Static Stretching
I would like to suggest adding a static stretching component to the end of each workout that walks users through the best static stretches based on the workout they just completed. While I believe in mobility exercises prior to working out, I think an automated series of static stretching exercises AFTER the workout (optional of course) would be beneficial in limiting DOMS as well as stretching muscle fascia to assist in muscle growth.
i know I am frequently guilty of ending my workout and moving on with my day without stretching appropriately and I firmly believe adding stretches to the end of each workout automatically would be a great way to make sure they don’t get overlooked.
Ability to Merge Exercises
As I've been using DR Muscle for a while now, I see that I've created some "duplicate" like exercises. And Dr Muscle treats them as different and separate which technically is true but it defats the purpose of consistency.
Would love to "merge" exercises together
For example:
1. Seated Row
2. Cable Seated Row
Same for me but I realized I have history for both!
If I could merge them, I could pick the one I want to keep (name) and pull in the Cable Seated Row records
Love to clean up my laundry list of exercises and some of them are duplicates
Add in Advanced Bodybuilding Workouts! Split Routines
Add in new workout splits beyond the same old Full Body and Upper/Lower BodyBuilding Splits. Jazz it up with more detailed focus on muscles groups for advanced bodybuilders and for variety.
Add more calf exercises to lower-body workouts
Even Arnold had to work very hard on developing his calves. Truly a great leg day is simple: Quads, Hamstrings, and calves.
[Note from Carl: On the split program, the lower body B workout already has an exercise for calves. Calves are trained indirectly on other workouts days. Chris would like to see more direct calf work on those days.]
Add an optional daily exercise challenge (like pushups, planks, etc)
On the behaviour side Dr Muscle could offer the xx challenge to get people started like pushup challenge and use the AI to suggest a daily challenge.
[Note from Carl: challenges could be daily or weekly, and you could see where you rank vs the top 10 - 25 - 100 of users.]
Show all time records after finishing exercise
As I understand the app right now (maybe I'm wrong), the app says "You have achieved a new record" if you beat the previous workout's result. Eg if you lift 100, next workout 90, then 95, the app will say "new record" after the workout with 95. For context, it would be good to also show the very best result in your entire workout history.
Make "challenges" optional
I don't need them, and the constant pop-ups are a bit annoying (I get them almost all the time, maybe because I always say "no" and the app registers this and asks me again the next time until I say "yes" once - then it would probably leave me in peace for a while)
Bug: Previous Sets Wrong
Recently, I've noticed that while the app requests reasonable weights and numbers of reps per work set, the yellow text is very wrong. The yellow text describing the work sets I previously did and the percentage increase in strength the current work sets will give is clearly being calculated from a much lower weight. So, while the application chooses something appropriate, the yellow text is useless. This also makes it difficult to make slight adjustments to the recommended weight and number of reps because I can't see what I did last time. I've included screenshots below to illustrate what I mean.
Thanks for reporting that issue Joe. We're on it. In fact, I believe we already have a fix in beta. I'm sending you an email now in case you'd like to join the beta and get the fix right away. For other customers reading this, please email support@drmuscleapp.com to join.
Otherwise, the fix should be out in 1-2 weeks.
Thx so much!
-Carl
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