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Give a goal in reps for new 1 RM

Seppo V 1 week ago updated 6 days ago 2

In another workout app I have used,  the app tells the user, how many reps (s)he has to complete in order to make a new 1RM in the exercise. That made the trainee to make that extra push in order to make a new record. It might not be obvious, how many reps to target if the weight varies; e.g. if the previous 1 rep record was 7 reps with 85 kilos, how many reps I'll have to manage with 60 kilos?

Currrently, the Dr Muscle app just tells what was my result the last time, but if the weight is dirrerent, that does not necessarily tell much.

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Hi Seppo,

Thanks for submitting that suggestion.

On your first work set of any exercise, you should see by how much your 1RM will go up or down depending on your chosen reps and weights. If you change those manually, you'll notice the 1RM change as well.

Let us know if you had something else in mind!

Best,


Carl

Answer

Hi Seppo,

Thanks for submitting that suggestion.

On your first work set of any exercise, you should see by how much your 1RM will go up or down depending on your chosen reps and weights. If you change those manually, you'll notice the 1RM change as well.

Let us know if you had something else in mind!

Best,


Carl

OK, this is almost as good as the system I described. The user can switch the reps manually to see, how many reps he must accomplish to break the 1 RM record, and still do the reps the AI recommends, if he chooses to stick to the original reps.