my own overall exhaustion is taking away from my capabilities on the last 1-2 exercises.

For me at least, it would also help mentally.  It is much tougher to get up the motivation to hit the gym when I know I have a hard day facing me.  If every day had a few easy, a few medium, and a few hard exercises, it would be mentally less daunting.

Finally, it would also open up other exercise options.  I tried switching over to the push/pull/legs plan but had to immediately switch back to upper/lower.  There is just no way I'm going to give it my all on deadlifts and squats on the same day.  Both exercises are simply too draining on a whole-body level for me.  But, if one were on easy and the other hard? Then it would be possible.

Eve or Dr Muscle should be working together not in isolation: One of them should save photos and body composition to track or progress!

Access to last sessions logs while doing exercises. At least the last 3-5, but it should be great to access to all of them.

Only showing the 3 last workouts doesn’t seem enough to me. Example: if I have a deload of 2 weeks it will be hard to interpret the data.

I think getting experts to design a library of workouts (adding more on a regular basis) would skyrocket the value of the app.

A prime example is the 5 steps of trying to add things to my final bill when checking out for the app. I'd had a fairly lengthy discussion with marketing about the monthly cost as I'm a student with sorely limited income. After arranging a deal on the price, I then almost quit when trying to complete it due to the Just 4 more clicks through stuff I can't afford before we'll let you buy the one thing you want!

Maybe it's just me?

Hi,

I noticed a recurring pattern of errors on my part recently, when I'm providing the app feedback on how much further
can I push. After finishing the 2 warm up sets and subsequently the first proper work set, a list box appears asking whether I can do more. Invariably, probably because of my shaky hands, I've unintentionally selected the wrong option. I was wondering if squares instead of a text list can be leveraged here.

[Edit: Carl asked for a mock-up.]

When editing workouts I would suggest that you have the currently selected exercises shown at the top of the screen where you add exercises. It’s cumbersome to select exercises then have to go to the next screen to see the list. Just a suggestion.

In unilateral exercises, after the allotted sets on one side, the timer starts counting down for the start of the next side, but that happens before you’ve either chosen ‘finish side 1’ or ‘add extra set’. It would seem to make sense to start the timer for side 2 after you’ve said that you’ve finished side 1.

Say the app suggests for each side a set of 12 followed by a rest-pause set of 4. When you have done the first set of 12 and set of 4 for the left side, the full-screen timer tells you that you are going to do a set of 12 next (ie for the right side). But once the timer finishes, the next thing the user needs to do is either ‘add a set’ for the left side (in which case the number of reps on the timer is wrong) or ‘finish side 1’ for the left side, ie nothing to do with the right side! To me, it would make more sense to let the user decide if the next step is ‘add a set’ or ‘finish side 1’ before running the full-screen timer.

One option would be to treat the end of the allotted sets for the first side the same as you treat the end of a normal bilateral exercise. ie Start the timer at the end of the final allotted rest-pause set of the left side, but don't show it full-screen (only show at the top of the screen) until the user chooses either 'add a set' or 'finish side 1'. That way, you always get the timer when you save a set, but you're not being given an incorrect number of reps for the case where you wish to do an extra set.