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Dr. Muscle makes up numbers
After my last workout, the app told me my 1RM for deadlift went from 49kg to 51kg. I lifted no more than 35kg. This happens for almost all exercises.. completely wrong numbers, they are all far too high.
The AI in the app agrees with me. Consider the screenshots.
Answer
Hi Ismar,
Thanks for taking the time to report that issue. I'd like to apologise for the incorrect response by our AI here.
To clarify, your 1RM is the maximum amount of weight you could lift for just one repetition. So, if you're able to deadlift 35 kg for say, 10 reps, your 1RM would be around 50 kg. Fewer reps, more weight. Makes sense?
When you dig into it, predicting your 1RM is quite hard. In fact, there are over a dozen formulas for doing so, and none is perfect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-repetition_maximum).
At Dr. Muscle, we use one we've developed ourselves. It's optimized for progress across a wide range of reps, as the evidence suggests that changing reps every workout leads to faster gains (learn more: https://dr-muscle.com/build-muscle-faster#1).
In the end, what truly matters is the progress you are making, even if we cannot accurately predict your true 1RM. By observing other lifters and the results they have achieved with our program, I am confident that you are moving in the right direction. Feel free to check out https://dr-muscle.com/reviews/ for more information and inspiration from other lifters. You got this 💪
By the way, if you notice more bugs, please continue to send them at support@drmuscleapp.com. I can see you've already reported a few, and that the team has already followed up with you on 3 of those. I can confirm we're making progress, and that you should hear back from us soon with updates. We do our best to keep this site for feature requests only.
Thank you so much for trusting us with your fitness,
Carl
Hi Carl
Many thanks for your explanation! Now I understand better what the app is trying to tell me as well as the logic behind the 1RM calculation.
Works for me!
If you prefer bug reports via email to support@drmuscleapp.com, I'm happy to oblige.
I saw that a topic type here on Userecho is "bug" and figured you might want bugs reported here, but if you prefer email, no problem! I'll send future bugs I find to that email address.
Thanks again and have a great day!
Ismar
Customer support service by UserEcho
Hi Ismar,
Thanks for taking the time to report that issue. I'd like to apologise for the incorrect response by our AI here.
To clarify, your 1RM is the maximum amount of weight you could lift for just one repetition. So, if you're able to deadlift 35 kg for say, 10 reps, your 1RM would be around 50 kg. Fewer reps, more weight. Makes sense?
When you dig into it, predicting your 1RM is quite hard. In fact, there are over a dozen formulas for doing so, and none is perfect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-repetition_maximum).
At Dr. Muscle, we use one we've developed ourselves. It's optimized for progress across a wide range of reps, as the evidence suggests that changing reps every workout leads to faster gains (learn more: https://dr-muscle.com/build-muscle-faster#1).
In the end, what truly matters is the progress you are making, even if we cannot accurately predict your true 1RM. By observing other lifters and the results they have achieved with our program, I am confident that you are moving in the right direction. Feel free to check out https://dr-muscle.com/reviews/ for more information and inspiration from other lifters. You got this 💪
By the way, if you notice more bugs, please continue to send them at support@drmuscleapp.com. I can see you've already reported a few, and that the team has already followed up with you on 3 of those. I can confirm we're making progress, and that you should hear back from us soon with updates. We do our best to keep this site for feature requests only.
Thank you so much for trusting us with your fitness,
Carl