Like I assume many others here do, I have a 20kg pair of adjustable dumbbells (2x2 kg bars + a total of 16 kg of 1 and 2 kg discs) from Decathlon.
This setup allows for up to 2x10 kg when training with the pair, or up to 1x18 kg when using only one.
I have added all of these as available equipment in the coach, like so:
- …
- 2x6 kg
- 2x8 kg
- 2x10 kg
- 1x12 kg
… - 1x18 kg
This setup works fine most of the time. However, one thing I find annoying about this is when the coach assigns exercises with different weights in the same interval, without any rest in between.
For example, in a single interval, I get 6 rounds of
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10 x Dumbbell Bent Rows with 10 kg
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then 15 x Double Dumbbell Shoulder Presses with 8 kg.
This means that for each of these 6 rounds, I have to change the weights to 10 kg to do the Dumbbell Bent Rows, then back to 8 kg for the Shoulder Presses.
As my dumbbells do not have a quick mechanism to do this, it can take me up to a minute to change weights, which is often longer than the assigned rest between rounds, and definitely annoying when no rest is assigned between sets in a single round.
Multiply this with the number of rounds and intervals, and I’m easily looking at 10-15 minutes just adjusting weight during a single coach session.
This is, of course, only an issue when multiple different weights are used in a single interval, not when different intervals use different weights.
Suggestion: Add an option to the coach that either limits each interval to a single weight, or forces it to assign breaks between sets to allow us to change our equipment.
