Hi there and welcome to today’s video. So, in this video we’re going to be exploring the new weight tracking functionality that’s been added to GymOS, and how it can benefit both you and your members.
So the first thing you’re going to want to do is come over to your left-hand side menu and click onto settings, and then you’re going to want to scroll down until you see training calculations at the bottom here.
As you can see here we’ve got two important settings, so the first one is the XREPMAX algorithm, where you can select your preferred calculation method. You can see here we’ve got a couple of methods here that you can select from and then you’ve also got the review method and period for training targets.
For this walkthrough we’re going to select the Lombardi method and for the RETmax algorithm we’ll also select the review method to average across 9 sets. As you can see, N here is 9, but you do have other options that you can select from here.
So what we’re going to want to do next is we’re going to create some session categories, so from the sessions menu if we go to lists and groups, then we’re going to click the edit pencil next to the exercise session categories at the bottom here, and we’re going to click the add button in the top left, and for this example I’m going to create a category called SGPT, leg session, oh that really does help if I can spell, leg session 1 and we’re going to click Save.
So now that we’ve done that, we’re going to go to our left-hand side menu and select exercise programs, and from exercise programs we’re going to select sessions. So in the top right-hand corner you’ll see an actions button, so we’re going to want to click that, and then we’re going to click add a new in-person trackable session.
So we’ll give the session a name, again we’re just going to keep this to what we set the category as, which we’ll select here in a moment. So we’re going to call this leg session SGPT1. Just so we know this is our first session for our SGPT groups and it’s going to be focusing on legs.
So for our category over here what we can do is we can select our session that we just created, so SGPT leg session 1. And then for our rounding target calculations, we can choose between either strength progression, where it will round it up for us, or we can select volume/safety work, where it will round it down. Again, just for the purposes of this video, I’m going to keep this to strength progression. You can also add in some tags if you wish to do so.
As you can see here, you’ve also got a checkbox for, is this a benchmarking session? Just for this video, we can going to leave that blank but if this was to be selected this would affect how the targets are reviewed so for example this would only use data only from your benchmark sessions instead of the regular sessions member input where they put in their recorded weights through their app. So we’re going to click save here.
So now it’s time to build out the session. So in the session exercises box, as you can see here, we’ve got a sort of way of typing it in that will automatically put that in for you. So what we’re going to want to do is select the box for auto create achievement record for unmatched exercises just because this is a brand new exercise that we’re putting in and this isn’t already in our system and we’re going to make sure that we tick this.
So to begin typing this in, for example I’m just going to put in squat, followed by 3×12, so three sets for 12 reps. And then for our load we’re just going to put in 50 kilos. So what kind of tempo do we want them to be following? We’re going to put in fast. And then for the rest period we’re just going to put in 60. And we’re going to click the purple plus button.
So as you can see what this has done for us is it’s put in our fast exercise which is squat. It knows it’s kg and the highest is best. It’s 3 sets, 12 reps, 50 kilos, with a fast tempo. I must have incorrectly put in my rest there, so I’m just going to type in 60. And we’re going to click the tick.
So we’ve inputted our first exercise, so let’s put in a rest period now. So we’re just going to put in rest 60. Press tick, and as we can see here it knows this is automatically going to be a rest period. And we’ve got that there.
We’re just going to add in one more exercise here, so we’re just going to put in lunges. Again, I’m making sure this box here is selected because these are all new exercises that I’m putting. So for our sets we’re going to put in 3x10kg, for our load we’re going to put in 20kg, for the tempo we’re going to put in med for medium. And for the rest period again, we’re going to put in 60s, and press the plus button here. Just going to use the edit here, and then put in medium, and then 60.
So we’ve now got that in place, so let’s say we wanted to reorganise our workout, we weren’t happy with how we’ve structured it. By using this section here, we can just drag and move these to be how we’d like them, so I’m going to swap lunges, and make sure we’ve got squats last.
So now that we’ve got that in place what we can do is we can click save and we’ve now created that. So if we go back to our legs SGPT settings here and click the edit button, we can then go to future assignments and we can select which sessions we’d like to assign this workout to. So I’m going to assign this to our, let’s go for our one on Thursday at 7 p.m.
That’s our small group session, and then what we can do from here is we can go to schedule, we can locate our session—so that was Thursday today at 7 p.m.—and then we can double click onto that. Then for more actions we can select the workout program. We can see what’s been recommended to the attendees for this session.
As we can see here we’ve got no recommendations available for this attendee, but that is only due to the fact that this is our demo account and that these members don’t have any previous data. As you begin to use this more and more the recommendations will keep coming in for each exercise for each of your members and that’ll be something they’ll be able to see and complete and fill out in the GymOS app.