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Add history log of time taken to complete workouts

jc79camaro 2 years ago 0
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Resistance bands

Michaela G 2 years ago updated by Carl Juneau, PhD 2 years ago 1

When using resistance bands the app only increases the reps in terms of progression which gets silly after a while. Wouldn't it be possible to add the option of entering the resistance of the bands (like kg with the weights). So when you get stronger you use tougher bands and not just do more errors with the same resistance and you can actually enter that

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Carl Juneau, PhD 2 years ago

Thanks for your suggestion Michaela.


I can definitely see how it would improve the app. I'm also happy to say it's already gotten some votes at https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/331-bands-colour-options. Please vote for the original. As always, we implement suggestions with the most votes first, and only customers like yourself get to vote. I'm going to close this one for now.


Best,


Carl

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Could you develop a program to follow for people with a rotator cuff injury that avoids anything that stress the shoulder?

Kevin Allard 2 years ago updated by Carl Juneau, PhD 2 years ago 1

I have a rotator cuff injury and so I think I need to avoid bench press, shoulder press, deadlifts and squats, but I'd still like to train. Could you develop a feature where you say what injury you have and the app switches some exercises out and others in?

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Intensity of warm-up sets for bodyweight exercises

Michaela G 2 years ago updated by Carl Juneau, PhD 2 years ago 1

I've noticed that it doesn't make sense to have warm-up sets for bodyweight exercises. For example, if you're first working set of pull-ups is 11 reps, surely you wouldn't want to do 2 sets with 6 and then 9 reps prior to your working set...

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Carl Juneau, PhD 2 years ago

Hi Michaela,

We do recommend warming up, even for bodyweight exercises To give you a bit of context, in a systematic review, McCrary et al. (2015) found “strong research-based evidence” that “warm-ups enhance power and strength performance.” In a meta-analysis, Fradkin et al. (2010) found that “Warm-up was shown to improve performance in 79% of the criterions examined.”

With that said, if you find it's not having much of an impact on your performance, you could save time by doing just one warm-up set (or even 0). Here's how:

Tap Settings (bottom bar)

Scroll down to Sets

Next to Warm-up sets, enter 1 (or 0)

Tap Save

You can also customise those at the exercise level by tapping More and Settings next to any exercise during any workout.

All the best,

Carl

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Weight changes in options?

HectorS 2 years ago updated by Carl Juneau, PhD 2 years ago 1

Hello, I didn't want to go through 45 pages of what has been posted. Maybe it has been mentioned, but an option to change the weights to a certain weight. For example, I have plates ranging from 2.5 lbs to 5, 10, 25, 35, and 45 in my gym. There is no 20lb plate. So what I do is use 2 x 10lbs weights... Just little things.

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Carl Juneau, PhD 2 years ago

Hi Hector,

You can edit your equipment to include only the plates you have. Here's how:

Tap Settings (bottom bar)

Tap Change equipment

Under Gyms, toggle on Activate profile

Enter what you have


That way, you'll only get weight recommendations that match your increments.

I'm going to mark this as completed. If you have more questions like that, please get in touch at support@drmuscleapp.com.

Thanks!

Carl

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Simmetry exercise reps

Paolo Piccinini 2 years ago 0

For simmetry exercises (ie. like cross body crunch…) is it possible to say clearly if the reps are per side or total?

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Alert when weight is different

Adrian Porter 2 years ago 0

I've had the following happen a few times.  I go through my workout and needed to change the weight a few times.  Example, bench recommends 6 reps at 145.  I think that I switch it to 135, but in reality I switch it to 1435 or something like that.  I complete my workout.  The next time bench press comes up, it's now recommending 5 reps at 450 pounds or 635 pounds!

I then have to go back through my history to find where the data error was, correct it, and then it recommends a realistic value.  

It would be nice if the weight or reps or something is outside of a certain percentage of normal that the app alerts so I can confirm or correct the problem.  

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Pyramid set scheme gives too many reps

Nygel 2 years ago 0

When setting an exercise to a pyramid scheme, the reps get ridiculously high. Example, when I tried setting deadlifts, where I'm lifting 300+ pounds, my very first set was 34 reps.  For incline press, where I'm doing over 150 pounds, my first set was 66 reps!  I changed the rep range to 3-5 which helped, but my first set was still 28 reps, which is entirely too many.  If you set a rep range, say 5-15, the app should keep you within that range. First set - w weight at 15 reps, x weight at 12 reps, y weight at 8 reps, z weight at 5 reps.  Reverse pyramid scheme is a little better but still gives higher reps well outside the range. This should be fixed. 

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Rep ranges

Bruce Wayne 2 years ago updated 2 years ago 1

The app should show a range of reps instead of giving a number like 10 it should show you 10-15 and we should be able to set the rep ranges for each exercise as well as the number of sets. Or at the minimum there should be an option to do that or to have one number for reps and sets. Wouldn’t you agree that it makes things more manageable?

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enter weight range for dumbbells in home option

Wayne 2 years ago updated by Carl Juneau, PhD 2 years ago 1

I am sure most folks dont have the mass of dumbbells you would have at a commercial gym.  I run into this as well.  When setting up home or other options (i.e. hotel gym), there should be a way to set a check box of available dumbbells.  This would be helpful based on the workout you are doing to have the app determine set/rep ranges based on the load calculation and historical performance.

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Carl Juneau, PhD 2 years ago

Hi Wayne,

I'm happy to saw we already have a setting for that. Here's how you can configure your home gym:


Tap Settings (bottom bar)

Tap Change equipment

Tap Home

Toggle on Activate profile

Enter the dumbbells you have under Dumbbells


And you should be good to go! 


If you need more help with that, please email us at support@drmuscleapp.com.


Best,


Carl