Cutterbuck

I have to say - the new updates are incredible - and so exciting - I feel bad reporting this!

Created six custom exercises via the Gravl web UI with complete metadata (correct muscle IDs, equipment IDs, descriptions). (Test adding some Arsenal Strength Reloaded machines)

All six now exist server-side and are viewable in the webui confirming the backend data is intact. (I think)

However, they do not appear in the iOS app’s exercise search or picker — searching for “arsenal,” “plated,” or other keywords returns zero results.

When attempting to replace an exercise in a workout, these custom exercises never surface as options.

(MCP generated split managed to reference them but the split

I have access to some good high end plate loaded hammer strength machines etc.

My gym profile has the various machines enabled but track still likes me to go old school and use dumbells and cables for most muscle groups.

Is there anyway to ask Gravl to favour machines? It seems a bit odd to be replacing exercises whenever they come up?

I am ten days into healing after a lot of new shoulder work. Any squat type work is going to put a lot of pressure on the new ink. (I squat 1.6x bw for reps twice a week, it's a lot of pressure) Back squats will have a bar across the area, pendulum or hack squat machines will put a pad there. (I would go to Zerchers but guess who also had a bicep done at the same time).

Its a busy tat with a lot of defined dark line work and there is another session to come in a month.

So,

How long should I wait before applying heavy pressure to the site?

I am getting bored of goblet squats.

I am quite a fan of zerchers for a squat that doesn’t fatigue as much as traditional forms.

Could we maybe have them added?

(I suspect they maybe the next fashionable exercise as well… it’s been a while since they were fashionable and someone is bound to pick up on them for content soon)

Interesting one here.

Today I had triceps dips followed by tricep extensions and then dumbell chest press with my usual working weight.

Absolutely no way I was going to get my usual dumbells into position after fatiguing the long head of my tris and my front delts.

I wonder if Gravl was trying to pre-fatigue to shift emphasis onto chest fibres. Which would be very clever. But if so should we be dropping weight to 60% of usual sets or similar?

(Or maybe it’s just not including the stabilisers in the db press)

Yesterday I tried hostkey, one of the bundles mentioned it was suitable for proxmox hosting

What a disaster.

The proxmox 9 install script failed repeatedly, just hanging, Looking at the logs I noticed it was trying to install nextcloud not proxmox 9 - I raised a support ticket

I tried the proxmox 8 script - it seemed to fail. I check the hostkey documentation; it tells me I should receive an email with a url to the proxmox GUI. I receive an email, but no url as referenced in the docs.

I try to connect to the allocated IP on the relevant port, nothing. I try scan the port to see if there are any other ports open nothing

I reboot the server, logs tell me that failed. then suddenly the

I workout 4 x a week, and i am trying to hit bi's and Tri's heavily for a few months, (damn genetics and long arms). I have the muscle group selected as "targted" but gravl seems to ignore that, (unless its suggesting other exercises as usual but emphasising exercises that have a secondary impact on Bi/Tri).

Currently manually adding exercises every session to deal with the issue and moving them to the start of the session by re-ordering the list.

But its starting to feel like I would be better served with a recurring traditional program as I am basically undoing a lot of the good work the AI used to do for me?

I have been training for a while (10 years?), no intent to compete this is just for me as I age.

My "wingspan" is about 5% more than my height. Full Ape man here.

My biceps are my most under developed muscle group. (Tri's are fine oddly ) . These dangly monkey arms make it look worse

Any suggestions on forcing upper arm growth? I ihave prioritized brach and tris for a year or so and there is a definite improvement in bulk.

(hitting tris, bi's and brach 4x10 three/four times a week currently, mix of preacher, hammer etc, overhead extensions, skrushers etc, usually at the end of of whatever i am scheduled to work that day)

Any hidden gems of either "proper gyms" or "health clubs with a decent gym" around here. I use Pure Gym regularly and its fine for a budget gym... I did join a place on the high street as well, (that I wont name), and although the staff are lovely, it's just didn't feel a good "cultural fit" for older lifters,)

I am kind of hankering for either something oldschool or I might be tempted by something with other facilities, (if the monthly membership fee isnt so so high that I inevitably though... "I could go and stay in a hotel with a gym once a month for that!"

Could we get a timer on cardio? : It would be great to step onto the treadmill, start the cardio session, run, step off the treadmill and just tap in the distance I covered .

(If this is already there - I missed it - I thought of this when doing planks and watching the timer there.... )

The strength score algorithm seems "odd"? (or is it just me).

Is it insisting on using all its "reference" exercises to calculate its average? even if a reference exercise hasn't been performed in a while?

Example

Chest.

I bench with dumbells a lot.

My DB incline Bench press and DB bench press estimated 1 RM's are very close to Athlete level but my overall score is rated at just below Pro... (I think it may be artificially supressed by a low barbell bench session I did almost a month ago when I was taking it easy due to a wrist sprain) , and further dragged down by an incline barbell chest press reference which I have never done.

Hey Gravl mods and devs.

I have to say I like the app - its decent and the suggestions from the AI engine are pretty sound.

BUT.

Its got to be time for some documentation on the app now? There is so much here to optimize but until you stumble across the relevant settings. You just wouldn't know its there.

As an example - the app for me kept suggesting odd weight progressions on DB work and it took me a few days to realise that I needed to set my available dumbell weights in the gym config.

Morning - I thought I would try out gravl for three months to see how it compares to other coaching plans. Today will be the first workout of the plan.

Is there any way to ask the AI to include specific muscle groups in a plan? I would like to dial Calves, Tri's and Bi's into every workout in a three day split . (they recover well for me but always need more training than the rest of me).

TY in advance.