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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Offline Access

Dr. Muscle used to require an Internet connection to work. That was a problem for some users working out in gyms with bad Wi-Fi. With the offline access update, you’ll only need to connect before and at the end of your workout (you can even connect before you leave

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Challenge mode

In 2010, Dr. Bryan Mann and his team at the University of Missouri found a new training strategy to gain strength faster. They tested it with 23 football players. Players trained the old way or using "autoregulatory progressive resistance exercise" (APRE). Six weeks later, players who trained with

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Custom weight increments

Tell Dr. Muscle what weight increments you have available (e.g. 5 lbs or 1 kg) and you'll only get recommendations that fit those increments.

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Bodyweight Exercises and Workouts

Dr. Muscle now supports bodyweight exercises! Create your own, or select from our default list. We've also added bodyweight workouts levels 1 and 2. Now, you can train from home with no equipment, in as little as 9 minutes.

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Normal sets

Normal sets is a top requested feature, so I'm pumped to bring it to you today! Normal sets are better for strength development and can be safer for multi-joint lifts (especially if you carry them to failure). Downside: they take more time.

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Choose Your Background Image

You can now choose from a male, female, or no image (solid black) background.

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Smash New Records: Recover With Easy Workouts

You start lifting weights. A few months later, you’ve gained a fair bit of muscle. You lift heavier weights, and you do more sets. Your workouts start to beat up your body. So, you need more time to recover between workouts than you used to. This is where easy

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Fine tune your training with reps in reserve

Build muscle faster with this tip from the first US male powerlifter to win gold at the World Games: Reps in Reserve. There are many ways to apply reps in reserve, and the specifics can get quite complex. To simplify, Dr. Muscle now automates all of this for you. If

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Customize your rep range

We’ve just updated Dr. Muscle to let you choose your rep range, and focus on: * Building muscle and strength (5-12 reps) * A mix of building muscle and burning fat (8-15 reps) * Fat-burning mode (12-20) * Custom (any range between 5 and 30 reps) Quick reminder: Low reps are better at

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Build muscle in half the time!

Prestes et al. (2017) found that you could build muscle just as fast with 1 rest-pause set than you would with 3 normal sets. And now, it's easier than ever to use rest-pause. Our new update automates rest-pause fully, and our app now guides you step by step

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