Pregnancy workouts
A toggle button for pregnancy and some preset workouts for women as the go through it— 1st trimester, 2nd, 3rd and postpartum.
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's in beta! From the announcement: https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/352-add-shouldertraps-as-body-part-priority
Beta update: Customize your workouts further with 5 new body part priorities
More body part priorities are coming! This is one of our top requested features, so I’m thrilled to bring it to you. With this version coming up in beta, you can now ask the app to prioritize any of 10 body parts, including abs and biceps, but also now traps, shoulders, calves, and more! To customize that, just tap Settings (bottom bar) and scroll down to Body part priority. With this update, we're also speeding up the app and making it more stable, so your workouts are faster and smoother. Thanks to all who voted for that feature, and for your support. We truly appreciate it.
If you're in the beta:
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– Tap update
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auto recording rep counts on max sets
The app prompts you to confirm how many more reps you could have done. If I save the set with doing more than the target, that should satisfy the app vs confirming with the options of very hard/1-2 more/3-5 more etc.
FAQ page explaining what happens with a deload, light session, etc
Header is pretty self explanatory, but it would be nice to know exactly what happens with a deload, light session (weights go down? Reps? Sets? Multiple things?), How the app calculates your progression (does it go off of last week's workout only or does it use an average?), Things like that. I just know if I have a bad workout one week, that doesn't necessarily mean I lost strength, so I wouldn't want the app to base my next workout solely on the last workout.
Ability to identify mobility/muscle imbalances
The app should allow the user to identify areas that are muscle or mobility imbalances. Upon doing this, the app would adjust the exercises accordingly. For example, I have chronic tight hamstrings and my rear shoulders are severely lacking, but there isn’t a way to address this outside of adding exercises myself and swapping the mobility movements. The app should do this. Also, the app should be able to identify strength imbalances. If squat strength is low relative to bench press, then the app would adjust by adding more squat volume.
Equipment settings for different barbell weights
There are also barbells available that weigh 10kg or even 7kg like the ones I use. Just a suggestion for improvements in later updates.
Single arm exercises
Would like to add single arm exercises with doing one side at a time
One arm Lateral Pull down
One arm Seated row
Hey Joseph! Thanks for your suggestion. Until it gets more votes, you can always add those exercises to your own account. It's easy to add any number of custom exercises. Here's how:
Tap Exercise (bottom bar)
Tap Exercises
Tap the big plus button at the bottom right
And you'll be good to go!
When editing weight phone cursor shoots to the beginning of reps
I like the fluidity of the app, there is only one detail that gets me out of my flow.
When I want to edit the reps/weight manually*, let's say the reps are 10, and the weight is 8.75KG. I then press on the right side of 5 (from 8.75), the app's cursor then shoots to the start of my reps and ends up before the 1 (from 10). I then need to click again on the right side of 5, backspace until it's gone, and add 9.
Can you fix this bug/issue and just open the keyboard at the location that I tap? And while you are add it, can you maybe change from a normal keyboard with digits and letters to just digits, because we don't need the letters here, only the digits.
Hope you can fix this and thanks in advance!
* I could not use the + because the increment does not fit.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S10 with the latest Android version.
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