Thanks for your suggestion Michael. While we work on adding this one to the list, you can easily add any number of custom exercises to your account. Here's how:
- Tap Exercise (bottom bar)
- Tap Exercises
- Tap the big plus button at the bottom right corner
And you'll be good to go!
An option for 50%-75% workout intensity.
Option for reduced intensity at those intervals if recovery feels slow or minor tweak occurred during rest day. This would not affect future workout calculations or adaptations and just be treated as a one off lower intensity workout.
Hi Jon,
Good news: the feature you requested is already available in the app. You can achieve a 50%-75% workout intensity by tapping "..." next to any exercise, and selecting "Swap". Then, choose the same exercise with a medium or easy variation. To return to your original workout, tap "Undo swap" or go to Edit workout (top left) and select Restore workout (top right).
This functionality allows for lower intensity sessions based on your recovery needs without impacting future workout calculations or adaptations. You can use for all or just some of your exercises, and choose easy or medium on a case by case basis depending on your needs.
I will mark this request as completed for now. If you need more help, please email us at support@drmuscleapp.com.
Thank you for your feedback!
Carl
Add more machine exercises
Include in the list of exercises the resistance machines that Planet Fitness has. Note that Planet Fitness has somewhere around 33% market share in the U.S., with around 2000 gyms.
Determine if I should change my training frequency
It is a shame that the app cannot determine over time whether I should increase or decrease my training frequency.
Currently the app recommends 3 sessions per week, respecting 1 day on 1 day off. But sometimes she also advises me to add a 4th session (without changing my frequency)... which makes it a mismatch with the recommended rest days.
Custom weight increments for different types of exercises
Might be a more UK specific piece but free weights are usually in kg while cable machines increment in lbs. So would be good if you could either use two different units for defined weight sets. Another one would be to assign a weight set override for certain workouts, so use the plate weight set for this even though it might default to pulley etc
Hi Alex,
Good news! You can already set up custom increments at the exercise level.
Just tap "..." next to any exercise in your workout, and then tap "Exercise settings". Toggle on Use custom increments, and you'll be good to go!
You could also entered detailed dumbbells and plate equipment, and use the more general increment setting for other machines and pulley (if they match). That would be under Settings > Change equipment.
I'm going to mark this as completed for now. Need more help? Email us anytime at support@drmuscleapp.com. We're here for you.
All the best,
Carl
More stats!
It would be fun to be able to see:
- in a calendar view, on which days did I complete workouts?
- How long did each workout take? (Time from tapping start workout to tapping finish workout)
- An average of the last point with trends.. are my workouts taking longer now than when I started?
- Rest stats: do I follow the rest timer in Dr. Muscle exactly? Do I rest longer between exercises? Shorter?
- Length each exercise took + trends
There are tons of possibilities here and the list above is not exhaustive.
Ability to set min work sets to one (1) on some exercises.
Currently when completing Cardio exercises like Elliptical I want to initiate a 35-40 min work set, however each time I start my exercise I end up with two sets and have to delete one before I begin. I would like the ability to set the work set to 1 so that I do not need to amend the exercise each time I start, currently up to 4 times a week.
Add Forearms as an option to the Priority Body Part menu
I'd like to suggest adding Forearms as an option to the Priority Body Part menu.
Ability to specify custom exercise types or categories
Please, allow to specify custom subcategories (e.g. gym/home/physiotherapy). Currently, adding “my exercises” only creates a potentially huge, uncategorized exercise list.
Drag and drop exercise order
In order to change the exercise order I currently have to edit workout go through two pages, drag & drop and then confirm/save. Let’s do this drag & drop from the main exercise page, on the fly, without having to edit the whole workout (only exercise order).
I am aware I can jump to another exercise (e.g. if a machine is already in use) but this feature is different from #1, plus #1 would allow to track the exercise order for that specific session/workout.
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