Articles & guides — page 10

125 pieces on the questions people actually search — how many calories, how much protein, how big a deficit, what a set at RIR 2 means, how the 1RM estimate works, how many sets a week — with every number derived from the formulas the apps use or cited to a source you can open. Training and nutrition education only; never medical advice.

125 articles

App guides4 min

Setting up your gym profile and plate inventory

The plate inventory in the Zyra Workouts app: bar weight (10, 15 or 20 kg), six plate sizes, named gym profiles, and what the inventory changes.

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Using the plate calculator in Zyra Workouts

The barbell plate calculator in the Zyra Workouts app: where it appears, how to read the breakdown label, and what "not loadable exactly" means.

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Smart Progression: what the blue, yellow and red wand mean

Smart Progression in Zyra Workouts from its own rule: the rep ceiling, the step size, and why the wand is blue, yellow or red (not loadable).

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Generating a program with Smart Generation

The program generator in the Zyra Workouts app: the six questions, the rules that turn them into a six-cycle periodized program, and how to run it.

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Adding custom exercises in Zyra Workouts

How to add a custom exercise in the Zyra Workouts app: the New Exercise form, the primary/secondary muscle tap-cycle, equipment, type and rest.

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Reading the Levels tab and muscle-group drill-downs

The Levels tab in the Zyra Workouts app shows weekly sets per muscle over 4, 8 or 12 weeks. How it counts, and why it differs from the dashboard.

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Exporting your training data from Zyra Workouts

How to export workout data as CSV or JSON from the Zyra Workouts app: the export sheet, the eight CSV columns, and what the effort column holds.

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Getting started with MacroDiet

MacroDiet is a macro and calorie tracking web app. What the 25-step onboarding sets up, what the dashboard shows on day one, and which tabs are live today.

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What MacroDiet's onboarding asks, and why

Every MacroDiet onboarding question, what it feeds, and which answers change the calorie and macro maths today versus being recorded for later.

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Expenditure in MacroDiet: what it is and the 3-of-7 logging rule

What the Expenditure page shows, where the starting number comes from, what the 3-food-days-plus-1-weigh-in rule is for, and which parts are live today.

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The weight-trend chart in MacroDiet

What the Weight Trend page shows, how the deficit estimate and 30-day projection are computed, why the scale is noisy, and what smoothing is still coming.

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Scale weight and weigh-ins in MacroDiet

How to log a weight in MacroDiet, what the Scale Weight chart and Weigh-In calendar show, the once-per-7-days minimum, and how to weigh so the data is usable.

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Zyra is a training and nutrition tracking tool. Nothing on this page is medical advice, a diagnosis, or an individual prescription. The numbers are estimates from published formulas and the apps' own rules — consult a qualified professional for decisions about your health, and a coach for your training.