The Progress tab shows a summary of indicators that Perifit has built to help your monitor your training progress.
Note that indicators are here to give you a rough idea of where you are in terms of figures and cannot tell if you are still experiencing symptoms, which is the most important indicator of all !
The Progress tab is split into 4 sections:
Overall
Pelvic Fitness
Pelvic Wellbeing
History
Overall
This section shows:
how far you are with your weekly goal = how many workouts you have completed = how many times you have played and completed all the games included in Today's Workout
how much time you still have to meet it
your total training time for the day
Today's training time
resets daily at midnight and takes into account the time spent across all exercises within the app.
is measured against the time set in your Training Path
can exceed the time set in your Training Path without counting as a "completed workout". This is because a workout is deemed complete once all games in that workout have been completed, whereas your training time is made up of any game/activity done within the app.
Pelvic Fitness
Your pelvic floor is a complex muscle group with its strengths and areas of improvements.
The 5D Chart is here to give you an overview of all indicators. By comparing the results of your first ever Fitness Test (in pink) to that of your last Fitness Test (in purple), it shows you which areas you still need to work on.
The app will prompt you to take the Fitness Test every 10 training sessions by default, in order to assess the potential progress you've made. This will help you track your progress in a consistent way. If you feel like tracking the evolution of your indicators more or less often, you can adjust that in Settings > Exercise preferences > Fitness Test Frequency". You can also take the Fitness Test whenever you want by tapping "Take the Fitness Test" right below the 5D Chart.
The 5D Chart is designed this way:
if an indicator is within the red zone, it is considered "low" (i.e. it can be worked on)
if an indicator is within the orange zone, it is considered "medium" (i.e. you are getting there)
if an indicator is within the green zone, it is considered "high" (i.e. you are doing really well in that department)
By tapping on each indicator in the 5D Chart, you will be redirected to a new screen that explains what this indicator measures and shows its evolution over time.
Contraction quality
Contraction quality indicates your ability to perform Kegels in their proper form while keeping the use of the abs and buttocks muscles to a minimum.
Having a high Contraction Quality means that you can train safely (without generating intra-abdominal pressure) and effectively (without "cheating" with other muscles).
A score of 100 means that 100% of your contractions during games are Kegels with proper form, while a score of 0 means that almost none of your contractions are Kegels with proper form (i.e. you are mostly "bearing down"/"pushing out"). In that case, we recommend that you refine your technique by having a look at Kegel 101 and Improving contraction quality, playing the Picasso Game, consulting your pelvic health practitioner to get tips, or by closely monitoring the Contraction Quality Meter.
Unfold the details (by clicking the arrow) to see the details of the indicator's evolution within the week, month, or year.
Strength
The strength is the maximum weight that your pelvic floor muscles could theoretically lift. It is computed as the difference of pressure applied to the superficial sensor between your relaxed and squeezed states.
Therefore your strength benefits as much from an improvement of your relaxation as an improvement of your contraction.
Your strength may vary from session to session as it is greatly influenced by several factors, such as your overall fatigue, menstrual cycle, etc. More info on this here
Since Perifit is very sensitive, it will register those seasonal variations. They shouldn't alarm you.
What is important, however, is whether you see an improvement in your symptoms or your well-being in your day-to-day life.
If you would like to work on your Strength, head to the Improving Strength article
Unfold the details (by clicking the arrow) to see the details of the indicator's evolution within the week, month, or year.
Control
Control shows how much success you have had in hitting the game targets (e.g. lotuses). The better you fare on this indicator, the more control you should have over your pelvic floor.
Control is instrumental for not leaking urine when you cough or laugh and improving one's sexual pleasure.
If you would like to work on your Control, play the Pong Challenge or head to the Improving Control article.
Unfold the details (by clicking the arrow) to see the details of the indicator's evolution within the week, month, or year.
Endurance
The endurance is the maximum time you can sustain a contraction of at least 70% of your maximum.
Thus, endurance is an indicator of how well your pelvic floor resists fatigue. The ability to perform prolonged contractions is essential in helping you hold a pressing need to pee.
If you would like to work on your Endurance, head to the Improving Endurance article.
Unfold the details (by clicking the arrow) to see the details of the indicator's evolution within the week, month, or year.
Speed
Speed represents your ability to quickly contract and relax.
The better you fare on this indicator, the quicker your pelvic floor will be able to respond to any sudden intra-abdominal pressure increase (coughing, laughing, getting up from the floor, etc) and come back to a relaxed state.
If you would like to work on your Speed, head to the Improving Speed article.
Unfold the details (by clicking the arrow) to see the details of the indicator's evolution within the week, month, or year.
Pelvic Wellbeing
Since the most important indicator of progress is still the evolution in your symptoms, we offer the pelvic wellbeing graph to help track the symptoms you reported in the Pelvic Questionnaire.
This is another way of looking at your progress. The 5D Chart does it with indicators of your pelvic floor health while the Pelvic Questionnaire focuses on your symptoms.
The app will prompt you to take the questionnaire before training for the first time and then every 50 games. However, you can take the questionnaire whenever you want by tapping "Take the Pelvic Questionnaire" right below the graph or by going to Settings > My program > Take the questionnaire.
History
By tapping on All data, you can access every training session you've ever completed with Perifit Care.
Tapping on a specific session will show you what and how you did that day and how long you trained. If you would like to delete a session so that it does not affect your overall scores, you can do so by tapping Edit > bin.