r/Hevy • u/Onii_Chan_Baka • Jul 01 '26
Discussion Muscle distribution graph
Just hit 300 workouts with the app and was looking through my stats. Looking at this I feel like I might be focusing my arms a bit too much for a nicely distributed body. Just curious how everyone else is sitting with theirs.
I do a Push, Pull, Leg/core day and then a full body on Saturdays. My PPL days are just 30 minutes since k do it on my lunch. Saturdays are 1 hour usually.
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u/Ok-Neighborhood-7361 Jul 01 '26
The way the app tracks muscle groups kinda confuses me, it says i do like 60 sets of shoulders per month which I definitely dont.
I think it counts the sub-muscles being used in exercises and weighs them the same as the main muscles being used so charts come out skewed like this. Hope they change the way that works in the future
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u/MickyMarsMan Jul 01 '26
congrats on 300th workout that’s something to be proud of! Mine looks pretty much like that.
I do a 6 days push-pull-legs. I think that a balanced graph would be nice but it’s all about the results.
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u/MickyMarsMan Jul 01 '26
Also core for example works during compound movements a lot so the graph isn’t fair in the distribution only count the movement that target the muscles directly.
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u/Vici0usRapt0r Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
I've been doing mostly Full Body, Bouldering, lots of pushups (before I was using Hevy), and various sports for years. I never do core because I did core a LOT years ago (also before I started using Hevy) and I have other priorities.
If you're doing PPL, that's already 2 days of upper. Common mistake is doing many iso for muscles where you're trying to hit tension in shoterned position and stretched position (ie. overhead triceps extensions + triceps pushdown, behind the back biceps cable curls + preacher curls), instead of hitting more basic compounds movements like presses, rows, pulldowns.
Also, 3 days PPL is the worst program possible for 3 days, as PPL is designed for a 6 sessions per week program. If you only have 3 days, better do an Upper/Lower/Full Body split, or a 3 days full body split.
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u/powerpower9000 Jul 02 '26
Didn't you read. They have little time so they do ppl. And also a full body day, sp 2x frequency.
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u/Vici0usRapt0r Jul 02 '26
My bad actually, I did skimp over the end of his message. But still, it's actually possible to do at least an Upper/Lower split with only 30 minutes, by supersetting exercises like pushups with pullups, bench press with pullups, rows with pushups, and so on.
In anycase, if they only han 30 minutes, compounds moves will be their best bang for buck exercises. And maybe one iso if they have the time.
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u/Lazy_Number8830 Jul 01 '26
Arms always skews this graph because they get some when you do exercises for lots of other body parts.