What’s new
A running history of the changes that make workouts more useful, personal, and dependable.
Latest - Hero WODs
Chad, 1,000 step-ups with or without a vest, is at the bottom of the workout list.
- Hero WOD leaderboard
Open a Hero WOD to see everyone's best time, with vest and without.
- Hero WOD cards
Hero WODs get a gold card with your best to beat, then your time and any PR.
- Named WODs as written
Murph or any benchmark picked by name now gets the time it needs.
- Plainer workout notes
A lighter day now says why in a plain sentence.
- Shorter goal line
The builder's goal feedback now says it in a few words.
- Log with one answer
Rate the effort and save; every other question is optional.
- Race date sets the goal
A race date with no goal set now picks Train for a Race.
- One suggestion at a time
This week shows one suggestion, with the week's gaps a tap away.
- Fewer steps to a workout
Generate right after choosing workouts; Adjust opens the other settings.
- Hero WODs
- Train toward a date
Set a race date beside your goal, and the last ten days before it taper on their own.
- Feedback for race day
The builder says what your race date means for the workout you picked.
- Obstacle race prep
An obstacle race nudges support work toward carries, pull-ups and single-leg work.
- Train toward a date
- Reps that move
Main lifts step from eights to fours and back, following what you actually did.
- Accessories stick around
On Staples days, support exercises repeat for a few sessions so you can add weight.
- Deloads when you need them
Lighter days come when effort climbs or lifts stall, not on a fixed calendar.
- Better exercise picks
Variety sticks to exercises you know, and holds are timed instead of counted.
- Favorites stay in
Exercises you love keep their place even if you did them earlier in the week.
- Reps that move
- Set up your EMOM
Reps and weight are set before Start, and Start leads the timer bar.
- Timer stays put
The workout timer stays on screen when you scroll to the last set.
- Tidier names
Exercise names read in title case; the habit line drops its extra mark.
- Top sets and drop sets
Heavy top sets, lighter back-offs, pyramids and drop sets, each set with its own weight.
- Rate prep drills
Skip, rate and swap now sit under every prep and warm-up drill.
- Ratings save reliably
Ratings and deletes now save and count toward today, even if you close the app.
- Cleaner exercise list
Presses say overhead or bench, and each cardio machine is listed once.
- Exercises, grouped
The library lists each exercise once; tap it to see and rate its variations.
- Rotate your main lifts
Turning off Keep main lifts consistent now changes the main lift each week.
- Small kits get their workout
Bands-only, bodyweight-only and kettlebell setups now get the workout you asked for.
- Set up your EMOM
- Workout links open the workout
A shared workout link opens that workout, ready to start in one tap.
- Check off each exercise
Complete all is gone from workout blocks; tick each exercise as you finish it.
- Date beside your habit
On a planned day the date now sits across from your habit, above the workout.
- Exercises show their variations
Open an exercise to see its other variations; double entries are now one.
- Staples or Variety
Each strength day can keep your go-to lifts or rotate in new variations.
- Cardio starts from its card
Steady and HIIT machine sessions put Start timer right under the plan.
- Create above Skip
An empty day shows Create workout, with a lighter Skip workout row under it.
- Check off your habit
Tap the ring beside your habit to mark the day on screen as kept.
- Your location sticks
A location picked while the builder is still loading is no longer reset.
- Workout links open the workout
- A cleaner prep checklist
Prep and warm-up drills read like the rest of the workout, with one quiet Check all.
- Your habit is a chain
Kept days link up quietly on your week; the habit stays a reminder, not a count.
- A calmer Home header
The week count is just the number, and Settings sits in your account menu.
- Quicker exercise review
Each rating moves straight on to the next exercise, with no wait for it to save.
- A clearer exercise list
Choose common or all movements, and ratings show as a light mark, not a solid block.
- A livelier blueprint
A glowing tracer circles the sheet and marks the block being drafted.
- Zone 2 is Zone 2
Zone 2 starts steady and spends its minutes on the work, not on drills and breathing.
- Cool down where you worked
HIIT and Threshold end with easy minutes on the same machine, not a breathing drill.
- Mixed-modal uses your picks
One machine plus bodyweight stations, never a machine you didn’t choose.
- Stations match the clock
Each station lists only its own rounds, and one timer runs the whole block.
- Zone 2 rotations stay in Zone 2
Each machine in a rotation is all Zone 2, without its own warm-up and cool-down.
- Tempo runs fill their time
A Tempo Run stays a run and uses all the minutes you set.
- Days show your choices
Closed days in the builder show their effort, goal and session support at a glance.
- Builder says what's next
The builder's button reads Next, and the Program switch says what it does.
- A cleaner prep checklist
- Home says what it shows
Each day shows its date, the weekly count is labelled, and Add says it adds a workout.
- Prep is a checklist
Prep and warm-up are one tap per drill, with the dose written beside it.
- Start leads timed blocks
On an EMOM, Start is the one filled button, and Complete waits as a plain one.
- Notes before you start
The workout overview says when something you asked for couldn't be included today.
- Settings, one tap from Home
A Settings button now sits at the top of Home, beside your weekly count.
- Setup you can see
Home lists the setup left to do, and Settings marks each step that still needs it.
- Interval blocks run on a timer
Blocks like 45 seconds on, 45 off now count down work and rest instead of asking for reps.
- Work and rest at a glance
A big countdown, work or rest in color, what's next, and a beep before each switch.
- EMOM clock matches the block
The EMOM timer runs the same rounds and interval the block lists.
- Core finishers rotate
The core finisher changes from one workout to the next instead of repeating.
- Your length sticks
Changing a day's workout type keeps the length you already picked.
- Warm-ups lead into your lift
Build-up sets climb to your working weight, and prep never lists a drill twice.
- Conditioning fits your time and gear
Conditioning uses the gear you picked, fills your minutes, and is named for its main set.
- Steady runs read as steady
A Zone 2 run is labelled as one steady effort instead of sets.
- Set rows match the plan
The sets you log follow the written prescription, and intervals use round numbers.
- Extra time adds real work
Longer sessions add work to the main block or WOD instead of padding the warm-up.
- Mobility and Pilates dosed right
Breathing drills count breaths, and longer sessions add more movements.
- Lower Body choices count
Support focus and Balanced pattern now change what a Lower Body day builds.
- Low-readiness days stay easy
On a low-readiness day, every exercise stays under that day's effort cap.
- Home says what it shows
- Timer reads in dark mode
The running clock and its buttons now stand out on the dark theme.
- Taps land where you aim
Tap anywhere in a rep box, or just off a small link, and it registers.
- Nothing cut off on small phones
Rep units, workout names and Session Support choices now show in full.
- EMOMs show where you are
The live station lights up, and the timer reads round and station clear of the clock.
- Your workout leads
Builder days show the workout you picked first, with its category underneath.
- Colors and labels fixed
Controls that showed blank or in the wrong font now match the rest of the app.
- Buttons answer the tap
Create, Skip and Start respond the moment you press and show when they're working.
- Screens open straight away
The builder and your workout open at once instead of pausing on Home.
- Timer reads in dark mode
- Chips know your kit
Gaps your location can't train are greyed out instead of failing later.
- Chips know your kit
- Added blocks say why
A block added for this week's gap is labelled with the gap it covers.
- See what add-ons cost
The Short on chips show how many minutes your picks can add.
- Add-ons start at your weight
Added blocks use exercises you like and the weight you last lifted.
- Covering gaps stays in proportion
Asking to cover what you're short on adds only what This week shows.
- Summaries follow your edits
Remove an added block and the workout no longer says it was added.
- Added blocks say why
- Add what you're short on
Every gap this week shows as a chip, and any chip can be added to any workout.
- A clearer goal picker
Each goal shows its four-week mix next to yours, with your current goal checked.
- Add an exercise
Add an exercise of your own to a planned workout as its own block.
- Your goal moved to the builder
Set and change your training goal where you build workouts, not on Home.
- Chips follow your goal
A race goal puts conditioning first; a strength goal puts lifts first.
- One tap toward your goal
Switch Day 1 to a workout that fills what your goal is light on.
- Chips that fit the workout
Short-on chips now offer only what the workout you picked can actually add.
- See what your workout covers
The week panel names the gaps your chosen workout already trains.
- More of your training counts
Bodyweight moves, split squats and suitcase carries now count toward your week.
- Cardio counts as conditioning
Runs, rows and rides count toward conditioning; a warm-up ramp alone does not.
- Chips in plain words
Chips say core stability, single-leg and overhead press instead of pattern codes.
- Added means added
A workout only says it added a gap when the exercise is really in it.
- Confetti at 100 workouts
Your 100th workout, and every 50th after it, ends in confetti.
- Add what you're short on
- A swap for every exercise
Get-ups, jump rope, band drills and CrossFit moves always offer a swap now.
- Pilates without repeats
Short Pilates classes no longer end on the move they just did.
- CrossFit for any gear
Outdoor and dumbbell-only WODs swap in moves you can do and say what changed.
- CrossFit lifts start from a weight
Strength lifts in a CrossFit session suggest a weight to start from.
- CrossFit at every length
CrossFit sessions from 20 to 90 minutes build as CrossFit, not a generic workout.
- A strength piece before the WOD
Longer CrossFit sessions add a real lift instead of drilling runs or rows.
- WODs that fit your gym
Benchmark and Hero days pick a WOD your gym and time can hold.
- Two-block Upper Body
Upper Body set to two blocks now builds as Upper Body.
- Heavy lifts swap for heavy lifts
A loaded main lift only swaps for another lift you can load.
- A swap for every exercise
- Starting weights that fit
A new lift starts from one you know, scaled to the reps you're asked for.
- Swaps keep the whole dose
Swaps in supersets, circuits and finishers keep their sets, effort and timing.
- No repeat swaps
Swap lists no longer offer the same drill under a “Bodyweight” name.
- Warm-ups for your skill
Handstand, Pull-Up, Jump Rope and Get-Up practice warm up the joints they use.
- Jump drills counted right
Pogo jumps are counted in ground contacts, not maximal attempts.
- Your main lift stays a real lift
A favorite accessory fills a support slot, not the lift you're progressing.
- Swaps keep your effort target
A swapped lift keeps its RPE or RIR target instead of dropping it.
- Warm-up follows your swap
Swap your main lift and its warm-up sets switch to the new lift.
- Equipment named once
Exercise names no longer repeat their equipment, like “Band Banded Hip CAR”.
- Starting weights that fit
- Swaps find the closest match
Swap suggestions now match the lift, pattern or muscle you're replacing.
- Browse swaps by category
Pick a replacement from your gym's exercises, grouped by category.
- Ratings save one at a time
A thin bar shows your rating saving before you rate the next exercise.
- Simpler cardio during a workout
Each cardio exercise is one card with its target, effort and cue, each shown once.
- Exercise picks follow you
Your favorites, equipment choice and recent sessions now decide each exercise.
- Main lifts carry over
Your main lift stays from week to week so you can keep progressing it.
- Prep for the machine you're on
Bike, rower, ski and run sessions open with a few drills for that machine.
- More sessions chosen around you
Mixed-Modal, Mobility, Breathwork and Pilates now pick exercises for your week.
- Recovery days keep their shape
A recovery walk, Breathwork or Pilates no longer turns into a squat and bench session.
- Skill practice starts with the skill
Handstand, Pull-Up, Jump Rope and Get-Up Practice now lead with that skill.
- Runs live under Conditioning
Pick Walk / Run on Zone 2, Threshold or HIIT for an easy, tempo or interval run.
- One type for each kind of session
Hypertrophy, General Conditioning and the yoga styles joined the types they matched.
- Equipment choices fit the type
Every equipment choice keeps your workout type and changes what you do.
- Every support choice counts
Prep, warm-up, finisher and type defaults show only choices that change the workout.
- Swaps find the closest match
- Every preference changes the workout
Choices that changed nothing were fixed or removed, so each one you see now matters.
- Fewer, clearer workout types
Nine near-duplicate types are now options on the type they copied, like Zone 2 structure.
- Goal shapes your strength day
Heavy, Volume and Skill now build different Lower and Upper Body sessions.
- Mobility regions stay mobility
Picking Hips, Shoulders, Spine or Ankles now builds that mobility session, not a lift.
- Athletic focus leads the session
Speed, Jumps, Throws and Agility each lead with their own drill while you are fresh.
- CrossFit programs keep your picks
A weekly CrossFit program now uses the source and scale you chose, every week.
- Effort changes the workout
Light drops a set and eases every lift; Hard pushes each lift harder within its limit.
- Every preference changes the workout
- Short-on chips reach your workout
Chips you turn on now land in your first workout, and it names any that did not fit.
- Short-on chips reach your workout
- Create and skip share one control
Skip moved beside Create instead of sitting under it as a second button.
- Your daily habit is named once
It reads under the week with its run, and tapping it opens the editor.
- Create and skip share one control
- Turn down work you will not do
Decline anything the week says you are short on and it stops coming back.
- Each cardio type trains as itself
Fartlek, tempo, hills and intervals each get their own pace and structure.
- Switch your goal from the home screen
Your training goal is now a button on any day with nothing planned.
- Turn down work you will not do
- Cover what you are short on
One tap adds the week's missing work to whatever workout you pick.
- Short sessions fit the time you have
A 30-minute workout now holds about 30 minutes of work, not fifty.
- Start a habit from Home
Name your first daily habit on the day itself, not only in Settings.
- Cardio the week can take
The picker holds back hard cardio when the week already had its share.
- See what your week is missing
Choosing a workout now shows what you are short on and which types close it.
- A line on why today looks like this
Each workout opens with one sentence on what it is for.
- Cover what you are short on
- A run stays a run
Running workouts pick the treadmill over a bike when you cannot get outside.
- A run stays a run
- Hard days put less on the bar
A deload week now prescribes lighter weight, not only fewer sets.
- A stalled lift gets a way out
Any lift stuck for weeks is offered a lighter reset instead of another hold.
- Weight climbs on evidence
A session you did not rate holds its weight rather than adding more.
- Hard days put less on the bar
- The app stops zooming itself
Tapping a text field leaves the screen where you had it.
- Swapping recovers when the list will not load
The catalogue says what went wrong and offers a retry.
- The app stops zooming itself
- Your habit streak, on the week
Days kept in a row join into one bar, counted above it.
- Every workout you have finished
Your all-time total sits in the bottom-left corner.
- An open day shows what you are working on
A day with nothing booked names your habit and your training goal.
- Change your training goal any time
Tap the goal on an open day to pick a different one.
- Your habit lives on the calendar
Mark each day on the week itself; name the habit in Settings.
- A goal for training towards a race
Aerobic volume leads, and Home holds you to it.
- Your habit streak, on the week
- Home says what you are short on
Set a goal and Home names the one thing your last four weeks are light on.
- Track one habit with your training
Name one thing to keep and mark it off day by day on your calendar.
- Breathing blocks say how long they run
A twelve-minute practice asks for twelve minutes, not a fixed three to five.
- Minutes go where the work is
The main block gets the time instead of an even split across every block.
- CrossFit ends inside your cap
The closing downshift counts toward your time instead of adding minutes on top.
- Sessions fit the time you chose
Accessory volume comes off when a plan would run past your cap.
- The right unit for the lift
A suitcase deadlift asks for reps again, not thirty yards.
- Ramps run in order
Warm-up sets on one lift build up instead of alternating.
- Swaps never leave you stuck
A search that stalls now stops and offers a retry, and Delete stays live.
- Home says what you are short on
- One cardio clock
Start, pause and lap sit with the countdown on the bottom bar.
- Warm-ups match the session
Sprints get a long ramp and an easy spin a short one.
- A tidier equipment picker
Choosing one machine or several now looks different from the machines.
- Choices you can read
Preference buttons show their whole label instead of trailing off.
- The length you picked
Sessions run the duration the builder shows, not a hidden default.
- Cardio shows its intervals
An interval session states its rounds and recovery, not just a total.
- Mixed-modal is actually mixed
Stations span machine, weight and carry work instead of repeating one.
- Exercises you can actually do
Specialist skill moves appear when you pick them, not as a substitution.
- Only the kit you have
A hang needs a bar, so travel sessions stop offering one you cannot do.
- One cardio clock
- One exercise library
Every workout now draws on the full exercise library, not a short list.
- Sessions that cover more ground
Blocks vary the movement pattern instead of repeating one all session.
- Bodyweight days stay bodyweight
Calisthenics leads with a bodyweight progression, never a loaded lift.
- Swaps go all the way down
Swap suggestions keep loading to the real end of the list.
- Cardio says it once
Each dose appears once, in the unit the interval is counted in.
- Technique video from any exercise
Open a technique video from an exercise's own details, not only mid-workout.
- Warm-ups that actually build
Cardio eases in, climbs, and primes with short efforts before hard work.
- Intervals on a timeline
The whole session reads in order, with the step you are on marked.
- Focus and region menus open
Picking a focus or region in Workout Preferences now shows the whole list.
- One exercise library
- A tighter exercise list
Rows take less room and drop the extras you never tapped mid-set.
- One button to superset
Pairing exercises is a single control on the block, and the picker is shorter.
- Guidance in your own words
Say “avoid squats” or “no deadlifts” and the session changes to match.
- What you ask to avoid stays out
Skipping a movement, a pattern, or intervals now reshapes the whole session.
- No more marching in place
Cardio stations are burpees or a real walk, not an easy march nobody does.
- Supersets are shown by round
Anything worked in rounds lists the exercises once, then one card per round.
- Pair exercises as you train
Pick anything in the session to superset with, or split a pair back apart.
- More sessions use supersets
Pump and isolation work now arrives paired instead of as separate straight sets.
- Cardio stations are real work
Warm-up drills like scap push-ups no longer turn up as stations in a cardio circuit.
- Swap options no longer look empty
The swap sheet shows it is still searching instead of appearing to have found nothing.
- A tighter exercise list
- Carries are logged in distance
A 40-yard carry now reads 40 yd instead of 40 reps, and holds show seconds.
- A clearer finish screen
Saving now tells you which question is still unanswered instead of greying out.
- Circuits stay in the kit you picked
A bodyweight circuit no longer swaps in a barbell lift you did not ask for.
- Dislikes cover a lift's variations
Rating a lift down now also skips its paused and tempo versions.
- Recovery days stay recovery days
Mobility and easy days hold mobility work and always close with breathing.
- Speed work is dosed by quality
Sprint, jump, and throw work now prescribes crisp attempts and full recovery.
- Better stand-ins for lifts you dislike
Disliking a main lift now gets you a loaded alternative, not a bodyweight one.
- Carries are logged in distance
- Cardio that answers your feedback
Repeatedly short on rest or over the zone now changes your next session.
- Rate effort on a 1-10 slider
A ten-point effort slider replaces easy, medium, and hard.
- A shorter finish to every workout
Only the questions that change your next workout are still asked.
- Clearer terms, privacy, and safety notes
Terms, privacy, and safety notes now cover billing, demo use, and training risk.
- Cardio that answers your feedback
- Skipping warm-ups gives you the time back
Turning off prep, warm-up, or the finisher adds that time to your training.
- Conditioning changes machines each week
Mixed-modal sessions now rotate through your available cardio equipment.
- Disliked exercises always get swapped
Rating an exercise down now always yields a substitute, never a failed build.
- Zone 2 and recovery sessions land first time
Sessions dosed in minutes are no longer rebuilt for missing sets and reps.
- Skipping warm-ups gives you the time back
- Cardio with real targets
Pick easy, steady, tempo, threshold, or intervals and get zone targets.
- Running workouts
Easy, long, tempo, hill, fartlek, and interval runs are their own type.
- Strength + Cardio
Lift and ride in one session, with the engine block dosed for you.
- Cardio timer with laps
See the current target and next interval, and save a split per effort.
- Your cardio profile
Add your heart rates in Settings to get personal zone targets.
- Exercises you like come first
Liked and loved movements are planned in before anything else.
- Workouts match the type you picked
Arms days train arms, and full body keeps the big lifts.
- Today fills the gaps in your week
Sessions add what the last seven days missed instead of repeating it.
- Cleaner exercise names
Odd rep-scheme names are gone, and you can browse standard movements.
- Cardio with real targets
- Your demo comes with you
Workouts from the demo stay on your week after you sign up.
- Faster demo Home
Your demo week appears in one step instead of two.
- Demo keeps going after a refresh
Reloading the page no longer ends your demo.
- Your demo comes with you
- Search the catalogue to swap
Find any matching lift and swap it into this slot.
- Cleaner workout types
Set the usual size and effort for each workout type.
- Set up gym and style from Home
Home shows a pill to add your gym gear or workout style.
- Reviewed exercises only
Workouts use exercises that have already been rated.
- Seven workouts on your week
Keep up to seven workouts on your week at a time.
- Billing details stay tucked away
Subscription status now opens in a Settings accordion.
- Dark grey on garagegymapp
The public app stays in a dark grey theme.
- Quieter account menu
Settings, billing, and sign out read as plain text.
- Better exercise swaps
Automatic replacements stay aligned with the work you were supposed to do.
- Manage account from Home
The profile menu now opens settings, billing, and sign out.
- End the demo when you want
End demo sends you back to the welcome screen.
- Sign in from the header
Google, Apple, or email opens in a compact sheet.
- Sign in, then start your trial
Start free trial opens Google, Apple, or email, then a cleaner checkout.
- Search the catalogue to swap
- Start a 7-day membership trial
Start free trial now begins a 7-day membership after Google sign-in.
- Completed workouts open a recap
Tap a finished card to show the exercises, weights, and sets you did.
- Hangs no longer ask for a weight
Active hangs and similar holds stay bodyweight unless a load is written.
- Start a 7-day membership trial
- Swaps stay in the same lift family
Lower-body swaps stay on-pattern and keep a weight to log.
- One workout screen
Workouts stay on the full block view without a separate Focused View.
- Adjust block goes straight to format
Adjust block opens format choices for the current exercises.
- Session support stays with the plan
Prep, warm-up, and finisher stay selected through the workout.
- Swaps stay in the same lift family
- Support work fits the workout
Prep follows the day’s lifts, then warms up from general to specific.
- Finishers deliver the selected goal
Each finisher goal keeps its own movements, timing, and selection.
- Workout feedback gets more specific
Completion can flag a bad prep, warm-up, or finisher on its own.
- Skip an exercise without disliking it
Skip mutes an exercise for this workout without a dislike.
- A cleaner, broader exercise library
The library is broader, with cleaner titles for machines and modalities.
- Delete one workout, keep the plan
Delete one workout without shifting the rest of the plan.
- Technique videos in one tap
A play control opens a technique video without leaving the workout.
- Exercise ratings
Home opens a daily review of twenty exercises you can rate and revise.
- Find exercises faster
Filters open searchable lists with clearer labels and rating icons.
- Plan around real life
Add a workout to any day, or move planned ones forward.
- Simpler multi-week programs
Program length, progression, and main lifts stay in one setup.
- Support work fits the workout
- Recurring workout plans
Workouts can repeat as a program without losing the schedule.
- Weekly goals workspace
Weekly goals have a focused flow and a parent planning view.
- Safer equipment persistence
Conditioning and gym equipment stay in a format generation can use.
- Recurring workout plans
- Same-day continuity
Finishing one workout no longer hides another from the same day.
- Same-day continuity
- Always-deliver workout flow
Generation now falls back more reliably to a usable workout.
- Conditioning integrity
Conditioning fallbacks keep the requested modality.
- Always-deliver workout flow