Peter,

I've answered your question by email.

This site is for app feedback, and I'd like to keep it that way. Many customers get email notifications when you post, so please try and keep app feedback here, and use email for questions like this.

Thanks!

Hi Peter,

Yes absolutely.

1- You should always do your exercises with good form, and not "cheat" to do the recommended reps, even if the weight is too heavy

2- When the weight is too heavy, do as many reps as you can with good form

3- If you don't do enough reps, the app will see that and have you deload on your next workout

Don't worry about not doing as many reps as the app recommends. It's sure to happen at some point. Enjoy that deload, and rest assured that it's going to help you get even stronger a few workouts hence.

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your suggestion.

I have good news: the app already has a feature for that. It's the deload feature. To learn more, read:

Deload: How To Break Your Plateau And Start Building Muscle Again (http://drmuscleapp.com/news/deload/).

I'm marking this request as completed.

Cheers,

Carl

Thanks for taking the time Cassy. Just to be clear: the app already calculate based on the actual weight you enter (rather than its recommendation). I don't see this changing.

Glad you think the solution I proposed would work. Cheers.

Hi guys,

We've had another comment today re weight increments, this time from Australia:

"Is there anyway you can fix the weights to allow 1.25kg increases for weights, I’m in Australia and we don’t have 1kg weights here or at the gym I go to now and even gyms I have trained at in the past."

As you can see, it's hard to please everyone. At this point, I'm thinking the best option may be to stop rounding altogether, and let everyone enter the weights they have access to. Would you guys like that solution?

Hi Cassy,

Thanks for bringing that one up. We're aware of the bug and it's at the top of our list. It should be fixed very soon.

For now, you can work around the bug by toggling "autostart" off and tapping "start" yourself at the end of your sets every time you want a 40 sec timer. I realise this is far from perfect and I can confirm we'll be rolling out a fix soon.

Thank you for your patience,

Carl

This feature has just been released. I'm marking it as completed. If you voted for it: thanks for helping me make this app better. What would you like to see next? Now would be a good time to suggest and vote for another new feature. Top rated features are found here: https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1-submit-your-feedback/topics#

Carl

PS. Here's a copy of the announcement from the blog (http://drmuscleapp.com/news/update-889-warm-up/):

Update 889: Dr. Muscle now tells you how to warm up to boost your power and strength performance

We’ve just released warm-up sets! In a systematic review, McCrary et al. (2015)found “strong research-based evidence” that “warm-ups enhance power and strength performance.” So, you should warm up before each set with light weights. And now, Dr. Muscle tells you exactly how.

This was our #1 top voted customer request. The update is already available on Android and under review by Apple (should be out in 2-3 days).

Up next are rest-pause sets. Also, a bit of bad news: last month, I announced that we would be releasing new features 4x faster in May. That was the plan.

Sadly, our developer who was going to start working full time with us has a major health issue. The kind I hope you never face. He will be leaving in a few weeks, and I’m looking at other options. If you’re a mobile app developer and you love to lift (or if you know one), please get in touch.

For now, until I find a good candidate, I’m learning to code and I plan to write the app myself. I’ve already started, and I’m making good progress. I’ve even added a few lines of code to this release.

Bottom line, what this means for you is that we won’t be releasing new features 4x faster in May. Instead, you can continue to expect about one major feature release a month. Rest-pause sets are still next, and coming soon.

Thanks for your patience and support as we build this app. I really appreciate the support from forward-thinking lifters like you yourself.

Thank you for your suggestion and votes Peter and Cassy.

The more people vote for this one, the faster we'll implement it. Until then, what I can advise is to round up in those cases. If you feel the weight will be too heavy, you can also round down and try to do 1 extra rep. It will not make a big difference in your progression, especially long-term, but I can still understand it would be more convenient for the app to work the way you suggest. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on the votes. Thanks!

Hi Dan,

That's an interesting suggestion, thanks.

I can see how it would be useful. For now, what you can do is lower your weight a bit or do 1 fewer rep than recommended. That should turn a 6% increase into a 4% increase or so.

Plus, when you're done and you tap "Finish exercise", if you change your mind and you're not happy with your progression, you can always go back to that exercise and do another set with more weight or one extra rep. 

Thank you for that suggestion. Cheers!