Standing cable chop video?
I’m new to the standing cable chop exercise. I am wondering about the accompanying video because
1) it doesn’t really illustrate the same movement as the animation, and
2) when I tried to execute as explained in the video, I found that I was mostly working the triceps of the arm closest to the weights.
In comparison, this video shows the movement of the animation. When I tried it, I found that I was activating my abs and not so much my arms. (I chose that video arbitrarily among a myriad similar videos on Youtube.) What gives?
Thank you.
Hi Dominique,
Thanks for reporting that issue. Indeed, you should be doing the variation that engages your abs the most. We're going to review and fix, and someone from the team will be in touch by email.
Best,
Carl
Include videos on how to do exercise inside app
Some things I find a bit difficult such as the videos on how to do an exercise. Being taken to an external video causes issues with my app where the video will keep playing sound even when I'm back on the app. I have to restart the app to fix it.
[Ed note: If possible include videos on how to do exercise inside app.]
Option to hide / display the status bar
The app shouldn't hide the status bar (I'm on Android, not sure about iOS). While I'm exercising, I often have to keep track of notifications coming in, or I need to check what time it is. If covering the status bar is desired by some people, it should be made an option that can be enabled in Settings.
Toggles in Setting to turn off weight/fat sections and "cal/day to build muscle" from Home page
Toggles in Setting to turn off weight/fat sections and "cal/day to build muscle" from Home page
This is for folks who are just using the app for lifting and do not care/want to see calorie intake goals or weight/fat loss info.
Treadmill incline
The only feedback I would provide is related to cardio. In my ideal scenario, specifically related to the treadmill, I would love for the app to tell me the incline and speed I should be running at.
Integrate with the Whoop App
I would like to integrate with the whoop app which is better than the for bit etc for analysis
Delete chat
I find the AI chat to be extremely helpful. Each chat remains in history. Some chats I would like to retain and others delete. It would be nice to have a way to delete a specific chat.
Skip an exercise during workout
Ability to skip an exercise for that session while in a workout… adding skip option to exercise menu drop-down.
Maybe not feeling it today, short on time, the muscle hurt that exercise would work, etc…
you can do it now sort of,… but if you skip an exercise in the list, it keeps opening after you complete an exercise below that one.
Shawn, good news! I'm happy to say it's eay to skip an exercise in Dr. Muscle.
While you have your exercise open, scroll down and look at the bottom of its sets. You should see a Skip exercise button (bottom-right). Just tap it, and you'll be good to go!
I'm going to mark this as completed. Feel free to suggest and vote for more features. We truly appreciate it.
Dr. Muscle makes up numbers
After my last workout, the app told me my 1RM for deadlift went from 49kg to 51kg. I lifted no more than 35kg. This happens for almost all exercises.. completely wrong numbers, they are all far too high.
The AI in the app agrees with me. Consider the screenshots.
Hi Ismar,
Thanks for taking the time to report that issue. I'd like to apologise for the incorrect response by our AI here.
To clarify, your 1RM is the maximum amount of weight you could lift for just one repetition. So, if you're able to deadlift 35 kg for say, 10 reps, your 1RM would be around 50 kg. Fewer reps, more weight. Makes sense?
When you dig into it, predicting your 1RM is quite hard. In fact, there are over a dozen formulas for doing so, and none is perfect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-repetition_maximum).
At Dr. Muscle, we use one we've developed ourselves. It's optimized for progress across a wide range of reps, as the evidence suggests that changing reps every workout leads to faster gains (learn more: https://dr-muscle.com/build-muscle-faster#1).
In the end, what truly matters is the progress you are making, even if we cannot accurately predict your true 1RM. By observing other lifters and the results they have achieved with our program, I am confident that you are moving in the right direction. Feel free to check out https://dr-muscle.com/reviews/ for more information and inspiration from other lifters. You got this 💪
By the way, if you notice more bugs, please continue to send them at support@drmuscleapp.com. I can see you've already reported a few, and that the team has already followed up with you on 3 of those. I can confirm we're making progress, and that you should hear back from us soon with updates. We do our best to keep this site for feature requests only.
Thank you so much for trusting us with your fitness,
Carl
Wrong exercises loaded when starting a workout
When selecting a different equipment profile (transitioning from gym to home) to start a workout, the app loads exercises that don't align with the equipment available at home. I've been correslonding with support on this for the last 45 days and the issue was first reported in August 2023 - there has been no fix. See demonstration here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/5cUAJgddeGA1h5Er7
Customer support service by UserEcho
