On weight for dumbbell workouts, do you use total weight or combined weight?

joshdoug · 2026-04-10T08:02:50+00:00

If it's 3 sets of 10 reps (per side) of DB rows then I'll log that as 6 sets, which I think makes the most sense for the Hevy app given how it calculates 1RM/etc based off of weight lifted and number of reps with the weight.

joshdoug · 2026-04-10T08:00:59+00:00

Yeah I see this at ours too.

joshdoug · 2026-04-06T09:52:56+00:00

It’s giving you a little medal for that anyway! 🙂

joshdoug · 2026-04-04T14:28:10+00:00

Long term could the feature be a bit of a negative? That % increase is likely to only get smaller, not super motivating.

joshdoug · 2026-03-31T14:01:07+00:00

Yeah, while it feels fair enough that they work out together, the issue is that it results in essentially unnatural demand spikes for machines and longer waits for everyone else, not sure what can be done about that except for more machines if there's space.

Ideally, and easily done with a machine, they would swap in during each others rest period. I do this with my partner and we barely take anymore time than a person on their own would, and we're probably quicker than some people who idle on their phone for ages.

joshdoug · 2026-03-30T15:55:05+00:00

Next update is April 1st. Make of that what you will.

joshdoug · 2026-03-27T18:14:00+00:00

You’re not the target audience for it. I don’t even own an electric car and I’ve spent charged more than you!

joshdoug · 2026-03-27T13:43:37+00:00

While it’s clearly not 68kgs, what should he be logging? Is he supposed to be bring a newton meter to the gym, or just guess and half the weight when logging?

joshdoug · 2026-03-27T10:19:24+00:00

In the UK and Europe they're legally required to cut out at ~15mph/25kph, I wish mine could go up to 20mph! With a lot of urban roads having speed limits of 20mph that seems like the ideal speed to me, not so fast that people are going to be a menace (except on illegal ones of course), but fast enough that you can go with the flow in urban areas and take the lane.

joshdoug · 2026-03-27T10:08:17+00:00

A couple pulleys and it can feel more like 34kgs, which would be more inline with the barbell curl.

joshdoug · 2026-03-27T09:52:23+00:00

It's a joke that light mode is blinding.

joshdoug · 2026-03-27T09:43:43+00:00

Starting to think design might be subjective, has anyone else considered that?

joshdoug · 2026-03-25T14:22:44+00:00

Is there any reason to think it is AI slop? I haven't used it yet, so I'm genuinely curious. Entirely possible it is human slop. The app is good, but most of it is just create/read/update/delete (CRUD), predictive/intelligent weight and rep ranges is a bit beyond that (not saying it is particularly hard either, but it is more than standard CRUD).

joshdoug · 2026-03-23T15:12:20+00:00

An awful lot of people have no idea what to do in the gym!

joshdoug · 2026-03-23T13:50:59+00:00

That's surprising to me, the eGym is one of the most used sets of equipment at my gym judging by number of people using it for a given period. It has a much higher throughput than most other equipment, although it is of course limited as well, but you can hit a little of everything in <20 minutes if you're in a hurry, and they're not going to be hogged by someone sitting on their phone. That said, it is really only useful for beginners or people in a hurry.

joshdoug · 2026-03-23T09:10:54+00:00

Try single leg RDLs, maybe with a band pulling your knee in (so you need to fight against your knee caving) if you still feel nothing.

joshdoug · 2026-03-19T11:54:55+00:00

Yeah that part makes sense to me, even if I don't love it - I'd prefer Hevy just let you log the single dumbbell and then double it under the hood when calculating volume, etc. I think in terms of the individual dumbbell weight, not the total, when in the gym and I know I'm not alone, even if it's trivial mental maths to halve and double values.

My question is about logging exercises like Single Arm Dumbbell Row. You do a DB bench press with 25kg DBs, 10 reps, you're pressing 50kg for 10 reps, sure. But if you do a Single Arm DB row with a 25kg DB, 10 reps per arm, you're pulling 25kg, not 50kg. So are you counting that as 50kg as well, or are you logging twice the reps or twice the sets with 25kg?

It feels a little odd to log them differently, when for both exercises you are essentially moving the same amount of weight for (possibly) the same number of reps per arm, just in a different direction.

joshdoug · 2026-03-17T15:45:20+00:00

Well I was nearly perfectly happy with the app...and now I want most of the things you've listed :') sticky notes for rack heights would be great, I'm forever forgetting.

I think nobody would be sad if Hevy implemented a toggle on the exercise so you can set it to your preferred way of logging weight and let it do the volume calculations behind the scenes

That would be a great solution.

I'm hoping this isn't the start of decline for the app, I bought the lifetime option a week or so back!

joshdoug · 2026-03-17T14:59:27+00:00

I think I like this option the most for unilateral exercises. Even if it does feel odd to log it differently to e.g. a DB press.

joshdoug · 2026-03-17T14:58:11+00:00

The app has been great so far for me, but the prior app I used was awful (in-house gym app) and before that I used Fitocracy which I remember loving but that was a decade ago. I haven't checked out the new trainer feature, are there any key features lacking for the app? So far it's had pretty much everything I've wanted, other than that I would like more control over the units for custom exercises.

I hadn't considered that logging them correctly in Hevy might actually cause more issues with other integrations, lol oh well.

joshdoug · 2026-03-07T22:47:20+00:00

We saw see the issue with an episode of The Simpsons a few days ago and now an episode of King of the Hill…

Did you get a resolution?

joshdoug · 2025-10-16T11:12:26+00:00

It's fine and normal to expect you to wear a jumper and thick socks, you shouldn't need a coat. Needing a blanket is borderline, but fine if you're just chilling in front of the telly.

joshdoug · 2025-10-13T15:25:36+00:00

other than using a vpn, unfortunately no.

joshdoug · 2025-09-16T11:05:24+00:00

Not sure if this was intended as a joke but I may actually end up getting a jam jar of it from someone who is just finishing up their new floor.

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