When you log an exercise, Fitbod measures the impact of the particular exercise, including the sets, reps, and weight on a targeted muscle group. This helps determine how fatigued the muscle is after your workout. After completing a full workout, Fitbod provides a composite heat map that visualizes how the set of exercises performed has collectively impact your muscular system.
For an individual muscle group, Fitbod examines the sum of all exercises targeting that muscle group and assigns a muscle recovery percentage between 0% and 100%. Muscles fully recover over a 7 day period in Fitbod.
If you're an iOS user and have granted sync permission for Apple Health, Fitbit, or Strava, or input any of your body stats (i.e. Height, Weight, Age, Gender, etc), Fitbod will just your muscle recovery percentage appropriately. For cardio exercises, Fitbod will also consider how frequently you perform the exercise along with the intensity of a given exercise when computing muscle recovery state.
Fitbod attempts to design a full workout considering the relative freshness of all muscle groups. However, it's not necessary to avoid a muscle until 100% recovery. You can continue to work semi-recuperated muscle groups as long as you provide ample recovery time. You can also adjust your recovery state if you feel as if your muscle groups are fully recovered or too fatigued. Fitbod will never recommend an exercise that targets a 0% recovered muscle group, unless under specific conditions.
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