This has been fixed with the current release (supersets). I'm marking this as "Fixed".
More workouts
It would be great to get more workouts. Upper/lower splits 3 to 7 is totally the same. It gets a bit boring to do the same exercises. I know it is possible to change it/swap - but I am using the app to get these programs not to make them myself.
Hi Kamilla,
Thanks for your suggestion. I'd be happy to add workouts with different exercises to the app when this gets more votes. But please keep in mind that this might actually slow down your progress (learn more: https://dr-muscle.com/change-routine-exercises).
I understand that changing exercises often can be more fun, so in the meantime, if you want to go that route, you'll find more varied workouts in the PPL and Muscle Split programs. To change program and try them out, do this:
1. Tap the Settings icon on the bottom bar
2. Tap "Change Program"
3. Tap "Workouts"
4. Tap "Gym" or "Home gym"
Thanks again for your suggestion, and for choosing Dr. Muscle.
Carl
Separate mobility and cardio workouts
Since the app already has the option of including mobility and cardio sessions in weight training workouts, it should not be a tall order to have the option to create separate cardio or mobility workouts.
Hi again Seppo,
Thanks for your suggestion. You can easily do cardio sessions like this:
- Open the app
- On your home page, scroll all the way down
- Tap Exercises (bottom left)
- Open any cardio exercise
To do a mobility session, you could start a workout and leave right after the mobility part. But you're correct that we could certainly create them as separate mobility workouts. We'll implement it when this gets more votes.
Best,
Carl
List custom exercises under their body part
I created a new excercise (a leg press variation). In the excercises page, it is located in "my excercises", but not in the "legs".
In my opinion, it would be better if the excercise I created, would appear in the muscle group category. If I'm looking for the exercise, of just scrolling down the list, it would be easier to find it among other leg excercises. This is the more important, the more excercises I have created.
The "my excercises" could still be there, but it would be more user friendly to list all excercises per muscle group. The user created excercises could be marked with an asterisk, for example, if there is a need to separate them from the "official" list of exercises.
Modify strength percentage increase stat feature
In the app after you complete an exercise/workout it will tell you the percentage by which your strength increased.
I noticed that it will give me this stat the first time I do an exercise. Since it is the first data point the app has, it has nothing to compare to, so my strength percentage increases are in the 100s.
This throws off my overall stats in the dashboard, saying my strength has increased 41% in the past three workouts, when really the app had me start rotating in easy workouts for the first time.
I don’t want the app to calculate my strength percentage gains based off 0 and the first data point in an exercise, but start to calculate it between the 1st and 2nd data points, the 2nd and 3rd data points and so on.
Rest Time end countdown
Would love to be able to have the resting ending countdown be modular.
instead of 3,2,1 being able to have it count from 5 or beep from 10 etc.
Make plate calculator take into account future sets
Hello,
There is an issue I am having based on how the app combines the plates.
I am using rest-pause sets (with limited resting time) and following the way the app arranges the plates makes it very difficult to be ready on time for the next set.
Moving 10 plates (per side) in 20 seconds is not easy. For example, the app arranges the following weights (left is the first weight going inside the bar):
The last set with less weight has the same proble. Instead of telling you just to remove 10 lb+2.5+10lb, it will tell you to remove a bunch of them and then add the 45.
This is just an example, I guess the solution would be something like maintaining the first 2 plates the same during all sets (such as 10+2.5 or 10+5) and then changing the other 2 or 3, but sounds like a difficult programming problem
Also, an option to see the plate combinations of all series would be great.
I hope I didn’t make this idea too complicated.
Eduardo
Hi guys,
Nice to see this suggestion getting some votes. Here's a quick solution that might work until we implement something better:
You could try customizing your plates to remove the 45 lbs. That way, the app will always recommend a combination of smaller plates, potentially accomplishing what you're looking for here. You can do that under Settings (bottom bar) > Change equipment.
Cheers,
Carl
Swap between Metric and Imperial by exercise (lbs / kg)
Here we are metric but in a lot of the Gyms the equipment comes from USA and they are slack so lots of the weights are in Pounds. Its a pain to divide by 2.2 or whatever to get to KG so would be great to be able to change on the fly by exercise. Okay so its a small point but maybe other have the same issue?
Rest days not observed?
I am on a Monday-Wednesday-Friday program. The other days, including the weekend, are supposed to be rest days. Yet every Sunday, DrMuscle tells me it’s time to crush it. As it happens, I was planning to work out today (a Sunday), but is that a bug? Or is one of my settings off?
Hi guys,
Thanks for reporting that issue. We're on it. Someone from the team will be in touch shortly by email.
In the future, please send all bug reports to support@drmuscleapp.com.
Thanks!
Carl
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