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by maxglute 774 days ago
Someone else mentioned garmin has the feature, but it's finicky enough that for me it's just easier to write on phone. Sometimes I wish there was a casio calculator watch for logging/syncing lifts.
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On this topic, what do you use for logging?

I use Strong. It’s free to log and works perfectly. It costs to get all the graphs and I found it to be too expensive for what it is. But it has a free export function to csv, so I’m making my own PowerBI dashboard. Just have to export once a month to see the progress for example of max weight, calculated 1RM, (max) volume per exercise.

Looking for alternatives tho.

Hevy gives you all of this for free, with routines, RIR, rest timers, supersets, 1rm, session, and set volume all easily visible.
I used various custom overkill spread sheets for platemath, recently migrated latest version to custom google sheetapp. When you can't PR, spreadsheet.

https://imgur.com/a/SqzpjLr

log weightxreps@rir in comma seperated long text field, calculates repRMs, and other stats like volume/inol. Visualizations in appsheets very weak though.

Most important feature for me, having gone off program/fuckarounditis is having UI that clearly indicates how long ago I've done an exercise, and associated stats / percentages. This way I can train intuitively using my own meso/microcycles, i.e. right now my microcycle is is every 10-12 days instead of 7, which helped me blow past some stalls. I try to visualize in: how many days ago I last did an exercise [how many rest days in between]. I can glance at exercise charts (can be fuzzy to match all exercise of certain tag, i.e. #bp shows data for all bench variations), and get a sense of periodization/progress. Trying to figure out a fatigue/recovery system (PRF = performance, RCV = fatigue). Big part is finding out how body responds to stress in various blocks, i.e. figuring out whether to push/add sets despite soreness/fatigue. Anyway apart from occasionally slow syncing, the new appsheet has made logging very convenient, since it precalculates dates/sesssion, just have to pick exercise and enter weightsxsets.

TLDR flexible training.

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Before this, I've used for years where you log using syntax in giant textarea:

https://weightxreps.net/

Their website is a little busy and they had some redesigns that I didn't like, but it's easily one of the best logging experiences out there since you're not wasting time filling individual setsxreps etc. They have an app now, which I haven't tried, but the web experience was very good for me. I logged in a note, and copy and paste into log file when done. Visualizations pretty good.

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My ideal logging, if I knew how to code (only decent in excel formula), would be basically something like a population pyramid style chart where y axis is training days, x axis is inol/weight x or whatever stat. You tap on the horizontal/bar training day to view relevant details but otherwise have high level overview of essential stats.

https://epirhandbook.com/en/images/pop_pyramid_baseline.png

Last couple photos in album shows old spread / visiualization sheet format, the 2nd last photo last like rows that represent past training days (empty = rest days) with inol for each exercise tag. I've blacked out some of my repmaxes in case it identifies me online powerlifting competition DBs.

It’s called a gym buddy ;) Only half-joking. I found having someone spot you, count or just stay accountable is a game changer. Whether thats a friend, or a personal trainer, it's always more fun in company!