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Improve offline access functionality

Cesar H 3 years ago • updated by Stu A 1 year ago • 2

First, Dr. Muscle helped me get back into the gym. Having an app take the planning out of the way made it easy just to get in there and adjust exercises as needed.

My feedback is in regards to using the app without an internet connection. I believe there should be a better way than what is explained in https://dr-muscle.com/offline/.

Sometimes the user does not know that their internet connection will not be strong. Also, if the user wants to swap an exercise, they can't really do so with the current method if they have no internet. Also, in my experience, I've found that the app does some sort of soft reset type behavior during the workout. On one occasion, I tried the method above and by the time I got to the gym, the soft reset behavior happened and I couldn't workout with Dr. Muscle without work. The "soft reset," as I describe it, takes me back to the homepage where I have to click 'Start Workout' again to be brought to the page with my exercises (sets done are usually still done when returning).

Furthermore, it can be really frustrating and demotivating to have no functionality when someone is at the gym—it throws the gameplay off.

Overall, amazing app. I really enjoy it. I think it's a hit and I know with time all will continue to get better.

Cesar

David Crandall 2 years ago

I agree. I had to abandon my workout this morning because I unexpectedly lost internet connectivity and the app refused to function without it. At the very least the tedious solution suggested could be automated. That is, after all why we use an app: to have the processor handle the tedium.

Stu A 1 year ago

Concur. I've been in a gym where I either had to walk out of gym to find a place where there was signal in order to know what was next. Also had to restart app because it froze when Internet connectivity disappeared.


Second reason: I'm going on an extended trip where Internet connectivity is doubtful. In that case, I won't know what the next workout is. An offline version would be great.


or a way to print out the workouts (in my case, a month's worth of workouts)

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