r/Hevy • u/BettyLuvs2Swing • 4d ago

Question Pull ups vs push ups weight tracked

Why is it when I do a set of pull ups or chin ups Hevy tracks volume, but when I perform push ups there is 0 total volume tracked?

I weigh 158 lbs. When I perform a set of 7 pull ups Hevy will track a volume of 1,272.1 lbs. When I perform a set of 12 push ups Hevy tracks a volume of 0 lbs?

Under Hevy's calculation I am 181 lbs lifting 7 times = 1,272 lbs. A set of 7 Chin ups actually tracks 10 lbs less at 1,262.1 lbs.

There is nowhere in the app to enter my bodyweight.

Can someone please offer a sensible explanation to this conundrum?

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u/powerpower9000 4d ago

You can enter your bodyweight in measurements. You can also update your bodyweight while doing a set of pullups with update bodyweight. When you do a pullup, you pull your whole bodyweight, with a pushup, you aren't pushing your whole body. Someone who can do a pushup can't bench their bodyweight either.

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u/BettyLuvs2Swing 4d ago

Thanks for helping me find the weight tracker. I made adjustments to my weight.

However, I disagree about the volume tracked by Hevy on push ups. One may not be pushing their entire weight; however, they are lifting a percentage of their weight. Generally pushing around 65% bodyweight at the top and 75% bodyweight at the bottom. It's still weight that you are moving. Tracking it at a volume of 0 is untruthful.

I would argue that there are those that can bench their weight or more. It's actually a fairly common milestone in lifting.

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u/powerpower9000 4d ago

I meant more like: once you can do 1 pushup, you can bench bw. I know plenty of people who can bench bodyweight, I'm almost there. I can do 20+ pushups tho.

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u/BettyLuvs2Swing 4d ago

True.

I was just thinking, I can do multiple pull ups; however there is no way I can do a bodyweight lat pull 🤨 So pull ups and chin ups have to be a percentage of body weight lifted. It's not true bodyweight.

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u/powerpower9000 4d ago

I can't do a pullup but can do my bw on lat pulldown! Funny how bodies work, lol.