r/strengthlog

Hey, i hear everywhere that i should take my last set to failure and the first sets to 1-2 rir. May i ask why i should not go to failure in all the sets. What are the downside and or upsides of going to failure in all sets?

Myo-reps is a form of rest-pause training that keeps you in the "effective reps" zone for muscle growth.

Are they better than regular straight sets? Probably not. Can they save a lot of time in the gym? Absolutely.

In this article, I talk all about myo-reps and how you can use them in your training.

Myo-Reps: What They Are, How They Work, and When to Use Them.

Thanks for reading!

Hey guys, currently walking on a treadmill while typing this, so apologies in advance haha.

I just finished my second 1-hour podcast from you guys and I’m officially hooked. I wanted to say how much I appreciate the way you present information.

You’ll introduce an idea, go through the research, break down the pros and cons, add historical context, mention outliers, throw in personal anecdotes, and then give practical advice. That format is incredibly helpful for someone like me.

I’m a healthcare provider in a military, and there’s this unspoken expectation that because I work in health, I should also somehow be a fitness expert with zero additional training. A lot of the questions you cover are the exact ones I get asked all the time, and I’m often expected to just know the answers.

I’ve had personal success with my own fitness, but I’m very aware that can create bias when talking to other people, especially without formal training in that area. Listening to your podcast has been really valuable because it helps me organize my thinking, communicate better, and shortcut what would otherwise be hours of digging through books, blogs, and other podcasts.

Also, I appreciate the dry humor and little jokes throughout — it makes the content way easier to digest.

You guys honestly deserve a much bigger following. I haven’t found this level of quality or thoughtfulness in bigger podcasts I’ve tried.

I’ll definitely be checking out the app too, but I’m already sold on the podcast.

First off, thanks for an amazing app, it is so good!

I really like powerbuilding lite, done 5 rounds so far and doing my 6th now.

I like to change some of the excersizes but im having a tiny problem here. If I want to change one excersize in pass nr 2 and only nr 2 but for all 6 weeks how do I do that?

If i change for just the pass, then next time I do pass number 2 the old excersize will show. If I choose change for program, then the excersize will change in pass number 4 also, and I dont want to do that. Am I missing something here?

Ps. I week 3 of pass 2 of powerbuilding lite lateral raises is 5 set instead of 3, a minor miss i guess 😁😬.

Thank you for making me stronger!

When doing any tracking with the apple fitness app on my watch, it's checking heartrate very often, and I can follow it throughout a workout session after.
I tried doing full tracking with the StrenghtLog app, and syncing over to Apple (I usually do apple fitness tracking, and strengthlog without syncing), and it seems the hearttracking is much more sparse. over a short 30 minute session it only had 7 datapoints.

Is there anyway to set the intervall manually on strengthlog? can't seem to find it if so.

Hi StrengthLog team! It is so refreshing to see a development team that is not only part of their own user community but also engages so well with their users directly.

Having logged 100 workouts in Strengthlog, I feel confident in saying it is the best strength training app available by far, and I felt it's an appropriate milestone to share some feedback on what has and hasn't worked for me, and what can be improved. At the bottom, I will add some of my background, which hopefully will put my feedback in context, for those interested.

What's been standing out to me as uniquely great:

• The exercise library is genuinely top-notch. It contains so many esoteric variations, and search works well. The videos help users validate that what they're picking is indeed what they intended, as names can vary between locations.
• Stats and graphs! If you're a nerd, you know what I mean.
• Customization is excellent. Custom barbells and plate sets, custom cooldown timers, and composable exercises -> workouts -> programs create a really powerful tool for advanced lifters and trainers.
• Overall, great UI. If not always 100% intuitive, then at least clean, well organized, and without unnecessary distractions, especially during workouts.
• No ads, feature-rich free version, and as I mentioned earlier, good community engagement and support.
• I have had no bugs, crashes, errors throughout a year of use, and several app+OS (android) version upgrades.
• The recent addition of strength levels! This feature will most likely lead to my early demise, but I love it so much.

What I would improve or add:

1. My top feature request would be letting users increment weights and reps by tapping a button instead of typing. I had this feature in nearly all apps I have used so far, and I'm really missing it here. Most of the time, gyms have plates in increments of 1.25kg minimum, and stack machines are often in increments of 5/10lbs; The app already supports custom weights per exercise. Give me a button to add 1 increment to a set (+2.5kg or +1 rep) and spare my disfigured arthritic fingers from excessive typing!
2. More social features, maybe? I have now hooked a few friends on the SL app as well, and we all agree it would be awesome if we could add each other as friends in the app and keep track of our workouts, PRs, and even have a strength levels leaderboard.
3. Small gripes with strength levels: I don't understand the choice of 9 exercises on the home page. I know it's just for fun, but in terms of what real users do, do these make sense? Lat pull+pullup and squat+leg press seem redundant; barbell curl is an ergonomic nightmare that many people simply can't do due to the forearm rotation, so dumbbell curl or ez bar would make more sense; no core - ab crunch or situp, RDL, hip thrust, etc; Additionally, would it be possible for these to accept variations with "close enough" mechanics as the same for strength level purposes? For example, accepting trap bar DL as equivalent to DLs, or dumbbell curls as equivalent to barbell curls, so that users who stick to these variations for ergonomic or equipment reasons can still enjoy this feature fully, while keeping their workout log accurate.
4. Also regarding navigation in the strength levels feature: When going from the feature's main view to the full exercise list and then to a specific exercise, "back" exits to the feature's main screen, skipping the list, which is annoying. The "back" button should _always_ lead users to the last screen they were on.
5. Programs with automatic increments, related to #1, but especially valuable for those whose progressive overload flavour of choice is increasing weights/reps every workout (eg, Stronglifts 5x5 program for beginners). This is not mutually exclusive with #1 IMO.
6. Easier access to the exercise library from the home page (currently it is settings > exercises > search > open) would be nice to have, having an "add to workout/program" button in the exercise page would make it even more powerful.
7. Machine variations: in many commercial gyms, there may be multiple machines for the same thing, that are not equivalent. For example, in my gym there are 4 brands of equipment all mixed, so there are 3 different types of lat pulldown that feel vastly different. 64kg in one machine is heavier than 100kg in another. Being able to track which machine was used and adjust the weight to what was last used on that machine, would make it easier to consistently track progress in this situation.

Note/disclosure: I have yet to try the premium version. I plan to do so starting in June, so if any of these are features of Premium.... advertise it! I would have gotten Premium sooner if any of these features was listed explicitly.

As for my background: I started lifting about 20 years ago when I was young and healthy, have trained other lifters, created my own programming, and achieved decent outcomes myself. Due to chronic illness, I stopped lifting for a prolonged period. Now, older and hopefully a bit wiser, I decided I'm tired of letting my disease control my life, and I have been back in the gym since 2024, taking it slow and focusing on longevity more than PRs. I am also a Sr. Director of product management at a data analytics company, with almost as many years of experience in software engineering and product management as I have in lifting, so you can understand why I enjoy StrengthLog so much!

I hope this feedback is useful, or at least fun to read. You guys have done a phenomenal job, and should feel proud of your contribution to this awesome hobby!

Just want to start with I’m not an advanced user but used it for a while now, and I love everything about this app. Small things like when I have the app open on my phone and finish a workout or superset on my watch the phone has automatically scrolled to the next workout/set is just genius 💪🏼 Recently got premium also, although so far the only benefit I use is the muscles worked.

But now regarding the title of this post. The only 2 data points synced are heart rate and calories burned. My first reaction was, why not weight? I have a Withings scale so its so convenient to have my weight automatically registered in Apple Health. And my guess is because people don’t want daily weight values ruining their weight goal and rather use a weekly/monthly averages as weight can change so much based an different factors. Am I guessing right here? But can raw weight data not be synced anyway and then we can select if the weight in our profile (and hence, for our goals) is based on a 3-day, 7-day, 14- day or 28-day average? Just an idea 💡