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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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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Volume dashboard

If you want to get in shape fast, it's a good idea to keep an eye on your weekly volume (best measured in number of hard sets per body part). It should be around 10-20 sets, and now you can analyze it from all angles with our new

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Customize your equipment

Now, if you toggle off "I have a pulley" under Settings, you automatically swap out all pulley exercises from your Dr. Muscle workouts. Similar exercises (that don't require a pulley) replace them.

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Back-off sets!

Goto et al. (2004) studied back-off sets. They found that lifters who did back-off sets gained more strength and endurance than those who did not. There was also a trend (p = 0.08) for more muscle gain. Good news! Dr. Muscle now automates them for you. You'll do

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