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Support 25 pound bars and other custom bars in plate calculator

Peter Naughton 5 years ago • updated by Carl Juneau, PhD 5 years ago • 7

I like the new plate calculator but it only supports 45 pound barbells when there are also 25 pound EZ bars and the sled of a leg press machine that weighs 118 pounds I think that there should be support for other barbells and other sources that require plates.

Thank you,

Peter

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Carl Juneau, PhD 5 years ago

Hi guys!

This feature is already implemented! Tap here to customize bar weight (including 25 lbs):

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

Victor Tamashiro 5 years ago

Agree with Peter. Smaller barbells are one point but some gym machines (leg press, calf raise, shoulder press, chest press, etc) need plates on both sides without a barbell. My suggestion is to have a sliding scale for the barbell and adjust the plates  accordingly. For machines, the barbell weight could be zero

Victor

Éric Boucher 5 years ago

Barbells are effectively slighty differents in weights.

Benjamin Clifford 5 years ago

Customizable bar weight would be fantastic. My gym has odd bar weights and trying do the math during a workout really interrupts the flow.

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Carl Juneau, PhD 5 years ago

Hi guys!

This feature is already implemented! Tap here to customize bar weight (including 25 lbs):

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

Benjamin Clifford 5 years ago

My gym also uses a 8.5kg ez-bar for some strange reason. Unfortunately, having set increments on the slider and a minimum weight of 20 doesn't let me enter this unusual bar weight.

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Carl Juneau, PhD 5 years ago

Got it Ben. I'm creating and voting for a new feature request on your behalf for this (https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/188-customizable-bar-weight).

Until then, if you set your account to kg, the minimum is 5 kg, so you could select 10 kg and ignore the 1.5 kg difference. Your long-term progress won't be affected.

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Carl Juneau, PhD 5 years ago

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