How Fitbod Creates Your Workout

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How Fitbod Creates Your Workout

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Why Fitbod cannot generate a workout with that combination?

Why doesn't Fitbod have workout programs?

I have fresh muscles, why isn't Fitbod recommending a workout?

How Fitbod Creates Your Workout

While the majority of other workout plans are fixed meaning you must perform the prescribed method, even if your body or workout schedule changes. Fitbod designs a unique workout plan - in real-time - based on a variety of personalized inputs. Also with fixed plans, you cannot change an individual exercise and easily understand how the broader workout is affected. However, Fitbod has a dynamic plan construction, you can change individual exercises or a variety of other workout preferences and Fitbod will re-optimize the workout to appropriately incorporate any changes. 

Initially, Fitbod’s first recommended workout is merely an estimation. As you log more workouts and make adjustments, Fitbod learns about your capabilities and will eventually start recommending better-tailored workouts. For more information on how Fitbod recommends weight to new users, please visit this article.

When you open Fitbod, the app will examine the entire workout database & your exercise history to select the top exercise that best satisfies the following constraints:

• Targets a primary & recuperated muscle group that will be a point of focus for the workout.
• Choose an exercise best aligned to your fitness goal (for example, Bodybuilding vs. Muscle Tone).
• Satisfies a variety of personal preferences from strength-training style, gender, and experience with strength-training, available equipment, and more. 

Next, Fitbod will select an exercise that represents the second-best option to satisfy the criteria above. Often this exercise may target the same muscle group, though it may target a different muscle group, representing a secondary point of focus for the workout. Also, sets, reps, and weight recommendations are based on the non-linear periodization resistance technique, which alters the intensity/volume relationship in every workout. 

To round out the rest of the workout (and if the workout duration allows), Fitbod performs a similar exercise selection process to pick more exercises that both target fresh muscles and support the broader fitness goal (for example, Bodybuilding vs. Muscle Tone).

Lastly, strength-training best practices call for a number of core-body exercises that target the Abdominal and Lower Back muscle groups. These muscle groups act as muscular foundations, allowing you to perform proper technique and push the volume and intensity of exercises targeting larger muscle groups.

FAQ

Why Fitbod cannot generate a workout with that combination?

There are several possibilities as to why Fitbod cannot generate a specific workout combination. Fitbod takes a lot into account when generating a workout for you. A few common reasons can be found below: 

• Equipment requirements - You may not have enough equipment; for example, all bicep (and most pull) exercises require equipment, so if you've selected "bodyweight only", you won't get bicep and back exercises in the workout. When the "bodyweight only" option is toggled on, exercises that require any form of equipment, including pull-up bar exercises that are categorized as bodyweight activities, will not be recommended to you in your workout because a pull-up bar is considered a piece of equipment.
• Workout duration - Your workout duration may be too short for the selected muscle groups and Fitbod can only accommodate a limited amount of muscle groups. For example, a one-hour workout typically has around 8 exercises and if you manually target 10 muscle groups, Fitbod will not be able to accommodate all selected muscle groups.

Why doesn't Fitbod have workout programs?

Workout programs aren't usually tailored to your unique data and oftentimes have an end goal. As of today, Fitbod is more of a consistent training program.

I have fresh muscles, why isn’t Fitbod recommending a workout with those muscle groups?

While Fitbod aims to prioritize the most recovered muscle groups, you may not always receive them in your next workout. There are many additional factors that the algorithm must address alongside considering muscle recovery, such as the best exercises for the day, duration, available equipment, cardio settings, and more. Therefore, this is expected behavior currently with the Fresh Muscle Group split.