Here's how I would do it:

- From the history screen, tap an exercise name to see that exercise's history only

- From the recommendation screen, bottom, have 2 buttons: History (left) and Begin (right)

What you guys think? Any better idea?

Note to team:

1st set 50% weight same reps
2nd set 75% weight same reps

+1 from Lee Hayward

I'm voting this +1

Very good point! Love it!

The best solution, IMO, would be to simply work out with the exercise and enter the weights you can really do. If you're doing more than recommended by the app, the app will calibrate. On your next workout, you'll get a recommendation that's much more in line with your actual work capacity.

How about giving users the option in their own settings? Like this:

- Round down (easier)

- Do not round

- Round up (harder)

If you guys want us to work on that, make sure to vote +1 this topic (top left, under Bogdan's original post).

Have you voted this +1? Top left.

Hi Nick,

Yes, exactly.

I've updated the post above to include my previous response to Bogdan, which lead to his suggestion that was stop rounding down:

The 0% or -1% progression is because the app rounds down its weight to the nearest 2.5 lbs / 1 kg for safety. The default recommendation is always minimum 1% increase, but because the app rounds down, in some cases, you can get 0% or -1%. You should try to keep beating the app (do 1 more rep that recommended), so you'll always get an increase.

Here's more info (with an example). Maybe you can help:

For example:

- You lift 100 lbs
- On your next workout, you should lift 101 lbs (1% increase)
- The app sees this, and recommends 101 lbs 

How would you lift 101 lbs? Do you have 0.5 lbs plates?

Very few people do. So, we're forced to round to 100 lbs (0% increase).

Since you're using 100 lbs, but you should have been able to use 101 lbs, maybe you can squeeze out 1 extra rep.

In other words, since the app is forced to underestimates sometimes, I've defaulted to recommending people try and do 1 more rep than recommended.
 

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How would you have handled that, Nick?

Maybe we can update the app and do better.

Good point: the app does recommend 1 set often right now. In the next version, we're going to tweak our recommendations and push a little harder. You'll do more sets. For now, I'm marking this as "Started". ETA is about 1 week (in beta) and 2 weeks (live).

Until then, if you prefer to do 3 sets, sure, go ahead and do 3 sets. But remember this: the point is to improve (get stronger). If you're improving with 1 set, maybe you don't need 3 sets. But if you like doing 3 sets, by all means enjoy yourself and do 3 sets.

We've begun working on that one and I'm marking it as "Started".