So I recently started the ”Hybrid strength” again.
it’s been a while since I was training so wanted to start slow and adjusted my weights, gave feedback etc. But the app is giving extremes, either way too heavy, or way too easy.
E.g. 1
Did chest presses. The app suggested 40kgx3x12. Updated to 25kgs. Next week the app suggested 12,5kgs?
Eg.2
I received the last workout with 20 plate twists at 2,5kg + 20 bicycle crunches x3. Selected way too heavy and selected the bicycle crunches as the struggle. This week I got the exact same workout?
E.g.3
Active cooldown includes first standing side stretch, then lat stretch? Am I doing this wrong because I feel the same muscles.
Another session: first hip stretch, then quad stretch, again, same muscles?
Last time I used this app I was really happy with progression and updates were right on spot, realizing I took way heavier weights over time. Now it’s all of? Like why would I go for 12,5kg barbell lounges and the be able to do 70kg back squats?
It really sucks to pay for an app then still do all the weight updates myself.
Regarding the first point, it’s probably an old bug that’s been present in barbell TJs for years. If you record a lower weight than recommended during the warm-up—even by just half a kilo to round off the weight—the next time around, the coach halves the weight in the working sets for that same exercise. It’s pretty annoying, and there are numerous threads about it on this forum, but apparently, it still hasn’t been fixed. It hasn’t happened to me in a long time because, to avoid getting annoyed, I just don’t lower the weight during warm-up sets.
Hopefully someone from the tech team can give an explanation, but I have a feeling this forum has been pretty much abandoned at this point…