Apple Watch and Gym

elrasho

elrasho

elrasho

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Hi,

Got an Apple Watch Series 7 today and was wondering what app people use to count their reps and sets in the gym?

My Garmin Venu 2 had a Strength Training mode and it would automatically count reps as I exercised. I'd then press the side button and it would active a rest period.... rinse and repeat. Was hoping to have the same kind of app for the Apple Watch but all I can find is one that get you to manually log your reps and have no rest period counter
 
Gymaholic and Strong are both free apps but have a subscription service to unlock all the features.

Not sure if there’s anything on Fitness+ but you should get 3 months free if you’ve bought a brand new Apple Watch.
 
I have apple watch and just use default app and click "strength workout"
Logs data but doesn't count reps.
I mean if you can't count to 10 in your brain....
I do use a phone app as a logbook though
"Fitness logbook" to log weights and reps and type of exercise which gives me a breakdown of all the muscle groups I'm working, how much I'm lifting per session and give you an indication of your 1RM as well as progression graphs and scores at end of each routine. Comes pre logged with loads of movements and machines but you can also add your own if you're doing something different.
I still have to count to ten myself though.
 
£50 a year so you don't have to count :eek:

That's a no from me Boss.
I'll stick with my free one.
apps.apple.com

‎Fitness Logbook

‎Fitness Logbook is a workout planner and tracker. Simple and intuitive, yet flexible and feature-rich, it will be useful for both beginners and experienced athletes. Free and without ads. FEATURES - Track your workouts with an intuitive interface - Build workout routines with the advanced...
apps.apple.com
 
Fuzz said:
£50 a year so you don't have to count :eek:

That's a no from me Boss.
I'll stick with my free one.
apps.apple.com

‎Fitness Logbook

‎Fitness Logbook is a workout planner and tracker. Simple and intuitive, yet flexible and feature-rich, it will be useful for both beginners and experienced athletes. Free and without ads. FEATURES - Track your workouts with an intuitive interface - Build workout routines with the advanced...
apps.apple.com
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Agree, that’s a ridiculous amount to pay.
 
£50 gets you ALL the exercises, I don't need all of them as I'm boring old school gym rat (bench press, squat, dead lift etc...). Those are already on the app so works good for me.
 
Gave the app a spin today. It’s alright but did wrongly detect incline dumbbell press for military press. It was accurate with the number of reps I did. Im still gonna trial it then maybe fork out £50 for a years worth… that’s only £4 a month for something I’m gonna use about 8-9hours a week.

The app itself is pretty cool too, breaks down which muscle groups you hit over the week
 
elrasho said:
Gave the app a spin today. It’s alright but did wrongly detect incline dumbbell press for military press. It was accurate with the number of reps I did. Im still gonna trial it then maybe fork out £50 for a years worth… that’s only £4 a month for something I’m gonna use about 8-9hours a week.

The app itself is pretty cool too, breaks down which muscle groups you hit over the week
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I've given this a go today, not bad really. Was pretty accurate although did get one exercise wrong. I cancelled the 7 day trial as they have 30% off on their website and they've given me another month free so I'll use it for then and see if I want to pay.
 
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