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!

Hi David,

We've had a few surprises building the app, so I've learned that it's hard to tell ahead of time with precision. I can give you a general estimate of around 8 weeks.

I know many users are using rest-pause already with the video I've posted on this thread and on our blog. If you're having a hard time using it, please email our support. We'll help you out.

Thanks!

Great, I'm glad we agree on the feature. The more people vote for it, the faster we'll implement it.

For volume, that's a great question. Number of hard sets might be the best way to measure it, yes. As you say, there's data to support that sets of 6-30RM cause similar hypertrophy. So 1 set is 1 set, no matter how many reps you do (as long as you're between 6 and 30 and you're doing RMs).

The other way to measure volume is "volume load". That is, sets x reps x load. This one blurs the picture a little bit. I think we'll just use sets.

No, it's cool, thanks for contributing. I'm building this app for guys like you, so I really value your feedback.

Under "My progression", so you can see your progress for "all recent exercises". That is, exercises you've done at least 3 times in the last 4 weeks. If you also had volume for a similar chart, would that be what you're looking for?

That would be the easiest and fastest thing for us to implement at this point.

I really like that suggestion Brian.

What I had in mind was to include it daily, on the same graph as your 1RM. So basically, for each workout, you'd see your 1RM and your volume, and that progress would be charted over time. Does that sound good?

You sure can!

You can add custom exercises this way:

Home screen >
Exercises (bottom icon) >
Custom (top right nav) >
Add my own

You can swap in the exercises you like using swap feature (http://drmuscleapp.com/news/swap/).

If you prefer to create a totally custom workout, you can do it almost the same way:

Home screen >
Workouts (middle icon) >
Custom (top right nav) >
Add my own

Next, you can order your workouts into a program this way:

Home screen >
Workouts (middle icon) >
Custom (top right nav) >
Programs (top right nav, 2nd row) >
Add my own

Simply put, the steps and structure are: exercises > workouts > program.

That's right: you have "have to" deload. If you feel like you could have done more, just go back.

I'll mark this suggestion as "Completed" for now, if that's OK with you, since your other suggestion would take care of it, and we've found a way to work around the issue.

Thx Dan!

Hi Dan,

Thank you for your suggestion.

Would implementing your other suggestion (https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/60-a-dynamic-progression-display) also take care of this one? 

If you ever lift "in vain", and you're disappointed by your 1RM progression, you can go back / return to that exercise and do one more set with more weight or 1-2 extra reps. That way, you'll have made progress on that day for that exercise. Would that work for now?