Fix HITT Rest to “Work” to Save
During the HITT, the system skips from “Rest” to “Save” the “Work” section is bypassed!
The odd thing, it’s only happening when it reaches “Max & Fast”...is this my iPad? Is this system wide?
Any other reports like this?
Thank you for your suggestion Andrew. We already have two similar feature requests -- I suggest you vote for those so it gets built faster:
I'm marking this one as declined to avoid duplicates. But rest assured: we do look forward to building that feature!
Cheers,
Carl
Let’s say that the exercise for chest muscles (using the app) is bench presses and let’s say that I’m doing this every Monday Wednesday and Friday. Let’s now assume that I have the equipment to do Peck-Decks. What I’m asking is the option to use differen
Different equipment for the same muscle group every week.
Add strength phase followed by a hypertrophy phase
Instead of the traditional settings option for "what do you want to do" I've love to start off with a strength phase.. your heavy lower rep ranges, then transition to a hypertrophy phase. I've done this with other programs like Max Muscle and it worked very well.
You get stronger initially so that when you are in that 8-10 rep range, you are using more weight.
Would like Dr Muscle to have this option to move me thru phases vs sticking to a single goal range that I need to manually change.
Maybe 1 week of each phase? Including higher reps and a 5th weed deload?
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's in beta! From the announcement:
To get the body of a greek god, should you aim to get stronger? Many coaches would tell you so, based on the hypothesis that over time, lifting heavier makes you more muscular. But thanks to a new study, you don’t have to rely on hypotheses anymore. Carvalho et al. (2020) investigated muscle thickness and maximum strength in 26 resistance-trained men. They found that lifters who trained for strength for 3 weeks and hypertrophy for 5 weeks gained more muscle and strength than those who just trained for hypertrophy for 8 weeks. The authors concluded: “Our results support the use of a period to increase muscle strength prior to hypertrophy training.” Not sure how to apply that to your own training? We got you covered. When you follow one of the default programs inside Dr. Muscle, you’ll know do a 3-week strength phase automatically before each new program. Not into it? No problem. You can toggle that off under Settings.
If you're in the beta:
On Android, you can already download the update. On iPhone? You'll have to wait 2-3 days for Apple to approve it. To update:
- Open the store app on your phone
- Search for Dr. Muscle
- Tap update
Not in the beta? Write back if you'd like to get in. Otherwise, you'll see a notification to update inside the app in 7-10 days when the public version comes out.
Now would be a great time to suggest and vote for our next feature. If you'd like to do that, please visit: https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1-submit-your-feedback/topics#.
Really appreciate your support and advice. Thanks!
Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
Being able to exit the app and let the rest timer keep going and working in the background
Thanks for reporting that issue Sebastian. I can understand that's frustrating, and I'm guessing you're on iOS. What's going on here is if we let the timer run, iOS is killing the app in the background when you exit to save memory. We've already implemented a workaround with a notification. If you stay outside the app for the full timer duration (e.g. 25 sec), you'll get a notification telling you your rest is over. Let me know if that doesn't work at support@drmuscleapp.com. If you find other issues with the app, please drop us an email. We try to keep this site for feature requests. I'm marking this one as completed for now. Thx!
Sync with Withings HealthMate API.
Withings HealthMate have an API.
I think it's would be nice to sync data that are relevent (Weight, Muscle Mass, Fat Mass as i can see atm).
Change charts to add decimals and all logs for this exercise
Here is a graph from another app that I have used. I can see this graph when I’m executing the exercises or when I finish them.It has decimals, more readings, and on the bottom I can scroll all the logs of this exercise that I’ve done.Just a suggestion.
Dumbbell row - doing sides 1 and 2 each set.
If possible, I would like to be able to work sides 1 and 2 in the same set. I don’t have a lot of time to waste in the early morning when I get my sessions in. It makes more sense to do both sides in one set than to do each side separately. Thanks in advance for the review.
Hi William. I can suggest a few solutions here:
1) Swap for a barbell row (tap More and Swap).
2) Do both sides in the same set while the app thinks you're doing side 1. When the app asks you about side 2, just tap tap tap to save all sets.
3) Create a custom exercise called Dumbbell Row (both sides) and swap it in. To do that, tap Exercise (bottom bar), Exercises (middle image), and the big plus button (bottom right).
Note that we don't really recommend doing both sides with no rest, because there is some central nervous system fatigue that carries over from side 1 to side 2 (you may notice you're always weaker on side 2, that's why). But I can understand the need to save time. So in the end, it's your call.
For now, I'm marking this as completed. if you need more help, please email support@drmuscleapp.com. Thx!
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