What are Fitbod Exercise Pages?

How did we create Fitbod Exercise Pages?
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Who created Fitbod Exercise Pages?
Abhilash Kuduvalli, Staff Product Designer
JP Michelsen, BA Kinesiology, NASM Certified Personal Trainer
João Portela, Staff Software Developer
Jesse Venticinque, Co-Founder & Product Head at Fitbod
Frequently Asked Questions About Fitbod Exercise Pages
How Fitbod Ranks Exercises
Ranking by Popularity: “Sets Logged”
Popularity refers to the number of times Fitbod users have logged a single set of an exercise.
More than 10 million users have logged billions of exercises with the Fitbod app. This extensive data enables us to display the frequency with which our over 1,600 available exercises are logged.
We present this data under the metric “Sets Logged”.
“Popularity Rank” refers a stack ranking all exercises based on the number of sets logged
Ranking by Muscle Strength: “mScore”
- How much strength you gain from each exercise set.
- How much an exercise affects your muscles.
- How often top users do the exercise.
How does mScore and popularity differ?
mScore shows how effective an exercise is for getting stronger. Popularity shows how often it’s done. Some exercises might not be popular but can have a high mScore, meaning they are really good for strength building.
How Fitbod recommends Reps, Weight and 1 Rep max?
Over 10 Million users have logged billions of exercises with the Fitbod app. From this massive data set, we can predict how much reps or weight a given person can lift based on their demographic profile. Demographic profile includes Gender, Age, Height, and Weight.
We use machine learning and AI to constantly re-evaluate and fine-tune the accuracy of our Reps, Weight and 1 Rep max recommendations based on the usage of the Fitbod app.
We list out of the recommended Reps, Weight and 1 Rep max by a user’s fitness experience: Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced. We derive a user’s fitness experience based on how long they have been practicing strength-training.
Learn more about how Fitbod calculates 1 Rep max and our Estimated Strength score: https://fitbod.me/blog/estimated-strength/
How is “Exercise Difficulty” determined?
Our on staff personal trainer, JP Michelsen (BA Kinesiology, NASM Certified Personal Trainer) has categorized each exercise under Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced. The difficulty of an exercise to perform includes the complexity of Movement. Exercises that involve complex movements or coordination are generally harder. The Stability Required is also a factor, with some exercises require maintaining balance or stabilizing the body. Other factors include Range of Motion, and body position.
How are “Alternative Exercises” determined
There are three ways to determine alternative exercises
- Best Alternatives: The alternative exercises are based on how often Fitbod customers swap a given exercise out for another exercise via Fitbod’s “Replace Exercise” feature. The most commonly replaced exercises are a great proxy for a best alternative exercise.
- Same Target Muscle: The alternative exercises match the primary muscle targeted and fatigued by a given exercise. We then rank related exercises by Muscle Strength or mScore.
- Same Equipment: The alternative exercises match the same required equipment of a given exercise. If a given exercises requires more than 1 piece of equipment (for example, Dumbbells and Flat Bench), we first list exercise that match all required equipment. If we can’t find candidate exercises that match both, we then list exercises that match one piece of equipment. We then rank related exercises by Popularity.
What are Primary Muscle Groups?
The one muscle group an exercise will primarily strain when performing.