Paul,

Good news! Another suggestion for Garmin already has some votes (https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/317-garmin-watch-integration). Please add your vote to that suggestion so we build it faster for you.

I'm going to close this duplicate for now.

All the best,

Carl

Hi Joseph,

Thank you for your great question and for sharing your idea about using heavy weightlifting chains to enhance your lifts. I appreciate your enthusiasm for incorporating this advanced option into the application.

I'm always eager to receive feedback and ideas from users like yourself. We always takes into consideration the suggestions that receive the most votes from our user community, and I look forward to implementing this feature when it gains more popularity.

In the meantime, as a general recommendation, I suggest simply adding 50% of the weight of your chains to your total weight. For example, if your chains weigh 20 lbs on each side, that would be a total of 40 lbs. Adding 50% of this weight would be 20 lbs.

This makes sense given that in the end, you're always as strong as your weakest part of the lift (the bottom in the bench and squat). And at the bottom, you'll be lifting only about 50% of the weight of the chain.

I understand that this approach may not be as precise as you would like, but I hope it can serve as a helpful workaround until we can offer a more tailored solution. If you have any further questions or need additional assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Keep up the great work and happy lifting!

Best regards,

Carl

Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's in beta! From the announcement:

This is one of our top requested features, so I’m thrilled to bring it to you. You can now customize your bands under Settings > Change equipment. Set your colors and tension, and the app will increase your weights automatically for band exercises! This update also includes 3 new programs (legs, abs, glutes focus) and a number of bug fixes and improvements.

As many of you requested, we'll show custom bands by color during workouts (instead of tension) in our next update. We welcome your comments on this early release until then at support@drmuscleapp.com.

If you're in the beta:
On Android, you can already download the update. On iPhone? You'll have to wait 7-10 days for Apple to release it. To update:
– Open the store app on your phone
– Search for Dr. Muscle
– Tap update

Not in the beta? Click here to join: https://dr-muscle.com/beta-program/. Otherwise, you'll get a notification inside the app in 7-10 days when the public version comes out.

Now would be a good time to suggest and vote for our next feature. Please visit https://muscle.userecho.com/.

We've released 46 updates in 2021 (one a week or so). For the full list, see https://dr-muscle.com/timeline/.

Love Dr. Muscle? Upgrade to annual to get 4 months free. Training with a partner? Add them to your account for 50% off. Need help with your diet? Dr. Muscle now includes meal plans! Tap Get meal plan on your home page to get started.

Wanna do us a huge favor? Leave us a review on the app store. It's one of the main ways new people learn about us. It will take less than 2 minutes, and it would really help out!

Really appreciate your support and suggestions to improve the app. Thanks!

Dr. Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle

Hi Wayne,

Yes, that's actually how the app works. Each gym profile has its own program. This lets you do a gym program at the gym and a bodyweight program at home (or on the road), for example.

But you can certainly do the same program in both locations. Just tap Settings and Change program. That will change the program for whatever profile you loaded when you opened the app that time.

I hope that makes sense!

I'm going to close this ticket. In the future, if you notice a bug, please email us at support@drmuscleapp.com. We try to keep this site for feature requests only.

All the best,

Carl Juneau, PhD

Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's live!

New update: Machine-assisted exercises + new programs!
Machine-assisted exercises are here! This is one of our top requested features, so I’m thrilled to bring it to you. You can now perform machine-assisted chin-ups, pull-ups, and dips with the app, and benefit from its guidance and coaching.

This update also features new programs (Push/pull/legs levels 4-7), UX/UI improvements, and more!

One last thing. We are planning a product launch around our new AI Chat features, and we need your help. If you can spare a few minutes to help us make the world a fitter place, reply to this email (or drop us one at support@drmuscleapp.com). We'll get in touch next week. Thanks!

Now would be a good time to suggest and vote for our next feature. Please visit https://muscle.userecho.com/.

We've released 46 updates in 2021 (one a week or so). For the full list, see https://dr-muscle.com/timeline/.

Love Dr. Muscle? Upgrade to annual to get 4 months free. Training with a partner? Add them to your account for 50% off. Need help with your diet? Dr. Muscle now includes meal plans! Tap Get meal plan on your home page to get started.

Wanna do us a huge favor? Leave us a review on the app store. It's one of the main ways new people learn about us. It will take less than 2 minutes, and it would really help out!

Really appreciate your support and suggestions to improve the app. Thanks!

Dr. Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle

Hi Lucinda,

I'm happy to say we already have that feature! Tap More next to any exercise during any workout, and then Swap. The app will recommend other exercises for the same muscles. Including free weights and body weight options.

I hope that makes sense! I will mark this suggest as completed for now.

Thanks for taking the time,

Carl Juneau, PhD

Thanks for reporting that issue Noah. Someone from the team will be in touch shortly by email. For future issues and bug reports, please email support@drmuscleapp.com. Thanks!

Noah, thanks for your suggestion.

Tempo is a popular concept, but we hesitate to include it in the app because studies have shown it has no impact on hypertrophy. From a meta-analysis (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25601394/):

Results: Results indicate that hypertrophic outcomes are similar when training with repetition durations ranging from 0.5 to 8 s.

Conclusions: From a practical standpoint it would seem that a fairly wide range of repetition durations can be employed if the primary goal is to maximize muscle growth. Findings suggest that training at volitionally very slow durations (>10s per repetition) is inferior from a hypertrophy standpoint, although a lack of controlled studies on the topic makes it difficult to draw definitive conclusions.

It may have application for strength and power gains though (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8310485/), so I'm keen to see how many people vote for this suggestion. If it raises to the top, I'd be happy to implement it.

Best,

Carl

Hi again Noah,

I'm happy to say that the app already has that feature.

Just tap the plate icon (top-right) during any workout to have your plates calculated automatically for you. You'll also see the plates between every set if you have the fullscreen timer on. You can toggle it on or off by tapping the timer icon (top-right) during any workout.

I'm going to mark this as completed for now. Please get in touch at support@drmuscleapp.com if I missed anything here.

All the best,

Carl

Thanks for your suggestion Noah.

We're working on improving the AI workout analysis as we speak. It ignores new exercises now (so no more 5000% improvements). More improvements are coming.

Until then, if enough customers vote to remove it, we can certainly do that. Note that you can simply skip it.

Best,

Carl