Defining supersets, and question about the Graphs page #231

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jplesage · 2024-03-03T11:59:15Z

jplesage commented

2024-03-03 11:59:15 +00:00

Hi!

I discovered that app recently, and its been my go-to to track my progress at the gym ever since. I really like how easy and simple it is to use.

It would be great to be able to specify that two exercises are done in superset (i.e., one set of each exercise without a pause between them). I'm working around that by disabling the pause timer and adding a suffix to the exercises names, but those end up too long and get truncated... I'd see that as a separate tab under Exercises where supersets could be defined using existing exercises (basically selecting which exercise are in the superset and their order). Those could then be added to a plan as a single entity.

Now, the Graph page... The question I have is what data does it uses and what is it graphing exactly? I enter all my set data in pounds, and the graph defaults to kilograms. Even switching the graph to pounds, the data doesn't make much sense. Is there documentation about this somewhere that I might have missed?

Thanks!

Hi! I discovered that app recently, and its been my go-to to track my progress at the gym ever since. I really like how easy and simple it is to use. It would be great to be able to specify that two exercises are done in superset (i.e., one set of each exercise without a pause between them). I'm working around that by disabling the pause timer and adding a suffix to the exercises names, but those end up too long and get truncated... I'd see that as a separate tab under Exercises where supersets could be defined using existing exercises (basically selecting which exercise are in the superset and their order). Those could then be added to a plan as a single entity. Now, the Graph page... The question I have is what data does it uses and what is it graphing exactly? I enter all my set data in pounds, and the graph defaults to kilograms. Even switching the graph to pounds, the data doesn't make much sense. Is there documentation about this somewhere that I might have missed? Thanks!

brandon.presley commented

2024-03-04 00:29:09 +00:00

The graphs page is showing your progress with a certain lift over time. Choosing the unit will re-calculate all the plotted points to be in your target unit. E.g. 1kg = 2.205lb.

For supersets I personally leave the timers on and it seems to work well enough.

If there's a bug with the unit normalization in graphs perhaps you should provide some screenshots and steps to reproduce.

The graphs page is showing your progress with a certain lift over time. Choosing the unit will re-calculate all the plotted points to be in your target unit. E.g. 1kg = 2.205lb. For supersets I personally leave the timers on and it seems to work well enough. If there's a bug with the unit normalization in graphs perhaps you should provide some screenshots and steps to reproduce.

jplesage commented

2024-03-05 01:39:18 +00:00

Hi!

I did some further testing with the graphs, and it turns out my math for the one rep max calculation used a different formula. The formula used in the app is weight divided by (1.0278 – 0.0278 x reps), and I used weight multiplied by (1 + 0.0333 x reps). It gives about 4.6kg less than the app. The other graphs numbers are spot on. Mystery solved :)

I still think that a way to define supersets into a plan would be great, or perhaps a separate comment field or a tag to specify other details that don't necessarily fit in the title would be a good alternative. This could allow adding the same exercise multiple times to a plan with a slight variation (like the angle of an incline curl, for example) without having to create a separate exercise just for that.

Thanks!

Hi! I did some further testing with the graphs, and it turns out my math for the one rep max calculation used a different formula. The formula used in the app is weight divided by (1.0278 – 0.0278 x reps), and I used weight multiplied by (1 + 0.0333 x reps). It gives about 4.6kg less than the app. The other graphs numbers are spot on. Mystery solved :) I still think that a way to define supersets into a plan would be great, or perhaps a separate comment field or a tag to specify other details that don't necessarily fit in the title would be a good alternative. This could allow adding the same exercise multiple times to a plan with a slight variation (like the angle of an incline curl, for example) without having to create a separate exercise just for that. Thanks!

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