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Rest periods for compound movements
I just did the lower body workout, and deadlifts were included.
I noticed two things that was a bit different for me from what I'm used to from my previous training.
1. The rep range was quite high for the deadlift. I'm not saying it's good/bad, I'm just wondering if the AI takes this into considerations when suggesting a weight and rep? For instance, I wouldn't find it strange to do say 15 reps for cable crunch, but I would find it strange for deadlifts. I haven't had time to try out Dr.Muscle more, but I'll keep an eye out for this in my coming workout. Do you know if the rep ranges are equal to all of the movements?
2. The rest period for deadlift was very short. The same applies here, for a compound movement it's much harder to recover within 50 seconds where it's fine for biceps curls for instance. Is there any plan to adapt the rest periods based on the movement?
Answer
Hi guys!
Welcome to Dr. Muscle! And great question.
Yes, by default, all exercises are in the same rep range. But there's an easy way to customize that: http://drmuscleapp.com/news/custom-rep-range/. I even mentioned the deadlift by name in our demo video:
Tomislav, you also mentioned that the rest period for the deadlift was very short. You noticed 50 seconds. Right now, that's how much rest you get between your second (and last) warm-up set and your first work set. In fact, between work sets, it's only 25 seconds. The rest is only 25 seconds because by default, Dr. Muscle use the rest-pause method: http://drmuscleapp.com/news/rest-pause/. It's been shown to build just as much muscle in half the workout time.
If you'd rather not use rest-pause for deadlift, simply toggle off the "automatch reps" option in your timer menu (top-right). That way, you'll be able to rest for as long as you want between you sets of deadlift.
Does that make sense guys? I'll mark this question as "answered" for now, but I truly wanna make your experience with us a solid 10/10, so if you have any more questions, please write again here or in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drmuscle/.
Cheers!
Carl
Hi,
I did change my settings when I was doing my deadlifts today. Instead of having rest-pause sets I changed to normal sets. But the timer did not update accordingly. I still only got 25 seconds after each set, so I had to manually change the timing to be longer. Please look into this and fix it since the timing should be updated accordingly like it says in the menu.
Regards
Thanks for taking the time to report that bug Tomislav. It's a known issue:
We're aware of small bug with the timer's "automatch reps" feature (only for normal sets). Because of the bug, it won't time 2 to 3 minutes even when the app recommends that. To get around the bug, toggle "automatch reps" off and set the timer manually to 2-3 minutes. We're working on that bug, and it will be fixed soon.
I'll update you hereas soon as it's fixed. Thank you for patience and support as we improve the app, and for voting for this feature. if you can spare the time, now would be a good time to vote for our next feature. You can do so here: https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1-submit-your-feedback/topics#.
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Hi guys!
Welcome to Dr. Muscle! And great question.
Yes, by default, all exercises are in the same rep range. But there's an easy way to customize that: http://drmuscleapp.com/news/custom-rep-range/. I even mentioned the deadlift by name in our demo video:
Tomislav, you also mentioned that the rest period for the deadlift was very short. You noticed 50 seconds. Right now, that's how much rest you get between your second (and last) warm-up set and your first work set. In fact, between work sets, it's only 25 seconds. The rest is only 25 seconds because by default, Dr. Muscle use the rest-pause method: http://drmuscleapp.com/news/rest-pause/. It's been shown to build just as much muscle in half the workout time.
If you'd rather not use rest-pause for deadlift, simply toggle off the "automatch reps" option in your timer menu (top-right). That way, you'll be able to rest for as long as you want between you sets of deadlift.
Does that make sense guys? I'll mark this question as "answered" for now, but I truly wanna make your experience with us a solid 10/10, so if you have any more questions, please write again here or in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drmuscle/.
Cheers!
Carl