What's new
What changed in Liftsmith each day, including fixes. Newest first.
Accounts and sync, camera rep counting, a 3D recovery map, and Spanish and French
- New
Accounts and sync
Sign in with Google, Apple or a code sent to your email, and your workouts sync between your phone, your other devices and the web dashboard. You still don't need an account to use the app.
- New
Count reps with your camera
Prop your phone up and the workout screen can count your reps for you. It all happens on your phone; no video leaves it.
- New
Recovery map on the 3D figure
The recovery map now glows on the same 3D figure as the exercise demos. Tap a muscle to see how recovered it is and what that means for today.
- New
Health twin and fitness age
The Body tab's Health view brings together sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, steps, breathing rate and VO₂ max from Health Connect or Apple Health, with a fitness age worked out from your VO₂ max.
- New
Every recommendation says why
Each planned exercise, set count, rep target and weight now carries a short reason, and coach's notes point out stalled lifts, building fatigue or a muscle that's short of sets, with a one-tap fix.
- New
Spanish and French
The whole app is now in Spanish and French as well as English, and follows your phone's language.
- New
Per-hand logging and a lighter start after a break
Log one-arm and one-leg sets for each side. After time away, your first workout back starts lighter and builds up again.
- New
A welcome screen and a clearer way to save
Setup now opens with a short welcome, and a Save your progress step explains signing in and backups. Settings has a Saving and backup section where you can restore a backup file.
- New
Accessibility settings and one-handed controls
Text size, colour-blind safe colours and more contrast in Settings › Accessibility, plus a one-handed mode that puts Log set and the weight and rep buttons under your thumb.
- Better
Supersets are easier to follow
Paired exercises are linked on Today, and mid-superset the workout screen names the exercise that comes next.
- Better
Sheets close the way you expect
Every sheet has a Close button and closes when you swipe it down.
- Fixed
Heart rate monitors that wouldn't connect
The app now retries, stops waiting after a while, and tells you what went wrong instead of spinning.
- New
On the website
Comparison pages, training guides, a blog, and plate, one-rep max and TDEE calculators, plus faster pages on phones.
The first build of Liftsmith
- New
Workouts planned for you
Tell it your gym, your time and your goal, and each day's workout is planned from your equipment, your recovery and your training block, with RIR blocks and deloads.
- New
Fast logging in the gym
One tap logs a set as planned, the next set is filled in, the rest timer starts itself and shows on your lock screen, and the plate graphic shows what to load.
- New
Programs and routines
Classic 5×5, novice 3×5, ramping 5×5, tiered progression, training max waves and bodyweight skills, plus your own saved routines.
- New
3D exercise demos
Every exercise has a 3D figure showing the movement, with setup and cues.
- New
Heart rate, Health Connect and Apple Health
Bluetooth heart rate during workouts, and readiness that can use your sleep and recovery data if you allow it.
- New
Injury mode
Tell it what hurts and it skips or lightens the exercises that load that area, with pain ratings and a graded return.
- New
Achievements, quests and streaks
Badges, weekly quests, streak freezes and a share card for new bests, with a Lean mode that turns the extras down.
- New
Light mode
Settings › Appearance: dark, light or match your phone.
See it in Liftsmith
Every change here is already in the app. It's free to start and works offline.
- ✓ Free to start, no account needed
- ✓ Plans every set, rep and weight for you
- ✓ Works offline, on Android, iPhone and the web
- ✓ No ads, ever