Big thing I'd like to see is charts to display progress, comparable exercises for each/most exercises, and maybe something where you can select each exercise you'll do for a workout and it shows exactly which muscles you'll be hitting, maybe also showing which muscles are getting more work and less work across the combination of lifts, if that makes sense.

Basically like the "muscles targeted figure" with a heat map of each muscle worked that day

>>77120423
Bringing your phone into the gym is for normie tier bitches who have 0 willpower and need a constant distraction and dopamine hit.
>inb4 music
The inability to do anything without constant distraction in your ear is nigger tier.
>tracking progress
Use a notebook.

>>77120435
Something like the Symmetrical Strength calculator?

>>77120423
the full version of the stronglifts app is what i've used. it also may or may not be very easy to pirate it as well

>>77120423
I use an app called "hevy" which does all of that
the biggest downside is that the premium version is a subscription, if you don't have it you can only save X amount of non-listed/custom excercises and routines, also it will gatekeep your data that is older than 3 months

anon if your app is better please share it

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>>77120435
>charts to display progress,
My current alpha version has a Stats page that shows total recorded volume, total workout days, total sets, avg time recorded, weekly volume histogram, a configurable top lifts to see your biggest lifts and e1RM, and a bar chart to show every day you did that lift.
>comparable exercises for each/most exercises
The database has ~470 exercises, labelled with primary and secondary muscle groups. When you're in an active workout, you can tap the sub button and it will bring up 5 recommended alternates, or you can browse the entire database and pick what you want. The auto recommendations are linked to Gemini or Haiku API, and it can understand what you did before and what targets same movement, or you can skip/disable AI integration. I don't have visual heatmaps yet (like the Garmin app has these), but I think it could be done at some point.
>>77120444
I haven't seen this one yet
>>77120464
I've heard of hevy and seen people using it, but yeah I heard the downsides with the free tier and wanted to avoid that. Basically I wanted to make what I was doing before easier and have all the data easy to see, and also figure out where I was lagging in volume or targeting accessory work to help with compounds. Like I needed to figure out how to push more on bench, and was able see my triceps and shoulder needed more work so I adjusted my program and was able to push through. So to make that happen you need all your data available.

>>77120423
Liftoff kinda has what you're looking for. I think the paid subscription gives you more progress charts and stuff but the free tier still shows you rankings for each exercise. And you can click on any exercise to substitute it out for a different one

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>>77120423
Nothing replaces the book.

>>77120423
Excel sheet on phone. Can generate charts if i want pretty easy and I dont fuck with a notepad. I cant leave my phone behind because work calls come in at all times, may as well avoid adding more shit to move, so I may as well digitize as I go.

>>77120444
>>77120464
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>>77121440
>I cant lift weights without a cell phone to type my numbers down in
Pathetic.
>>77121458
Based.
>>77121481
>I literally always need to have my cell phone on me because i literally always have to work
Good goy. Work/life balance is for healthy well adjusted humans anyway.

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>>77120423
I keep a journal. I also use it to sketch whilst I rest and write haikus.
Keep scrolling, dummies.

>>77120435
You basically described macrofactor workouts. Just came out, but has basically all that functionality.
>charts for progress
yes, quite a few
>comparable exercises
You can hit "switch exercise" on any of them and it will show you a list of comparable ones to select from. You also give it a list of your gym equipment and it will only select from exercises you can do with your equipment.
> shows what muscles you'll be hitting
Yep, shows all muscles hit by each exercise. That said, it is a bit rigid by wanting you to use it's AI coached program, but you can get around it.
It bundles nicely with macrofactor but it is like $80/year for both I think. That said, if you aren't poor, it's probably my favorite duo apps of all time for fitness and they are incredibly well built with nice roadmaps for each. As a comparison, I've used everything from fitnotes to Strong to pre-enshitified myfitnesspal to stronglifts to hevy, and none of them really compare, but depending on how you want to do your programing, it might not be the best fit.

>>77120423
I'm still on pen and paper + excel. I don't like touching my phone that much when my hands are sweaty and I have poor fine motor control. For apps, I know a lot of people like liftosaur, and I would look into macrofactor workouts. Every app I have found was kind of hard to use if you do anything but isotonic lifting for specific barbell and dumbbell lifts.