Personal Trainer APPs

My most beloved Veeky Forums what personal trainer apps do you use/recommend?

What I'm looking for:
Input of your lifted load for each excersize seperatly - progress mapping.
Automaticly adusting your workout plan according to performance.
I want the app to tell me how many reps and sets i should do with X weight.
Should time my resting.

Tldr: I want a app that could completly replace a personal trainer and force me to lift heavier.
When i need a spot i will just think of you guys helping me lift.

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I cant be the only one that realized that personal trainers are gain goblins that steal all your protein money.
There has to be simple algorithm that sums up all the years of their "education"

I have the same problem as OP. Started doing SL but then I kind of grew tired of not progressing with it and wanted to change to Greyskull LP but the SL app is pretty gud. Is there any apps which share the same ease of use, set counter and auto-timer and snappy interface that the Stronglifts-app has but with more customization?

We have completely different goals but I use an app called 30 day fitness challenge, even though it's called 30 day it has multiple programs from easy to hard so I'm actually on my third month using it, helped me a lot to get off the couch as once I started my OCD wouldn't let me stop until I finished the whole program, it was and still is really cool to look at the graph of my weight going down.

Excel and understanding good programming.

And being willing to put some effort into achieving your goals.

You can replace a (good) personal trainer by doing your own research and applying that knowledge to your lifting.

Or you follow a pre-written program (of which there are many out there), and if it's popular enough, there's an app for it.

For example: there are a few different apps for 5/3/1. If you don't know the program, it's essentially a monthly progression system for Bench/Squat/Deadlift/OHP plus a number of "assistance" programs.
If you follow one of the standard assistance programs, one of the available apps will tell you exactly what exercise to do for how many reps with what weight (based off your 1RM)

If you want to follow some obscure routine or even create your own, you can use apps to help you with tracking, but it will be up to you to select sets/reps and weight. A good app for that is "Progression", it's very customizeable, has a rest timer, you can set up supersets, add or remove sets while working out, and put in for each set the weight and number of reps.
But the app will not tell you what to lift, when to increase weight etc. That's up to you.

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I use Metric Me, it's okay.

You don't need an app user. Just adopt a slightly more complicated scheme than SL/SS.

I'm border-line DYEL and I've made the most gains ever by going for a slightly more complicated routine. I was sick of squats and lifts.

They're gains goblins for those who already have the motivation to lift. Much of the time trainers are hired by people who either have no idea what they're doing and don't want to do their own research or those who won't exercise if they're not being held accountable

Man i know you feel smart and all so let me explain better.

Why would i invest a shitton of time programming a app that already exists?
I lift regulary and hard.
I just want a app that knows the optimal time to switch the weight and how many reps I should be able to do. For maxing gains.
Seeing my progress and realistic shortterm goals nicely lined up gives me comfy feeling

I hired a trainer for a bit when I started out to make sure I learned form properly and to get an idea of what movements were good and which ones weren't. Only really helped for the form though, Veeky Forums helped with everything else.

I meant programming in the sense of programming your training. Not programming an app. I apologise for the confusion.

Good programming contains milestones that you should be able to hit, ie Volume PRs and rates of progression.

Understanding programming will be much more beneficial to you than an app that spoon feeds you results.

Mostly because the app will be shit because most fitness advice is terrible.

As a personal trainer that makes a good living and owns a studio, I can tell you that with a good personal trainer your training will change completely and so many people need one immensely.

You have shit personal trainers because the course, while not exactly a cakewalk, is really broad and is great for teaching people to do basic machine movements and a variation of free weight exercises. Not much else. My course in particular was pretty bad and taught how to squat, press and bench incorrectly.

You do however, get trainers (like myself) that know our shit and will put beginners on proper routines. monitor progress and teach you how to train yourself effectively.

Pro tip. Ask a personal trainer for before and after shots of his clients, what his clients can lift and what qualifications he has. If he has a ton of clients with good progress, good lifts and he has a level 4 or specialises in something they're generally going to be good.

You have also got to understand that a lot of clients don't want to train properly, they want a pampered workout that takes up an hour of their day so they can see their friends and say they have a pt. It's infuriating, but that's what they want. I've had several clients tell me they don't want to sweat, some have even said they just want to go and have a coffee with me and chat. It's a weird fucking business but don't go and assume that all trainers are gains goblins.

Should a personal trainer be able to lift more than their client?

Man I know you feel smart but let me teach you how to read contextually.

I said they're for people who don't have the motivation to do that kind of stuff. Why waste time on an app when you can hire someone to develop a program, track your results, and check form for you? Some people like that. Just like how I have to walk you through reading a three sentence post

>As a weight reracking technician
Quit reading right there.

have you ever fucked a client?

I've been using an app just called "Strong" for the past couple of years. They recently did a big update that I think makes the app even better. Super customizable. There's a timer that automatically starts the second you end a set, and is customizable according to how long you want to rest. There is a database of common lifts, and you can add lift to the inventory (like rack pulls or some other less-common lifts) and they will stay there forever. Data is exportable.

The only downside I would say is that the app doesn't necessarily add weight for you to each lift, but will instead tell you how much you lifted for that same lift during your previous workout which you can then use as a baseline for how much you want to add to this work out (it is a little annoying in cases where you are trying to split a power day versus a hypertrophy day as in Lane Norton's PHAT program.

I think that the app offers the first few workouts for free, but you have to buy it eventually. But it's literally like five dollars and then you get the full app and all updates forever. Less than a protein shake.

Depends on the client, I've trained people who can bench 140k and pushed it to 150k in 3 months just by checking their form, but mine is only 130k. Weight and age are a factor of that.

At the same time most of the people on here could probably outrun Rippetoe, does that make you more qualified than him though?

yes

The Android equivalent of that is "Progression"

The really only downside is that you can't really set up a program based on percentages that auto-completes the weight.

I'm currently doing 5/3/1 and use an excel sheet in combination with the app. I check the excel sheet to know how much weight I need to lift and use the app for the rest timer and to track my progress and AMRAP sets.

I wouldn't want Rippetoe as a running coach.

Since size is a factor then: should a personal trainer have a higher wilks than their client?

>Size
>Wilks
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Good athletes don't necessarily make good trainers.

If a trainer isn't a good athlete then I wouldn't value his advice.

That's the difference between coach and trainer imo