Know Your Numbers - Metrics & Records Explained
Table of Contents:
What Can Impact Your Estimated Strength
Your Estimated Strength Record
How to View Your Exercise History
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Fitbod’s Metrics Broken-Down
Fitbod’s a good training partner because it gets to know you.
It does that by gathering, compiling, and analyzing your data. All of this comes from your past workouts you've logged and is available for you to track over time. Check out the breakdowns of each Fitbod metric to help you reach your fitness goals.
Estimated Strength
This metric used to be called "Projected 1-Rep Max." We changed it because the name didn't fit our metric. Estimated Strength is one of two things. For weighted exercises, is an approximation of how much you can lift in one rep. For bodyweight exercises, it's the highest number of reps Fitbod thinks you could do in one set.
What Can Impact Your Estimated Strength?
Your volume breakdown per exercise has the biggest impact on your Estimated Strength. Fitbod also considers the amount of time that has passed between exercise performances.
Your Estimated Strength for an exercise will probably dip if you take a break from training. That's to make sure the muscle isn't overtrained, especially if the break was a longer one.
Your Estimated Strength Record
The highest weight (or highest amount of bodyweight reps) you hit for an exercise over a given timeframe.
Muscle Strength
Fitbod's Muscle Strength score (mStrength) is a gauge for your muscle groups' strength. It's based on a combination of data from all exercises you've done for those muscles. Your score is set on a scale from zero to one hundred. Higher scores mean stronger muscles and lower scores mean weaker ones.
Muscle Strength does not equal lifting capacity. It's about strength for a particular muscle. Fitbod calculates the score with...
- Data from your best performances of an exercise
- Past muscle strength scores
- Current muscle fatigue
- Anticipated gains
Factors like increased workout volume, lower intensity workouts, and fatigue can lower mStrength. There's more information on Muscle Strength scores and Estimated Strength on our blog. Check both articles out if you need more information!
Volume
Volume is the product of the sets, reps, and weights you lift while performing an exercise. For example, if you did four sets of ten reps with 100 pounds, the volume lifted would be 4,000 pounds. It’s the same for metric units. If you did four sets of 10 reps with 45 kilograms, the volume lifted would be 1,800 kilograms.
Your Volume Record
The highest volume of weight logged for a particular exercise over a given timeframe.
Reps
This is the number of repetitions you perform for any given exercise. Fitbod only records the highest number of reps done for a given set of an exercise. For example, if you do two sets of twelve reps, your rep record would be twelve in one set.
Your Rep Record
This is the highest number of reps logged in one set of an exercise for a given timeframe.
Weight
This is the heaviest weight you've lifted while performing an exercise. For example, if you did a 25-pound set, 50-pound set, and 75-pound set, Fitbod marks that workout's weight as 75 pounds.
Your Weight Record
The heaviest weight you've lifted for an exercise in a logged workout.
Exercise Time
The longest amount of time taken for one set of an exercise over a given timeframe.
Total Time
The total amount of time you did for all logged sets of an exercise for a given timeframe.
Distance
The longest distance you've ever logged in one set for an exercise.
Distance Record
The longest distance you've ever logged in one set for an exercise.
Total Distance
The distance you've covered, across all sets for a given timeframe.
Total Distance Record
The longest total distance you've ever logged for all logged sets of an exercise.
Split
The top speed at which you performed one set of an exercise. For example, if you're running five miles, your time at each mile marker would be a split pace. Or if you run 5 miles in 60 minutes, your average speed would be your split metric.
Split Record
Your best in a single set, across all performances of that exercise.
How to View Your Exercise History
Three ways to easily access your Exercise History:
- In the Workout tab, hit the three dots (“…”) next to any exercise, then select “Exercise History”
- In the Log tab, select any exercise and you'll see a record of all Fitbod's logged data for that exercise
- Select an exercise, scroll down, and hit "Exercise History
FAQ
Why is my volume doubled?
Depending on the exercise you're performing, your volume will be doubled. For example, if you're performing an exercise like the Standing Dumbbell Shoulder Press, the exercise uses two dumbbells instead of one. When you're recommended a set, it shows you the weight for a single dumbbell. Since the exercise requires two, the volume is automatically doubled.
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