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scheduled workouts

mmua — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:12:47 GMT

Hello,

How could I schedule workouts to print them before I go to gym?
I'd like to print scheduled workout, then log it after worlout done.
Also comparison between planned and actual workouts is nice feature.

Another one question is if coach can assign workouts for me and see my workout logs? :)

Thank you for your attention.

Custom Food

jlsoderlund — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:37:28 GMT

Is there a way to delete a custom food that you added in error?

Weekly calorie balance

faun3 — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:34:10 GMT

Is there any chance to calculate weekly calories balance?

Keeping track of set proportions in diet

faun3 — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:50:41 GMT

Hi!

I'm wondering if there is any way to easy keep track of actual proportions for carbo/fat/proteins in my nutrition each day?
I know there is graph, but it's not really descriptive.

I would like to set some goal proportions (like people do in various diets for sport results) and then check each day how far I was from that goal. Like "You ate too much fat mate, but proteins amount was decent!".

Best regards,
Adam.

entering custom meal into nutrition log

awesome.redhead — Mon, 10 May 2010 09:10:58 GMT

:crazy: I'm not having any luck with this,would you help please?

inserting custom food in nutrition log

kmccann107 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:24:15 GMT

Is there an easy way to insert a custom food into the nutritional log? Unlike a custom meal, seems I have to find the food in the directory and then add it. Any easier way?

Customized Metrics

stillingp — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:25:07 GMT

Is there a way to customize a specific exercise to be meters instead of miles? Some exercises, such as rowing, lend themselves better to tracking distances in meters vice miles. Also is there a way to add custom attributes such as stroke rate in strokes per minute and time per 500 meters. These are pretty standard attributes of rowing that are frequently logged.

Measurements

cdszeplaki — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:01:19 GMT

Trevor,

Thanks so much for this website.. It has really kept me motivated and on track. I delayed the measuring part b/c I could not find info on exactly where to measure. I am assuming the biggest part around my thigh, bicep, etc... but I need to remember exactly so I can measure it again. I find inches lost a better gauge than weight due to the fact I lift weights- and am at that crazy stage of fat and muscle. Is there a website I can go to- to know exactly where I should be putting the tape measure?

Thanks again,

Diane

Adding past log entires

Falken — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:53:03 GMT

Hi, I'm wondering if I can add a cardio log entry for past days. I missed entering it yesterday, but don't want to add it under todays date because I have a different workout for today.

Thanks.

Access from a Blackberry or Smartphone?

midnightmoon — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:05:07 GMT

I am going to be on the road a good bit next year and I was wondering if anyone successfully uses the site from a Blackberry or Smartphone. My browser will not load the site correctly to allow me to log in. Is there a trick to accessing the site that I am missing? Thanks in advance for your help.

Editing previous workout from My Workout Program

Xulon1480 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:10:28 GMT

I was logging weights into the pre-made workout progam entry fields when I hit enter before it was complete. I couldnt see any way to edit the entries in the Calendar area so I deleted it all together and planned on re-entering the information. I cant find a way to get back to the day I need to re-log. The My Workout Program thing is set for me to log my next upcomming workout. Is there anyway to go back and log a previous day with this feature?

-Phil T

Custom Meals Help

bowl4ut — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:12:43 GMT

I must be doing something wrong when I try to create a custom meal.

How can I add kcal, fat, etc... ? I'm only seeing a box for Title, description, and serving.

Also, can I make a custom meal using the searched food products that are already populated with the kcal info?

Thanks!

Why does the log multiply the sets with weight?

Jack.Freeman — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:56:25 GMT

Is there any way to stop this as I don't like the look (no matter how impressive it looks) of 90 reps of 1800.00kg, as opposed to 90 reps at 20kg each.

I would like to be shown the individual weight per rep, so I can plan my next step up of weights.

Jack

Suppliments

Pirate12 — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:44:07 GMT

Does anyone take Creatine, Nitric Oxide or Protein for enhancement? I have gotten great gains from Creatine and needless to say Whey protein.

I have also learned that there are several kinds of protein slow ingesting long lasting (Cassen) fast ingesting short lasting, egg and soy. I take some upon rising and upon retiring. If you have hypoglycemia, protein will really help0 you through the day because it maintains itself in the blood longer, does not drop off quickly like carbs.

Anyone else have any supplements they like??

Strength Log: Shouldn't the "weight" column multiply the weight entered by the number of reps?

MLohrman — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:28:36 GMT

Maybe I'm missing something, but it looks like it just adds up the weights of 1 rep of each exercise. That doesn't seem helpful. Shouldn't it tell you the total weight lifted?

Deleting an Account??

Anthony Lea — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:06:43 GMT

I made a previous account on here that I would like to delete due to deleting that email account and wanting to start over. If anyone knows of a way to delete another account please reply to this forum, it would be MUCH appreciated!

AHHHH, I cant delete my OWN threads

Anthony Lea — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:36:32 GMT

.... It would be greatly appreciated, I spelled something wrong and cant edit nor delete the post, I seem to have a nervous breakdown when I spell something wrong so any opinions would help immensely!

where are the instructions??

steadz — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:23 GMT

Ok, I've signed up, I've logged in and now have a puzzling array of empty boxes with coloured dots..what do I do?

I've clicked on metrics for example and I am presuming that I enter my current weight, resting pulse etc, but under nutriton is that where I add everything I've eaten today?

and is this where I then add what excersises I've done today?

what is a report? is this a overview of all my history and my log entries or is this where I make a report about what I've done today?

And as for custom I have no idea.

I'm sure it's far easier to make sense once there is data in there and you can se things in the empty boxes.

thanks for any suggestions.

Dotted line vs. solid line?

kkristal — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:25:34 GMT

Just a quick question:

On my home page, there is a graph of my metrics data. The lines for weight and body fat percentage were always solid...one yellow and one grey. A few weeks ago, both of the lines became dotted. Now, they're both back to being solid. Was it something I did accidentally or is there an actual difference between the two?

Thanks!

How do I edit a workout?

funrun01 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:10:50 GMT

I added a strength workout on the wrong date. How do I remove it?

Exercises vs. Workouts?

tbender — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:39:26 GMT

Hi Trevor, Hi FitnessLog Devs & Users,

I am quite new to fitnesslog and doing fitness seriously.
So far I just did my push-ups and situps each day but never tracked them.

I tried to do this via fitnesslog but I got confused with the exercises and workouts. (English is not my mother-tongue)
What is the relationship between workouts and exercises?
How do I know what energy I use for that exercise? How to measure that?
How can I simply track my number of push-/sit-ups per day?

I hope you can help me with my questions.
I plan to go to the gym regularly and would love to tracks my stats with fitnesslog for personal motivation ;-)

BTW: A global help section in the main Menu or even a context sensitive help would be really helpful.

Metrics graph - Target Weight

philmeup007 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:17:27 GMT

Hi - thanks for the great app, it looks to be easy enough to use that I will actually stick to it. One question. On the Metrics Graph of the Home section, the Target Weight stays the same and is not the Target Weight I want. Where do I set the Target Weight that this graph uses?

How to "Measure" your own body

iamtrying — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:06:50 GMT

I'm trying to complete the measurements section. However, there are no instructions on where to measure exactly. It would be nice to have some guidance. For example, do i meaure my forearm when it's relaxed or tightened. Same question would apply to biceps. Where exactly do I measure my waist? I'm not sure where my hips stop and waist begins. Thanks.

entering specific strength exercises

garrettg — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:11:15 GMT

Hello,

This is my first time to lift since the update and I am not able to enter specific strength exercises. I press the add strength button and it will allow me to enter duration and calories, but I am unable to select specific exercises, like squats, bench press, etc. I even tried by pressing the insert button after entering duration and it saved it as a blank excercise.

I have tried just about everthing, but I am probably just missing a step.

Thanks in advance,

Garrett

Site Update: Now how do I make an entry?

Phialthom — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:23:14 GMT

I've been using the site for a few months now and it's been great, but since I logged on Wednesday the 29th of October I can't find how to add a cardio log entry! This used to work fine!

Something's been changed on the entry form. I used to go to Log Entry -> Calendar then I'd click the little icon on the day I wanted, then I'd click on the "cardio" tab and select "Running" from the dropdown menu, I'd fill in the time and distance, and then I'd click the "save" button, I think. But now I don't see that button. How do I save the entry?

I'm stuck and could use some help! I hope I'm simply missing something obvious...

Can I share my log with others?

SarahEgan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:48:46 GMT

Is there a way for me to share my Online Fitness Log (or a summary page) with others online (ie outside of this site)?

Problems "adding a meal"

kkcmyk — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:35:17 GMT

I have been using the site for a week now and LOVE it! I haven't had any issues figuring out how things work with the exception of "adding a meal". I can add the meal name and a description of it, but how the heck do I add the calories, fat, protein, etc. to the meal? This feature would be helpful to me if I could just get it to work! :)

Also, I have a suggestion to the creator of this site. After a member enters their nutrition for the day, I think it would be great if there were check boxes next to each item entered. The checked items could then be saved as a meal. Sort of like when you are in your email inbox, you can click on specific message and then move them into another folder at the same time. Basically that concept. It would transfer the calories, fat, etc with it as well. Just a thought.

Thanks!

I've been wondering...

mousie_04 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:49:11 GMT

So, as I make posts every so often, I keep seeing the title we have all been given on here; "couch potato". I'm curious, does that ever change or all we all destined to be couch potatoes forever! Just curious :D

How can I Create/Print a Training Sheet

Dasmonstrum — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:59:16 GMT

Hi there,

first of all congratulation for your great web-application.
I'm a brazilian user, so sorry for my bad english.

I would like to know if there is a way to create a training plain and print it, so I can take it to the gym and record the data on it, for later insert here on OFL.

Thank you!

Importing data from a Polar workout computer

mpearson88 — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:02:02 GMT

Is there a way to upload the daily or weekly entries in a polar heart rate monitor? This site has everything I need, but it is very easy to upload a lot of data from my heart rate monitor quickly to the Polar website. Is there an easy way to either transfer this data, import this data etc.?

How do you make new workout entries stay in order?

tcookson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:00:12 GMT

Hey everyone! I just signed up today because I want to track my strength training progress, and keep track of the exercises I need to do. This site has so much more to offer than just that -- very exciting!!

I have a couple of questions about setting up and using a custom strength workout:

1. How do you make the exercises stay in the order you plan to perform them? They seem to go into their own order (I though alphabetical at first, but not after several more entries)

2. Is there a "Printable View" where you can print off the workout, take it to the gym, and mark the weight, reps, etc. on there for future use?

I appreciate any and all suggestions!

Thanks

why date change?

dodgegm — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:12:15 GMT

When I go in after 7pm to log something it is always on the next day. Why is this ? I have my time set correct.

Calories in/ out graph

sandylannon — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:44:20 GMT

I am new to this site and have encouraged many friends to check it out. I have found it extremely user friendly. I have one newbie question.....The home page graphs are great and really give me a quick visual reality check on my eating....how is the calories out (expended) calculated? It does not match what I am logging for my daily activity and seems high for adding in general calories burned through the day. I just want to make sure that it is right.

thanks