Good app to log workouts?

jpaulsims
jpaulsims Posts: 43 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I was wondering what apps people use to log their strength training workouts? I'm a newbie at this and wanted to get an app to chart my progress, just like I chart my calories and weight in MFP.

I've been at this for 4 1/2 weeks and currently using Gym Genius. It lets you setup your workout schedule and it times you as you start your workout and logs weight, sets and reps as well as having some good charting capabilities to look at trends. It also highlights PRs which I find motivating as I push myself to up my weight. I'm pretty happy with it but didn't know if there were other good ones out there people were using. Probably the only thing it doesn't have are pictures or samples of exercises. As a noob I've been using other sources and will pull up external resources on my phone as I'm learning a new workout, but it would be nice to have that in the app.

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  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    What's your priority? Some apps include demonstrations, but if you don't like the cues/explanations or want another take, you'll still have to go out of the app. Some apps have set routines, or allow you to create your own using banks of exercises - this may work for you if you don't need or want to do exercises that are less common. (I think Fitocracy is like that - it also sort of gamifies workouts with a point system, and has a social aspect if that matters to you. I found all that clunky though, and it was a pain to set up your own routines.)

    I have an Android phone - I use Simple Workout Log, which I like because it's very clean looking, and it allows for flexibility in setting up your routines and exercises (you just enter in whatever name you like, basically it's as close as you can get to an app that feels like a notepad). I think it does allow for data export, but I haven't used that or tracked trends beyond looking at the history I've got for a particular exercise.
  • jpaulsims
    jpaulsims Posts: 43 Member
    My priorities are tracking strength gains, using trends to know when to push for more weight, clean interface and flexibility. Examples are a nice add on, but don't mind doing my own research outside of the app for that. I'm probably 80-90% there on my priorities with Gym Genius but just wondered what others were using.
  • VegasFit
    VegasFit Posts: 1,232 Member
    That Simple Workout Log looks pretty cool! I don't know if I can ever break away from using a regular log book though.
  • Kr15by
    Kr15by Posts: 78 Member
    edited August 2015
    JEFIT is the app I recommend. I have downloaded and used a ton of apps in the past for logging workout and JEFIT is the best in my opinion.
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