Your comments

Yes, I deal with this too. I usually create similar exercises specific to the different gyms to swap out depending on where I am, because of the variations between equipment (e.g. a lat pulldown for Crunch Fitness separate from a lat pulldown at the work gym). This is the reason I quit using the hard-medium-easy programs because having three versions of an exercise that you have to copy for each gym becomes untenable. This is also why I previously suggested a feature to duplicate an exercise so that making multiple but similar versions is easier.

New - I like the chart.

However (on a tangent here) I've always assumed the "Overall Strength Progression" chart was inaccurate because exercises change from workout to workout, plus I normally record weight for dumbbell exercises as the weight per dumbbell. So for example, what would the curve do for two workouts which were the same except one had a one-armed DB row and the next had a barbell row? For simplicity we can assume the barbell weight is twice the dumbbell weight.

I have to respectfully disagree - there's still a question of "how hard". Some folks will stop at total failure, but others will stop with two reps "in the tank". Plus maybe someone will stop early if they have joint pain. But maybe it could default to a choice of "very, very hard" with the option to change before saving if necessary.

"Shoulder Press" in another confusing exercise. The http://exrx.net/Lists/Directory.htm page lists many varieties of "Shoulder Press" but nothing simply called "Shoulder Press". However the app simply says "Shoulder Press", so it's way too ambiguous; the names don't match. The app names should match the site so we know which type is meant. Of course it doesn't matter as much as long as we're consistent with our own workouts. but that's the problem - I have to remember whether I took "Shoulder Press" to mean dumbbell or barbell, etc., for months into the future and might mix them up (I already have).

Yes, I second this. I also assumed "Biceps Curls" meant barbell by default, so had been doing barbell curls for this until now. But my new Dr. Muscle workout (Gym, Full-Body, Level 2) lists "Barbell Curl" specifically so I started using this without realizing that it's a different exercise than what I've been doing up to now, so I have a break in my "barbell curl history".

This would be a great feature! Here's my use-case:


I started my program in the gym at my workplace, which has a high-pulley machine with a weight stack. 


Now I'm repeating the same workout some days in my own garage gym, where I also have a high-pulley machine.


However I discovered the tension at my workplace gym machine is actually half the marked weight, due to the pulley design.


But my garage machine is simpler, and the weight loaded is the true tension.


(I've used a hanging scale to verify these findings.)


So to avoid having to make an adjustment when entering weights in the app when using my home machine, I decided to start entering "true weight" (which means halving the marked weight at work). This seemed more logical than trying to carrying some "fudge factor" forward forever.


So this will cause a blip in my progression because suddenly the app thinks I'm using twice the weight. 


So being able to edit the previous weights for exercises on the workplace machine would give me a more accurate history.


Yes, that makes sense, it's probably best for the timer to start in case another set is desired. So "it's not a bug, it's a feature".

Possibly related is that sometimes the beep isn't reliable while still inside the app on iPhone after the first couple sets. I tend to switch between this app and YouTube a lot. So I'll let y'all know how it goes after the new update comes out.

I noticed issue #1 too so I had this same question.