Progression Tracking Rather Than 1RM Tracking

[Bumble Z]

When I click on the chart icon for my Smith Machine bench press log in the website, it displays a chart with my 1 rep max. I really don't care about that. I want to see what I actually lifted and evaluate my progress. Is there a way to have it stop showing 1 rep max?

Thanks in advance....

[ashrott]

Is there a way to track weekly progression rather than 1 rep max? For instance, I have been doing leg press's for two months. Started at 180lbs and now at 240. When I track that exercise, it only plots the increase in 1 RM. Is there a way to plot the week to week improvement by the actual weight increases?

[decu68]

I don't believe there is.

The 1RM is trying to give you a common denominator (coefficient) so that you can compare your results. With weights and repetitions changing, the 1RM is one of the better ways to track if you are actually progressing. Who is lifting more, 180 lbs x 15 reps OR 240 lbs x 3 reps? The are approximately lifting the same however at a quick glance one would think the person lifting 240 lbs can lift more and that is not the case.

[tjwood]

Well the volume chart shows you another measure. If you do 3 sets, one day you manage 10 reps, 8 reps and 7 reps at weight W and the next time you get 10 reps, 10 reps and 9 reps at the same weight, you've clearly improved even if your 1RM hasn't changed. The volume chart will show this.

But it's still imperfect, as switching weights in from one day to the next might give you an increased 1RM but a decreased volume for instance.

[decu68]

But it's still imperfect, as switching weights in from one day to the next might give you an increased 1RM but a decreased volume for instance.

I have found something similar. In lifting when I have found things too easy and have met my requirements for my top repetition, on the next day lifting I will increase the volume however more times than not the reps will go down. When I look at the 1RM I will show a decrease. I could remain at the same weight and perhaps increase my reps but in the long run that would do me know good and moving up in weights and than trying to increase the repetitions to meet that top requirement again will show me more success in the future. Minor but it is what it is; nothing is perfect and the 1RM is just for a guideline.

[Bumble Z]

People have been asking this question over and over again for a long time and Robert still hasn't answered. Again, how can we get it to track actuals instead of 1 rep max?

Come on man? Help us out here.....

[Deviation]

It's been asked a few times before. I'm not sure where they stand on additional graphs. I'll ping Rob and see what he says.

Bumble Z, I merged your other thread into this one.

[Robertrogo]

In terms of a progression chart we will be looking into this option as a preference feature that you could turn on and off/switch just like the Last Logs and Preloaded Repetitions settings. As with the amount of requests we have received for this feature it only makes sense to test it out on the application, see how well it functions and then provide it for a future update. The progression chart as you all have stated would be beneficial to see how well your progress has changed from a weeks time to a months time from the increase in weight you have done or either through your repetitions. This will offer more variation to gain motivation for your workouts and to actually see your progress rather than just viewing a One Repetition Maximum (which many consider just an ability to show off to friends on how much you can lift for 1 rep on a certain exercise)

Currently the development team is working on development for the iPhone Pro Version at the moment but as soon as that release is finished they will be right back on board with development for new features and functions for the Android Free/Pro versions and this feature will be taken into account for (I will pass off to development team as I am on the Web Development side and don't handle development on Application, just recommend ideas/new features to the team from our users and from emails and so forth we have received).

I have forwarded this request for this feature to the development team as well is put it on our recommended features list so that when the development for new features on the Android Versions begins, this will be one of the main focuses to implement in the app as well as any bugs/glitches that users are currently having with the application as well.

[Bumble Z]

Thank you for looking at this issue. I would like to volunteer to be a beta tester for the Android Pro app when the time comes.....

[rickcr]

I'm new (Android) and what I'd like to see is volume tracking if it has it (based on total weight/time). Right now looking at my phone under "stats" it's showing "Benchmark Exercises" and I'd like to be able to track the volume on any of my exercises (maybe I need to configure that on the web site side?)

Assuming one entered in the rest periods correctly weight/time is easy to calculate: (total weight lifted / total time), where total weight lifted is reps*weight summed for each set.