This would allow one to see if there gains are on par with the average user for various lifts and total strength. Perhaps if I see my bench strength compared to others is much slower in progress, it could be an indicator one of the many lifestyle variables is holding me back. Such as diet, lack of sleep, etc

It would be nice to see if one is plateuing by only showing graphs of exercises performed regularly instead of having to think of each separately and look them up one by one. 

The same way the manual "challenge" button works.

I would like to see a confirmation window come up when “finish exercise” is selected at the bottom of the page. I have accidentally selected the “finish exercise” before I was done with all of my sets, and the app falsely progressed me without allowing me to complete my sets. 

A suggestion for home gym routine in lieu of the complications of complete customization would be to have fixed options for the setup. For instance Home Gym option A would be for the basics, but Home Gym B would be for more complete gyms. For instance it might add the most common equipment like dips, glue-ab machine & rings. That way we could also know what you think would be an ideal gym equipment if one invested more.

Dear lifter,

In May, we raised just under $10,000 on Kickstarter.

The first big new feature we promised is the Web app.

The second big improvement we promised is to make the app "as easy to use as a dishwasher". As we plan ahead for this one, I need your help. Would you like to be able to chat with your AI coach inside Dr. Muscle?

To see what I mean, create a new account inside Dr. Muscle (top-right menu > log out > create new account). If you like it, we'll extend that chat feature. Picture this:

You log into Dr. Muscle. A chat opens. You read:

Good afternoon Carl! Welcome back. Here's a snapshot of your progress:

9 workouts done
12,251 lbs lifted
Max strength: 121 lbs (+3%)
Sets: 91 (+5%)

Today's workout is Upper Body. Your last workout was 2 days ago. You should have recovered. How are you feeling today?

[Not so good]

OK then, I suggest we take it easy (you'll do fewer sets, and your workout will be shorter). Sounds good?

[Yes, start shorter workout]
[No, start normal workout]

And so on...

***

What do you think? In short, you'd be chatting with your AI coach inside Dr. Muscle, and all the information you need to make better training decisions and get in shape faster would be presented to you in a chat format that's easy to understand.

Thanks again for your amazing support.

Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle

This would definitely be a finishing touches type addition to the app but would be interesting.   Since the app tracks performance and reps so closely it might be able to notice if a lifter progresses better with higher or lower reps and start smart adjusting to the lifter’s personal physiology.   While this would probably not offer a huge advantage over random rep undulation it would be something I haven’t seen before.  

I would like to have an Add Exercise option during a Dr Muscle workout. 

I pick Upper Body 6a. I finish the prescribed exercises and sets for bench press. But I want to do chest flyes prior to lay pull downs. 

Love to hit add exercise. Select chest flyes. And let Dr Muscle add that without its usual prescription for weights sets and reps. 

Add more volume on the fly. 

I would love to be able to cap the number of sets & let the app figure out the number of reps and weight for growth. As some studies show, you can grow muscle with 1-2 sets (& warm up). On the days I don’t have as much time for a 5 or more sets in the workout, I would like to cap the number of sets to 2 or 3  Thus, I could get a workout done even faster than rest-pause if I combine rest-pause, supersets, and only doing a warm-up and two working sets. Any chance our AI trainer can calculate growth when the sets are constrained?