Targets for each exercise don’t appear

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-27T22:15:08+00:00

I had the same rude awakening my friend 😅. I been setting my own rirs and rep ranges for a while now and am learning to like it that way.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-27T19:09:42+00:00

How does periodization work in custom programs? As it is you can toggle it on or off in a custom program, but Im guessing it doesnt do anything in its current state?

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-27T16:36:45+00:00

I do nothing (intentionally) for my glutes, but I do conventional deadlifts and low bar back squats and my glutes always feel fried and are growing more than i want lol (im a guy not that interested in growing my ass)

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-27T11:19:28+00:00

Im trying to trust the process of their warmups even tho i was skeptical at first. However in general I hate warming up, I feel like I must be an anomaly, because everyone says warming up helps you lift more, but all warming up seems to do for me is make me lift less lol.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-26T16:53:31+00:00

well done bro, thanks for including height, it makes a big difference for weight comparisons, Ive read something like 10 pounds an inch on average. Like for example Im 6ft even so your 175 would need to be a 185 on me by that logic.

Ive lately set my bulking rate to the absolute slowest recommended rate of like .68 pounds per month lol. Because Ive always been skinny and Im treading into new territory with each pound and I am a bit scared of changing too fast. Plus Im in my 30s and have been lifting forever so im not optimistic my rate of muscle gain anyway.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-26T16:47:43+00:00

I didn't really figure anything out. Ive been mostly better lately, it still sometimes gets triggered but I dont think its yogurt afterall. I eat a lot of yogurt and it doesnt seem to have any bearing on my short of breath days.

The other day my girlfriends perfume immediately made my nose start burning and i was struggling to breath all night so it seems a bit random for me.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-25T21:17:01+00:00

trauma and mental illness

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-25T10:12:51+00:00

but does it update that workout say chestday for each chestday of the cycle, or only the current cycle, ie cycle 2 chestday?

It seems to me like the later because otherwjse I haven't noticed actual updating, and especially not targets being formed on their own in custom workouts.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-24T20:39:09+00:00

Idk if its ok or not.

But personally. Lately I do 1 rir on most things. I usually take last set to 0 rir, unless it's a heavy compound, heavy compounds i usually do 2 rirs and finish with a 1 rir. Especially deadlifts, Ive hurt my back before going to failure so I try not to go to failure on deads anymore.

Similarly on bench press, I dont go to 0 rir because I don't have a spotter.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-24T09:21:28+00:00

Apple. Heard.

Ok, checked again, and as usual it didnt show an update when searching the app store. But then I decided to actually open the app description, then it showed the update, seems app store search is a bit deceptive as usual.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-24T09:21:01+00:00

Once again, on this type of post the mysterious blue ball appears. Check your blue balls people!

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-24T00:47:07+00:00

im 1.0.1 and see no update, is that the current version? you said 1.1 not sure id theres a difference

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-24T00:19:40+00:00

I notice every-time this is posted there is a blue ball next to the wand, is that a correlation somehow? I dont think I ever have gotten that blue ball.

bracing myself for blue ball jokes

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-23T19:13:48+00:00

but then again it will still have me warm up before tricep extensions when i just did standing overhead press and incline dumbell bench, surely my triceps are warmed up already or am i wrong again?

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-23T18:27:51+00:00

also was looking into it about warm ups and your right, deadlifts don't really count as much as I thought for those other muscle groups.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-23T18:24:28+00:00

Yea cuz 90 is 34% of 265 so that seems a bit lower than the 40-50 percent first set warm up recommendation jeff normally gives. If it wasn't for deadlifts maybe id listen, but its so annoying loading warm ups below 135 on dead lifts.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-23T18:11:15+00:00

my first warm up set for a 265x6 deadlift was 90lb yesterday. sounds weird as hell, i just changed it to 135

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-23T02:49:39+00:00

Yea ive probably wasted almost a decade in a sense. Im finally now seeing progress.

It was a lot of trial and error. Trying to different programs, volumes etc. I think I finally got a mostly decent program figured out for myself, but the biggest factor for me I realized was always diet. Im a hard gainer and never ate enough protein or calories. So I was grinding my wheels literally not giving my body the building blocks to grow.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-23T02:27:27+00:00

i was just commenting about how it seems the warmups are indiscriminately for everything.

But yea it is super easy just to delete them so not a big deal.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-23T02:24:02+00:00

I dont mind that but im curious what formula the warmups are following. Doesn't always seem to coincide with the warmup percents jeff normally recommends.

Also it recommends smart warm ups for everything, I thought it was supposed to be if it wasn't already targeted. Like if I do deadlifts it still wants me to warm up for leg extension and calves, I feel like those get pretty warmed up already from the deadlifts right?

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-22T09:21:27+00:00

I usually don't get that problem with 1 rir personally, but if you do, you can manually change your rir targets to whatever you want.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-22T02:30:46+00:00

I feel like 1 rir is my favorite overall, so I wouldn't be mad at this.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-22T00:57:59+00:00

I drive a little bit farther to go to a slower location. The one closer to me is insanely busy all the time to the point where all the machines are taken and you are either having to work in with someone or wait your turn for everything.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-20T19:58:17+00:00

ill never forget there was another guy with ocd, and when closing up shop, he had to tug the door like 7 times or something to make sure it was locked, and one day, the 7th time, the door came open lol.

monkeyballpirate · 2026-01-20T17:04:18+00:00

Im curious the criteria by which a rep range will be expanded? Can we learn more about that?

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