Not being assigned weights for dumbell exercises - why?

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I have Training and Coach 3 month subscription; my Journey is Improve Fitness.

I have told the app in setup I have numerous dummbell weights etc.

In the exercises I am assigned with dumbells there is no weight suggested, and there is also nowhere for me to record the weight I have chosen.

My friend (who has Lifetime bundle) sees an assigned weight for each exercise where dumbells etc are used; he can also amend the weight.

Why do i not have this functionality?

If it is because I have a ā€˜lowerā€™ level of subscription, why do you not show it greyed out or ā€˜upgrade for xyz functionalityā€™ etc?

With all the different workouts, the requirement to be able to log the weights I am using is pretty critical.

Please advise.

Kind regards from England,

Nick

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Hi @njmayhew Let me guess: you have chosen a bodyweight journey (Sorry, I donā€™t know all Training Journey names in English), meanwhile your friend chose a weighted Journey like the Dumbbell, Barbell, Kettlebell or Hybrid Strength?

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Hi,

My friendā€™s Journey is ā€œUltimate Strengthā€ - I can see that in a screenshot he sent me.

My Journey is ā€œFit For Lifeā€.

But either way, the Journey we have should be irrelevant.

My point is that I have exercises that are being specified with dumbells, but the weights are not.

My friend has dumbell exercises where it specifies the weights AND he can manually change them.

So how do I get this functionality??

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It should, but it isnā€™t. Because of you doing a Bodyweight Journey you have no suggested weights when working with DB, KB or Barbell. Thatā€™s because an overall fitness is the goal, not hypertrophy. Thatā€™s why you should choose the weight you feel comfortable with.

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Sorry but thatā€™s just nonsense and a poor excuse

I have now had a chance to review these forums and can see that numerous members have requested this functionality since 2023 and that the developers were supposedly ā€˜looking into itā€™

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If you want to train with Bodyweight and Dumbbells, and have ALL your progress tracked including weights, and LOADS more flexibility and control over the way you train then I canā€™t recommend a move to Ultimate Strength more.

Ultimate Strength was designed exactly as a result of this kind of feedback.

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I have indeed made the move to Ultimate Strength, but itā€™s really not the journey I want - I feel forced into it.

I doubt I will renew my subscription

It is a shame because there are many elements that i really like but this stubborn refusal to roll out functionality across other parts of the app when it has clearly been developed AND when itā€™s continuously being asked for is a bit of a deal breaker

Itā€™s also opened my eyes that if there is one app like this, there will be lots moreā€¦

Come on Freeletics, be better!

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So almost wrapped 2025 I guess no news on this