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2003/04/21, 05:37 PM
First day on my program and have a quick question... For abdominals and other exercises do you put in "0" for the weight or leave it blank?
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2003/04/21, 05:40 PM
Good question.
I don't know if it's right, but I left it blank since I didn't use weights for them. I'm curious to know how it should be done as well.
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~Jennifer
http://www.gwindalyn.com
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2003/04/22, 05:25 AM
It doesn't really matter. The only reason you put in your weights is so that the fitness tracker can keep track of your progress. If you put in 0 it's not going to be able to calculate your progress since part of the formula involves the weight lifted and x*0 will always be 0 so no progress will be shown on the progress chart for that exercise. On the other hand; 0 is the amount of weight you use and that's not going to change, the resistance stays the same. If you were to put in a random number, say 10, you should be able to see your progress on the chart whenever you increase the numbers of reps you do. Just be sure to input the same number in the weights box every time you do the exercise. I believe the formula used to calculate your one rep max is something like this (or at least close enough to it):
((x * 0.033) + 1) * y = 1 rep max +/- 5 lbs
x = the number of reps
y = the weight lifted
For example lets say that do 8 reps where you lift 155 lbs you’ll end up with:
((8 * 0.033) + 1) * 155 = 195.92 +/- 5 lbs
If you were to keep 155 as the weight lifted, but increase the number of reps to 12 you get:
((12 * 0.033) + 1) * 155 = 216.38 +/- 5 lbs
As can be seen from the formula used both weight and reps play a role in the final outcome as long as neither is equal to 0. So if you want to see progress on the charts select a number different from 0 for the weights and just alter your reps when you’re ready to do so. It should be said that the above formula is supposedly only good up to 15 reps, which limits the progress shown on the chart. In the long run it doesn’t really matter what you put in as long as you’re consistent.
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