Thanks for chiming in Dustin.

Marc, you're starting the see the joy of hunting for bugs on mobile apps ;)

Most customers are getting email notifications when we write here, so let's move this conversation to Facebook. I've created a thread (https://www.facebook.com/groups/drmuscle/permalink/1775304846103254/). We'll get help from other users and track this bug down.

Thanks guys!

Thank you for your patience and for reporting this again Marc.

I'm not able to reproduce the issue on my Android. I'll have someone on the team try and reproduce it on their iPhone shortly. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks again.

Hi Dustin,

Great suggestion. The more people vote for it, the faster we'll implement it.

For now, 2 points:

1- Yesterday, we had a small glitch and had to reboot our servers. Normally, you wouldn't get sets of 3 (5 is the new minimum). Therefore, you'll get lighter weights. We've taken steps to prevent glitches like that in the future.

2- If you don't have enough weight, you can do more reps with the max weight you have. The app won't really mind. Another option would be to change exercise altogether (chin-ups would be good in your case - enter your body weight + use external weights when needed).

I hope this is useful.

Best,

Carl

Note to self:

Regarding bodyweight exercises, if you have access to external weights, here's how you can do them right now with the app:

1. Choose exercises you can do at least 12 reps with
2. Enter your body weight when you do 12 (or more) reps
3. When the app asks you to do fewer than 12 reps, you'll get a weight higher than your body weight. Use external weights to make up for the difference.

Thank you for that suggestion Andreas.

Another similar request we get from time to time is actually the reverse: change from 2,5 lbs to 5 lbs increments. I'll invite customers who request that to vote for your suggestion here.

Thanks for building muscle faster with us.

Note to self: "joints were aching so I manually backed off"

Hi Marc,

Thanks for this.

Was that last night? Another user reported a problem saving exercises, so I think it was related to our servers, and not the swap. I think it's been resolved since. The user was able to save exercises normally an hour later. Also, you're on Android, correct? I've tried reproducing this possible bug on my Android and I'm not able to.

Lastly, this feature was in beta for ~10 days, and no one reported it.

Could you please check again now?

Thank you!

Carl

That's interesting. To be honest, one of the best ways to get maximum results from bodyweight exercises is to add external weight. Pull up with weight around your waist, push up with plates on your back, etc. Are you able to do that?

Or would you want to just use your body weight? If so, then the best way forward would be to add more reps. You would end up doing sets of 50, 100, even 200 reps.

You can now swap an exercise mid-workout.

This update is now available to everyone on Android and under review on iPhone (Apple should approve it in 1-2 days).

I'm marking this as "Completed." Thanks to all who voted.

Hi Marc,

Yes, I think we're saying the same thing.

What I meant was this:

You would set that option for each exercise, and not each workout.

Of course, let's say you tell the app you want to exercise for up to 20 reps in the squat, the app will compute everything for you and give you a weight that's just heavy enough for you at 20 reps. No pink weights! 

But you would have more flexibility by changing that setting for each exercise than you would for each workout.