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Tracking weight correctly during strength training

AprilJG79
AprilJG79 Posts: 56 Member
edited January 24 in Fitness and Exercise
I never tracked my weight for lifting on mfp before and was wondering when lifting with dumbbell, do you write down the weight for one or both. For example when doing curls I life 15lb in each hand. Would I write that as 15 or 30? I searched the forum before for the answers and couldn't find it. Sorry if this was posted before. TIA

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  • Weezoh
    Weezoh Posts: 171 Member
    If it's an isolated movement, like alternating curls, I just count that one dumbbell weight.

    If it's a unified movement, like squats and deadlifts, I total the weight.


    ETA: it's just a benchmark for you though so whatever method you want to use that works for you is best .
  • AprilJG79
    AprilJG79 Posts: 56 Member
    Thanks Weezoh, Everything is unified for now I do alternate between a curl bar and dumbbells. SO I guess I'll just use the total weight.
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