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Question about adding strength exercises to MFP

OyGeeBiv
OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
When adding an exercise, there's a place for "Weight per Set". If I lift 35 lbs x 10, do I input 35, or 350? Thanks

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  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
    Bump? Someone must know the answer! :wink:
  • zipa78
    zipa78 Posts: 354 Member
    Whatever you like, but usually you'd put 35 there.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,354 Member
    It is meant to keep a record, usually that would be the weight used, not the cumulative of the number of reps with that weigh.
  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
    Thank you both :)
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    i usually keep a record of my lifts on a notepad in my gym bag. I dont think mfp is set up well to log weight lifting sets. I think bodybuilding.com has a way to log and track lifts. and you would log sets, reps and weights. Not by the total, unless you were tracking your total volume for the day.
  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
    Thanks @SonyaCele. I just had my orientation at the gym today, and actually the machines track everything for me - which I didn't even know was possible until today. I thought it made sense to copy the log into MFP so everything's in one place, but it may not. I'll see how it goes. The log from FitLinxx gives a total of how many total pounds I moved, which is astonishing to me!
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