How do I choose the right exercise type?

In RepCount it is super easy to create custom exercises, and you get a lot of flexibility in what aspects you want to track.

The default setting is to track weight and reps, but there are several ways to customize this. To select what is being tracked, go to the edit exercise view (You can find this in the profile view and then edit exercises). Then select exercise type. 

The available exercise types are divided into the categories Strength, Bodyweight Training, Cardio, and Other and we will go into each of these.

Strength:

• Weight, Reps:  This is what you typically use for most weighted strength exercises, where you track weight and reps and there is no involvement of body weight in the movement. Most exercises using barbells, dumbbells, cables, and machines will use this exercise type.
• Weight, Time: This category is when you have a weighted exercise where you want to track the time, instead of reps. Typically this would be if you do weighted static hold exercises. 

Bodyweight Strength training:

The bodyweight strength training category is used for exercises where your body weight is the primary resistance for the exercises. One difference between this category and the regular strength category is that when viewing volume charts, a percentage of your tracked bodyweight will be used to calculate the volume for this exercise. For each bodyweight exercise, you can control the percentage that will be used in statistics using the bodyweight multiplier setting. 

The bodyweight strength training exercise types available are

• Weight, Reps: This exercise type will be used if you use weighted bodyweight exercises. In the weight field, you add any weight that is added in addition to your body weight. For example, if you do weighted dips with a 10lbs weight. You would track your body weight at the top of the workout and add 10lbs in the weight field of each set. 
• Assisted bodyweight, Reps. This is similar to the previous exercise type. But the difference is that any weight that is tracked on the set is subtracted in statistics. So you would track your body weight at the top of the workout and then any assisted weight in the weight field here. 
• Reps: The "reps only" option is for exercises that you typically do unweighted. Great examples of this are air squats and push-ups. When using this exercise type, statistics calculations will be based only on your body weight and the bodyweight multiplier setting. Exercises that you typically do unweighted, but you can add weights to are recommended to use the weight, reps option instead of just reps. 
• Time: This is great for static exercises like planks or wall sits. And gets you a field for tracking the static hold duration.

Cardio

RepCount gives you a single simple option to track cardio using time, distance, and calories.

Other

The other category can be used for exercises that do not follow the typical patterns of the other exercise types. When selecting this type you get a note field for each set that you can use to track anything you like.

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