App updates (2016 – today)

Dr. Muscle: The world's first AI personal trainer. Updated weekly with the features you ask for—243 updates and counting.

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Swap out dumbbell exercises automatically

No dumbbells? No problem! In Settings, you can now toggle off dumbbells to swap out all dumbbell exercises from your workouts automatically. Full release notes (v1264) * Added: toggle off dumbbells to swap out all dumbbell exercises * Improved: exercise videos in fullscreen * Improved: design of action buttons (green is now blue)

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"All sets done—finish exercise?"

We're making Dr. Muscle easier to use. Now, as you finish the last set of an exercise, you'll see a popup with an option to finish that exercise as well, speeding up your workouts. Full release notes (v1257) * Added: "All sets done—finish exercise?"

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Customize sets at the workout level

We're making Dr. Muscle even more flexible! You can now customize sets at the workout level to create Heavy, Low, Medium days (and other popular routines). Full release notes (v1250) * Added: Customize sets at the workout level * Added: Recommended weekly workouts to reminders * Improved: New user onboarding (demo

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Buffed with Bands!

Bands are great to work out at home. So we're excited to release new bands programs! "Buffed w/ bands" levels 1 and 2 are now available inside Dr. Muscle, with videos for all exercises. Full release notes (v1234) * Added: Bands programs level 1 and 2 (Workouts

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Cardio

By default, Dr. Muscle does not include cardio in your program. You don’t have to do cardio to get lean and doing too much can slow down your mass gains. But you may want to do cardio for other reasons (e.g. it’s like medicine for your health)

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Pyramid sets

As you may already know, varying reps every workout has been shown to speed up progress (Rhea et al. 2002). But what about covering a wide range of reps in the same workout? You can do it with pyramid sets, a time-tested technique coach Martin Berkhan says is "the

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Toggle plates off

No plates? No problem! Toggle them off under Settings, and the app will swap out all plate exercises from your workouts. In most cases, you'll get dumbbell variations instead. Update also includes two more top requested features: plate calculator shows on fullscreen timer now, and easy/medium exercises

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Workout reminders

Workout reminders are here! Set them up in Settings (or when you create your account) to get a notification reminding you to work out on the days and times of your choosing. Also, you can now turn deloads and challenges on and off. Simply open an exercise and tap the

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Manual deloads

The secret to building muscle is to get stronger over time. But as you work out and build strength, you also accumulate fatigue. When you accumulate too much fatigue, your progress slows down, or stalls. That's when you should deload. Dr. Muscle automates that for you, but some

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2 x demo workouts for new users

Dr. Muscle is a trainer, not a tracker. But when you try the app for the first time, it may not be that obvious to you. So, with this update, as you're creating your account, we walk you through two quick demo workouts. This lets you experience how

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