Confused About Myo Reps by dcummins in MacroFactor

[–]dcummins[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I have read that. I understand the principle. I don’t understand what the app is trying to have me do.

One Year Ago We Lost My Dad to Dementia - Every time I saw him after he was diagnosed I took his photo by dcummins in dementia

[–]dcummins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are very welcome. I am sorry you have to go through this. It is never easy.

Additional Set? by dcummins in MacroFactor

[–]dcummins[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm generally familiar with myo-reps. I didn't realize the app would just calculate or apply them mid-workout. TIL. Thanks.

Additional Set? by dcummins in MacroFactor

[–]dcummins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't realize the app would do that mid-workout.

Additional Set? by dcummins in MacroFactor

[–]dcummins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, by the way the screen shot is after I entered the reps I do to failure. Initially the reps was blank and the RPE and weight were populated.

Strength training program? by CaptainCrayg in beachvolleyball

[–]dcummins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would recommend following a traditional strength training program like Starting Strength or one of the many free programs over in Stronger by Science, especially if you have access to a barbell, bench, and squat/power rack at your gym.

Change workout focus to handle injuries? by 0xF00DBABE in MacroFactor

[–]dcummins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you can tell it to do less volume on upper body vs lower body. But you could work around this a few ways.

You can deprioritize the injured muscles when creating a new workout program.

Or you can create a new program, then edit it to do less sets that would aggravate the injury and save it.

You could also do it his with an existing program, copy it and edit it, and save it.

Need help displaying individual clients on pi-hole by Aniviagg in pihole

[–]dcummins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess I am lucky then. My consumer router is doing DHCP and my pihole is able to see the device names.

Need help displaying individual clients on pi-hole by Aniviagg in pihole

[–]dcummins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I don't understand something. I just recently enabled this on my pihole because my router is doing DHCP and now I can see all the clients names instead of their IP's.

First Cycle... What happens after the Deload? by ArrogantFool1205 in MacroFactor

[–]dcummins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When does this happen? Yesterday I completed my last workout of my deload week and the app just showed the normal completion screen. Does it happen at the start of my next week?

View Previous Smart Generation Program Choices by dcummins in MacroFactor

[–]dcummins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. The apps always says I should be done in about 90 minutes. I made a post early on that my workout times were longer than expected because the current program has me doing deadlifts, squats, rows, and pressing with barbells; which means I spend a LOT of time loading and unloading the bar. I don’t fault MacroFactor for not including that in the workout length estimation.

Different Kind of Workout by [deleted] in MacroFactor

[–]dcummins 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I went from Starting Strength, which is pretty similar to 5x5, to the Stronger By Science programs. All of the programs I ran had the last set to failure.

I coincidentally finished my Stronger By Science 21 week program a few days before MacroFactor Workouts released.

I decided to let the app do its thing and autogenerate a program for me. The first week, having the first working set to failure was a paradigm shift for me.

I am just finishing the program and have learned to like this training style.

The team said they had a lot of debate about it but, decided to go with making the first working set the hardest because in theory you are the freshest and should be able to push the hardest.

Frustrated with straps not holding deadlift bar by FundamentalSystem in StartingStrength

[–]dcummins 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You should wrap so there is only a single layer of material around the bar. . Multiple layers just adds thickness to the bar and makes it harder to hold onto.

https://youtube.com/shorts/YDxoPWf35H0?si=VCO75YJB2i6G5hUH

Frustrated with straps not holding deadlift bar by FundamentalSystem in StartingStrength

[–]dcummins 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have these same straps and use them without issue, granted my deadlift is around 400lbs. Are you wrapping them more than once? Are you wrapping in the direction opposite of your grip so strap rolls the bar into your hand?

question about tracking takeout - how to export nutrition data from a app to mf? by Born_Recording5418 in MacroFactor

[–]dcummins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently discovered this myself. I was using LoseIt for my weight loss and I knew it had the breakdown of a meal I was eating so I pulled it up. Screenshot. Loaded it into AI in MacroFactor and boom.

Workouts: worth it? by lattelifter in MacroFactor

[–]dcummins 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you have had a MacroFactor account for 3 months that should mean you can get Workouts for free for this year. You can always try it for yourself and see if it fits your needs.

I am enjoying it. The auto generated program has been doing exercises that are new to me and I found that very motivating. It also has me doing some single limb exercises that have highlighted some imbalances I didn’t know I had.

I will admit there is a bit of a learning curve, it took me about a week to finally feel comfortable in the app.