💡 [REQUEST] - Allow user to create sets with sides for unilateral and alternate movements

[TheSecondWing]

Summary

Hi,

I think we could improve the app by letting the user create right/left sets for unilateral and alternate movements.

Today if I have a unilateral movement exercise, I write down the total number of reps in a Normal set and add a note to the exercise. But it could be useful to have a space dedicated for "right" and one for "left" during unilateral and alternate exercises.

So you could write: -Left side : x reps and x weight -Right side: x reps and x weight Or just the reps because usually you do the same weight for both sides.

I do not know how this could be implemented in the app, but that could provide more details to the workouts.

Hope I make sense!

What do you think? Is it something that's already planned for the future?

Thanks!

Basic Example

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[madmustachecompany]

Hi @TheSecondWing,

I believe that when you do an exercise, you usually perform it symmetrically: in a bilateral form, you do both sides at the same time; when it's a unilateral or alternating form, you still do both sides, although only one after the other). Situations where you would not do the same weight or the same number of repetitions per side are very uncommon (in rehabilitation?). For now, the benefit that I would see would be in the case where you fail to do the same number of repetitions on your second side (after completing your first side). This can happen when one side is weaker than the other, for biceps for example. In this kind of situation, personally, I manage to start with my weakest side.

To complete my comments, here's how we've envisaged the different types of execution within the application. All types of execution are considered in the same way, given that when you perform a movement it is generally executed symmetrically (either at the same time or one side after the other), so the execution of the movement must be counted "once". Therefore, when you do 10 repetitions on each side you should enter 10 repetitions and not 20, which corresponds to the total number of movements on both sides (I may be wrong, but, in regard of your second request #78, I feel that this is how you count your unilateral repetitions).

Hopefully this makes sense, but I'm happy to discuss it further.

[TheSecondWing]

Hi @madmustachecompany,

Thanks a lot for the detailed answer. It is very clear. This was just a minor idea anyway, no big deal!

However, you said: Therefore, when you do 10 repetitions on each side you should enter 10 repetitions and not 20, which corresponds to the total number of movements on both sides (I may be wrong, but, in regard of your second request #78, I feel that this is how you count your unilateral repetitions).

Actually yes. If I have a unilateral exercise with 10 repetitions for each side, I enter 20. It feels more accurate in terms of REAL volume and weight lifted. If I only enter 10, the amount is halved... Which feels unnatural.

For example, looking at my screenshot of unilateral rows in issue #78, I have 4 x 20 reps x 25 kgs. That amounts to 80 reps and 2000kg lifted.

If I had only written 4 x 10 reps x 25kgs, it would amount to 40 reps and 1000kg in the statistics charts and the summary tab at the end. Which feels wrong compared to what I REALLY lifted.

Thanks a lot!