Schedule for Workout and Bodyweight Exercises
Hi. I am new to this app. I am 33 years old. On joining the automated chat suggested me to do workouts thrice a week considering my age and the longer recovery time my body needs. I've tried many apps and no app ever game me such personalized tips. However the app does not show a calendar/schedule or the days when I must workout. The AI chat suggests the very next day that my body must have recovered and I can begin with my next workout. Is it then left to user discretion to understand how one feels and pick the workout days? I feel since the app is backed by science the app could suggest apt days for workout in a calendar format.
I also noticed that the selection of bodyweight exercises is limited. Example there is no inverted rows which is one of my favorite exercises for back conditioning. I travel a lot and for that I prefer doing bodyweight workouts. Do you plan to add more bodyweight exercises to the app?
Cheers
Suneet
Suneet, welcome to Dr. Muscle!
Thanks for that suggestion. I look forward to implementing it (we implement suggestions with the most votes first).
Re inverted rows and bw exercises, yes, we plan on adding more. In the meantime, you can easily add inverted rows to your account via the exercises menu, like this:
Exercises (bottom bar)
Custom
Add my own (or big white + button, if you just got the new update)
The app will apply it's AI logic to your inverted rows and any custom exercise you create. You can add them to your workouts using the swap feature (http://drmuscleapp.com/news/swap), big white + button during any workout (with the latest update) or create a custom workout with them. As you can see, Dr. Muscle is very flexible.
If you have more questions about the app, hit me up inside app chat or email us at support@drmuscleapp.com (we try to keep this site for feature requests).
Best regards,
Carl
Default bar weight
Now we have the plate calculator it would be nice to be able to set a default value for the bar weight, it would save time rather than using the slider each time. I mainly use a 10kg bar at home.
"Back Button" function during an exercise set
When doing a exercise, lets say you are doing your 3rd set of an exercise, and you accidently save the wrong information (ie, weight said 57.5 pounds and you did 60)… the "back button" should just take you back to the last page so you can update that information, then move on with set 4. Currently, it takes you to the beginning of that exercise and all the sets you have done, and it is a bit difficult to navigate back to set 3, update, and move on to set 4.
I realize "back" is different in different situations, if you have saved the exercise then "back" would take you to the exercise level, but if you are doing sets, it would be better if it just went "back one page" to be able to correct a bad entry and continue.
Hi Bob,
To correct a bad entry, you can tap "..." next to that saved set, and tap "edit". Does that work for you?
Decimal values of weight used in History > Logs view doesn't match entered weight
There's a numeric conversion happening which causes the weight on the History page (Logs view) to have slight differences in the decimal places from the weight entered on the exercise page.
E.g. entering 50.0 lbs on the Bench Press exercise page can appear as 49.98 lbs on the History > Logs page. Preferably the weight would show as 50.0 lbs everywhere.
Body weight rep ranges
On most of the body weight movements the second warm-up set is very close to the working set (using rest pause). So close in fact that if I were to do it, I wouldn't be able to finish the working set. I've resorted to doing the working set reps in the second warm-up set, followed by the second warm-up reps in my working set and just saying how many more I could have done based on my feel from the working set. I could adjust the reps accordingly but it seems like that would negatively influence my progress.
Hi Jake,
Great point. I agree warm-ups for bw exercises need a little work.
How about we lower reps?
Total reps after giant set in rest pause setting
The rest pause feature is fantastic for saving time. However, sometimes I will have 6 sets after the giant set, significantly increasing my workout time. I've just been adding up the total reps and performing sets until I'm ~1-2 from failure. It would be nice if it just told me how many more reps to do and added sets until I hit the recommended total reps.
Menu UI Consistency
Notice the menu is different for the first exercise vs the one below. It’s always skewed on that
first one.
Calculator Missing When Changing Weight
When I want to change the weight, the calculator would pop up. Now it’s a standard keyboard.
Thanks for reporting that isssue Marc. We've fixed it in the latest update.
New home page
We're working on the home screen. Which one do you like best? Old or new?
By the way, based on early feedback, we also plan on adding a [Choose another workout] button at the bottom of the new home page.
Thanks for the feedback guys!
Yes, that chart is hard to make. For now, it includes every exercise you've done at least 3 times in the last 4 weeks. We'll probably change it to something more intuitive.
For dumbbell exercises, we recommend you enter the weight for 1 hand.
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