'''A personal record is a set you did better than any set like it before.''' Loopa checks every working set as you log it and tells you when one is a best.
'''Logging is free. The analytics and calendar built on top of it are Premium.'''
== Six kinds, and they are separate on purpose ==
- '''Estimated one-rep max.''' The headline strength number.
- '''Heaviest weight''' moved for at least one rep.
- '''Most reps''' at or above a given load.
- '''Most volume''' in a single set, reps multiplied by weight.
- '''Best pace''', the fastest seconds per kilometer. The only one where '''lower is better'''.
- '''Longest distance''' in a single cardio set.
They are separate because grinding out 100 kg for 8 after previously hitting 110 kg for 3 is a volume best and a reps best while being no weight best at all. Telling you "no PR today" there would be true and useless.
== Warm-ups never count ==
A set marked as a warm-up sets no records. Ramping up to your working weight does not fill your history with bests you did not mean.
== About the estimated one-rep max ==
It uses the Epley formula, and it is an '''estimate''' rather than a measurement. Two things worth knowing about how Loopa handles it:
'''A single rep is the max.''' No formula is applied. Epley at one rep would report a 100 kg single as 103 kg, and then treat your honest 101 kg single next month as a failure to progress.
'''Above 12 reps there is no estimate at all.''' The formula is fitted to low-rep work; at 20 reps it claims a max of 167% of the load, which is an endurance measurement wearing a strength number's clothes. Loopa returns nothing rather than a fiction, so a high-rep set does not put an imaginary PR in your history.
== Where to see them ==
'''Health › Training › Records.''' Every exercise you have set a record on, with the date and the set that did it.
A record is also flagged on the spot when you finish the set, so you know at the time rather than a week later.
== Related ==
- [[logging-a-workout|Logging a workout]]
- [[workout-analytics|Workout analytics]]
- [[the-exercise-catalog|The exercise catalog]]
- [[following-a-program|Following a program]]
- [[building-a-routine|Building a routine]]
- [[progress-and-plateaus|Progress and plateaus]]
[[Category:Tracking]]
'''A personal record is a set you did better than any set like it before.''' Loopa checks every working set as you log it and tells you when one is a best. '''Logging is free. The analytics and calendar built on top of it are Premium.''' == Six kinds, and they are separate on purpose == * '''Estimated one-rep max.''' The headline strength number. * '''Heaviest weight''' moved for at least one rep. * '''Most reps''' at or above a given load. * '''Most volume''' in a single set, reps multiplied by weight. * '''Best pace''', the fastest seconds per kilometer. The only one where '''lower is better'''. * '''Longest distance''' in a single cardio set. They are separate because grinding out 100 kg for 8 after previously hitting 110 kg for 3 is a volume best and a reps best while being no weight best at all. Telling you "no PR today" there would be true and useless. == Warm-ups never count == A set marked as a warm-up sets no records. Ramping up to your working weight does not fill your history with bests you did not mean. == About the estimated one-rep max == It uses the Epley formula, and it is an '''estimate''' rather than a measurement. Two things worth knowing about how Loopa handles it: '''A single rep is the max.''' No formula is applied. Epley at one rep would report a 100 kg single as 103 kg, and then treat your honest 101 kg single next month as a failure to progress. '''Above 12 reps there is no estimate at all.''' The formula is fitted to low-rep work; at 20 reps it claims a max of 167% of the load, which is an endurance measurement wearing a strength number's clothes. Loopa returns nothing rather than a fiction, so a high-rep set does not put an imaginary PR in your history. == Where to see them == '''Health › Training › Records.''' Every exercise you have set a record on, with the date and the set that did it. A record is also flagged on the spot when you finish the set, so you know at the time rather than a week later. == Related == * [[logging-a-workout|Logging a workout]] * [[workout-analytics|Workout analytics]] * [[the-exercise-catalog|The exercise catalog]] * [[following-a-program|Following a program]] * [[building-a-routine|Building a routine]] * [[progress-and-plateaus|Progress and plateaus]] [[Category:Tracking]]
