A Strong App Trick

Earlier today (and yes two emails in one day bc i forgot the last few days...).

I told you about rest time and why that’s important.

• Now I’ll give a little trick to save time

• I’ll give a bonus trick for programming

• Needless to say this is all in the Strong app so go get that…

Trick 1 - Auto Timer

This is the biggest time saver/brainless trick I have.

It lets you instantly start a timer for the next set the second you log how many reps you got.

1. Click the three dots

2. Click Auto Rest Timer

3. Turn this on and put 3 minutes on the working, and 1.5 minutes on the warm-up

   

Now it’ll automatically start when you log something!

A bonus tip here is to save the last warmup set on your template as a normal set, then switch it to warmup after you’ve logged it.

This way your last warmup set will have 3m rest, instead of 1.5m.

Trick 2 - RPE

This trick is going to help you better pick what weight you’re using when you’re in the gym.

It lets you log how difficult something was and gives you an idea of the history of your training.

Read a little about training intensity here.

Of course the best way to do this is to log the reps you think you had left in the tank subtracted from 10.

10 RPE = failure

9 RPE = 1 rep left. etc, etc.

1. Open the area where you log how many reps you got and click on where it says “RPE”

2. Select the RPE you think you had based on reps left. If you’re unsure use the 0.5

3. When you look back in your history it’ll be logged there and you know how to better pick weights.

These two tricks help way more than you’d realise.

The guys who aren’t logging their workouts are struggling…

The guys who add this on, are already doing good, and now doing incredible.

Gatekeep this if you want, idc.

Your Hypertrophy Hero,
Fletcher