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A Push Pull Leg Upper Lower 5 day split

Philip Helig 2 months ago updated by Nick M 2 months ago 1

A 5 day Push Pull Leg Upper Lower 5 day split would be really nice to include

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Add workout name to history

James 2 months ago updated by Alicia H 4 weeks ago 1

It would be nice to quickly reference my last workout's name in the history section. Right now it only logs exercises, not workout names.

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In Progress, "info" icon, information might have a math or sanity issue for new members

BruceB 3 months ago updated 3 months ago 0

I'm new to Dr. Muscle and I suspect lack of data to be the root of the problem.  I go to preview tomorrow's workout. At the top of the screen showing different exercises, is an "In Progress" with an "i" icon. Clicking the icon displays a pop-over text box.  It says I've progress 14108%.  Might be more credible to put a sanity check in the software and if unrealistic math results, say "we're establishing your baseline over <insert right number> of workouts" or just leave the paragraph out.

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Strength phase fitting into the cycle length

Seppo V 4 months ago 0

I'm currently on up/low split level 7 and I'm 9 workouts before I level up. Today I started a new cycle (with lower body 7A medium workout). After I was finished, the app told me that starting from my next workout, I'll begin a strength phase, as is supposed to happen every time before going up a level.

This is all fine, but why didn't the strength phase start at the beginning of the new cycle, and why it does not fit into the workout schedule as the strength phase is finished at the middle of the cycle? Is It really necessary that the strength phase is exactly 9 workouts long, or would it be possible to program it to fit into the workout schedule?

As the cycle in my current program is 6 workouts (lower body & upper body all have medium, light, and heavy workouts), perhaps the strength phase could take 6 or 12 workouts? And in PPL level 7 program, the cycle is 9 workouts. On Muscle split program, the cycle is 6 workouts long, etc. You get the picture. 

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Add ambassador program

marketingbyjonc 4 months ago 0

Add ambassador program for promoting and referring app

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Being able to rename exercises once they are in your program

JM V 4 months ago updated by k radstaak 4 months ago 2

To remind yourself of the different machine used or hint at the modification from original exercise 

Answer
Carl Juneau, PhD 4 months ago

Hi JM,


Thanks for your feedback.


Until this gets more votes, you can achieve something similar by tapping the "..." next to any exercise and selecting "Note." I use it to enter reminders about equipment, position, and other modifications. This way, you can keep track of any changes or specifics related to each exercise.

I hope this helps.

Best,

C

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More detailed workout preview

Seppo V 5 months ago 0

I had a Medium day and started the workout as normal with warmup sets. As I was preparing for the first work set, I noticed that the app gave me such a light weight that it was almost -20% to my previous best. Then I realized that this was marked as a Light (or Easy) set.


I cancelled the light set and the app gave me new weights that had me breaking the old PB, which was just on the money. However, the app also nullified my warmups I had already done. This was slightly annoying, but worse was that I had changed the warmup weights so that I can just add new plates to the bar without the need to srtip old plates. Now my planning was in vein as the weights in the work sets were changed. The same happened in several exercises during the workout.

This happened because in the workout preview, one can only see the reps x weight, but not how it compares to previous PB, or if the workout is scheduled as Easy. So, it would be nice if one could see all data in the workout preview - at least for the upcoming workout.

Another nice improvement would be that the AI would plan ahead the warmup weights to minimize the need to strip plates from the bar. The way I see it, is that it does not make much difference if the warmup set is 6 x 40 kg instead of 7 x 37,5 kg, for example. However it would be much easier to continue adding plates to a 40 kg bar for the next sets.

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Send calories to Apple Move ring

David B 5 months ago 0

I've noticed that even though calories are reported to Apple Health, they are not being added to the Apple move ring.

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structuring a workout program based on varying rep ranges

Seppo V 5 months ago updated by Nick M 5 months ago 1

I would like to see a workout program that uses a varying rep ranges in separate workouts: Medium - High - Low rep workouts (rep ranges 6-12 / 10-15 / 3-6, or something similar). And the instructions should be that one is supposed to perform exactly the given amount of reps - unless specifically told to do max reps (as in Reference sets). After the set the user is asked to evaluate the RIR value, as normal. Of course, the user could ask for a reference set (or deload) when he feels like it; just like it currently is.

Irrespective of the rep range, the workouts should be of "average" toughness, and the AI should steadily increase the 1RM of the sets from workout to workout. However, this comparison should not be apples to oranges - e.g. the AI should not compare the 1RM of Low rep workout to the 1RM of High rep workout. Instead, the progress should be separate in all of the rep ranges - some trainees might progress better in High rep range, while some might benefit more from Low reps.

The Reference sets should rotate on a regular basis, in all of the rep ranges; like this:

Medium reps workout: reference set in Incline press and Reverse fly

High reps workout: reference set in Lat pulldown and Dumbbell curl

Low reps workout: reference set in DB shoulder press and Triceps pushdowns


On the next cycle:

Medium reps: reference set in Lat pulldown and Dumbbell curl

High reps: reference set in DB shoulder press and Triceps pushdowns

Low reps: reference set in Incline press and Reverse fly

... And so on. 


The deload workouts should be "as necessary", and the whole workout should be deload and not just some exercises.

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Build supersets, drop sets, and other techniques in workouts so I can just follow the plan

Joel 6 months ago 0

Things like super sets, drop sets, etc. I know that there are options to insert them into the current workouts, but I don't know which exercies to choose, when, and how often. Yes, I have been working out for over 20 yrs, but I am more of a just follow the plan kinda guy. I hope that makes sense!