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By Juriy Zaytsev

Why 100 pull-ups in a WOD aren't a 100-rep PR

Total work and a personal record answer different questions. Here is how PRzilla separates WOD history from unbroken reps, holds, and other movement bests.

The 100 pull-ups in Murph are a workout total. They do not tell you how many pull-ups happened before you came off the bar.

That difference is why PRzilla can show a movement in your history without showing an unbroken-rep PR for it. The work is there. The evidence for that particular record may not be.

A PR has to name the effort

A pull-up record might be the most reps in one logged set. A hold record is the longest unbroken hold. A distance record might be your farthest effort or your fastest recorded effort at a particular distance.

Those are different measurements. Adding every hold in a workout tells you total hold time. It does not produce a new longest hold. Adding running distance across a session does not reveal how quickly you covered a continuous mile.

PRzilla's movement records keep those distinctions. Depending on the movement and the results available, its Stats tab can show records for unbroken reps, holds, pace, distance, load, box height, or calories. Each needs the kind of recorded effort that supports it.

Where WOD totals belong

WOD work still contributes to movement history, totals, and total-work charts when the log supports that breakdown. The movement's Stats surface shows aggregate WOD entries separately from its personal records.

PRzilla uses dedicated movement results for those PRs. Work recorded as part of a WOD contributes to the workout and movement history; it is kept out of the movement-PR calculation.

When you do a dedicated movement test or strength session, record its actual sets and results. That gives the app the evidence for the relevant record. You do not need to duplicate the movements from every WOD to keep their history.

What "No movement PRs yet" means

You can have a substantial workout history and still see No movement PRs yet on the PRs screen.

Open What counts as a movement PR? there. It explains the difference between recorded movement efforts and workout totals. The empty state is about missing evidence for a record; it does not mean the app has discarded your workouts.

The What counts as a movement PR explanation sheet, describing individual movement efforts and distinguishing them from accumulated WOD totals.

The PRs screen explains why workout totals still belong in movement history even when they cannot establish an unbroken record.

This separation is especially useful after importing older history. A file can contain many dated WOD results without containing any unbroken sets. Counting those results as history is justified. Calling them unbroken records would be a guess.

For loaded movements, there is a related distinction between volume and estimated strength. High-rep WOD sets do not determine your one-rep max just because the workout contained a barbell.

The next time you log a dedicated movement session, preserve the individual efforts. Your best recorded set and your total work will then each have a clear meaning when you return to them.