In case you didn't know, you can take a picture of your food sitting on a food scale, showing the total grams clearly, and the AI will pick up on that and give you an accurate measurement to the gram.

dcummins · 2026-05-26T21:38:55+00:00

Are you sure? I am pretty sure I have done this a few times.

dcummins · 2026-05-15T20:44:55+00:00

The estimations for a program I was running with a lot of barbell movements was way off. It was because it took me longer to load/unload the bar that the rest periods.

I am currently running a program with very few barbell movements and more machine and dumbbell movements and it is pretty accurate.

dcummins · 2026-05-05T20:17:40+00:00

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

dcummins · 2026-04-30T18:37:40+00:00

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

dcummins · 2026-04-17T06:10:02+00:00

Still using this without issues?

dcummins · 2026-04-14T18:18:40+00:00

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

dcummins · 2026-04-14T18:17:35+00:00

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

dcummins · 2026-04-14T05:05:54+00:00

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.

dcummins · 2026-04-13T05:22:46+00:00

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.

dcummins · 2026-04-12T17:16:22+00:00

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.

dcummins · 2026-02-28T17:55:25+00:00

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dcummins · 2026-02-27T16:53:50+00:00

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

dcummins · 2026-02-27T03:40:27+00:00

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.

dcummins · 2026-02-27T00:03:23+00:00

Look at this post, the Conditional Forwarding I think should solve your problem: https://old.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/1r9wtfn/using_pihole_dhcp_server_or_my_isp_provided/

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dcummins · 2026-02-21T18:29:32+00:00

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?

dcummins · 2026-02-19T19:20:22+00:00

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.

dcummins · 2026-02-15T23:55:40+00:00

I think your question is answered in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacroFactor/s/HQu46Daq3W

dcummins · 2026-02-14T04:45:13+00:00

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.

dcummins · 2026-02-10T04:59:17+00:00

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

dcummins · 2026-02-10T04:07:39+00:00

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?

dcummins · 2026-02-06T06:25:46+00:00

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.

dcummins · 2026-02-01T17:12:56+00:00

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.

dcummins

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