tarting with this update, we’ll send all cardio you log in the app as separate workouts to Apple Health, so the data there becomes more accurate. This means that when you log a workout in StrengthLog that includes both strength training and cardio, you’ll see one strength workout and one cardio workout in Apple Health going forward. The duration of the cardio workout will be the amount of time that cardio was logged in the workout, while the strength workout (including any mobility) will be sent as the full workout length minus the cardio portion.

If you follow training programs, you’ll be pleased with this update. Any exercise changes you’ve made are now visible during active workouts – and when you change an exercise, you’ll be asked if you want the change to be permanent or not! For cardio exercises, we’ve added a variable: floors climbed. Other than that, it’s mostly cleanup. Long exercise names weren’t visible in the superset menu, some exercise history gave a gray screen, and calendar events didn’t handle time zones correctly.

Our head of development is nagging me about finishing this release note quickly, so I’m going to take my time. Lots and lots of small improvements in this one. Hard to name them all, really. Or pick a favorite. One cool thing going forward is that we’ve started doubling our workload for the exercise demonstrations. Previously, we’ve filmed one demo for each exercise, mainly using one of our team members as the model. Meaning that our CEO, Daniel, was the model for a lot of popular barbell exercises (the first ones added to the app), but later on, we used everyone else in the company when adding new exercises. And since we’re a small team with a few dudes and a couple of dudedettes, the sex of the person demonstrating the exercise has been quite random. But going forward, we’ll try our best to ensure that most exercises get one video with a man and one with a woman. And that you, the user, see the one corresponding to the gender you’ve picked in the app. You’ll, of course, be able to view them both when an exercise has two, but the first one you’ll see will be gender specific. Right now, only 40-50 of our most popular exercises have this feature, and it will take us years to even get close to finishing this project. But kind of cool, right? Alright, more stuff to explain. We’ve redesigned the menus for handling exercise blocks and sets in workouts! The old ones had become cluttered beasts, and it felt impossible to add new features, while the new ones are much neater and easier for us to add stuff to. This will probably mean an extra tap before you reach the feature you’re looking for, but the chances of you finding more hidden gems should improve. And you’ll get used to the new menus, we promise. Most other menus have gotten small design changes, too, but nothing that changes how they function. Oh, before I forget, premium users will discover a new gem in the quick stats for sets (which you can now bring up more quickly by swiping left on the set): percentage of bodyweight! Meaning you’ll see what percentage of your bodyweight the entered set weight corresponds to. And supersets now also show stats for both exercises, instead of just their combined stats. This is getting long, but I have more to write, and I won’t let my colleague rush me. If you’re one of those who enjoy planning your workouts in the calendar, you’ll have more options going forward. It will now be possible to plan workouts using a previously logged workout, a workout marked as a favorite, or a workout template you’ve built yourself. Speaking of workouts and programs you build under the Mine tab, you can now rename your categories over there. We’ve also given CPR to the report feature, so it should be good as new. That’s about it, except: • Better summaries for mobility exercises. • Drop sets can now show PRs. • Small design improvements in a few of the calculators. • Yearly bests for cardio exercises have been repaired. • And more stuff, but he’s really yelling at me now to finish this thing. Bye!

One of the more requested features is for the app to lift the weights for you. We haven’t quite solved that one yet, but now we’ve finally made a program summary for when you complete a training program that’s three weeks or longer. That’s not nothing! And starting with this version, you’ll also get a small indication in the calendar when the date of your planned workouts has passed without you training them. We’ve also tweaked the design of our calculators, added a milestone for the fairly new Progress Pics feature, and made a bunch of improvements to our strength levels.

In the weeks since we released Strength Levels to the world, we’ve made some useful improvements that you might or might not notice. But they are there, we promise. We’re also trying a new warning system that pops up if you try to save a workout with suspiciously high numbers logged in it. Let us know if you like it! There’s other stuff, too, but it’s mostly under the hood. We’re still working on making the app faster than the Millennium Falcon!

It’s finally time to climb to the next full release number, from 7 to 8, because this version contains one of our most requested new features in years: Strength Levels! So, what is it? A fun way for our users to compare themselves with other app users, both when it comes to general strength (based on the fifteen most logged exercises in the app) and on individual lifts. As of this release, there are 200 exercises added to Strength Levels—and more will be added continuously. You’ll find Strength Levels on the stats tab, with a shortcut at the bottom of your start screen. Also in this version: • Improved data when previewing workouts that contain cardio exercises. • If you’re logging your fat percentage, you can now add dates to those entries. • We’ve added an edit button to the preview view on workouts and programs under the Mine tab. • This is a huge update. Bugs are to be expected. Don’t fear them. Together, we can and will find them.

We’ve redesigned the login screen, which isn’t a very exciting thing to write about in a release note. But we prefer telling you what new releases actually contain, rather than generic words about bug fixes and speed improvements. So there’s that. We also made a slight change to the new workout shortcut when viewing premium stats for specific muscles or exercises. It now lists all workouts you’ve logged that include that muscle or exercise, rather than just those during the selected timeframe.

Here’s a word you might hate: cardio. And cardio is what most of this update is about, because no matter what we feel about it, we all understand it should play at least a small part in our lives. So sorry, not sorry, but the best strength training app in the world just got better at tracking your cardio, too! • We’ve changed how the app determines whether what you log is a new cardio PR, finally using an algorithm that makes sense. • We’ve also introduced yearly records (YR) and yearly summaries, just like we’ve always had for strength exercises. • Tap a specific PR to view its history. • Toggle the record list between time or distance records. • Workouts that contain cardio exercises will now show your average tempo in the exercise summary. Do you feel exhausted yet? Imagine how we feel! But that’s not all. If you have a premium subscription and enjoy our more advanced stats, you will now find a shortcut when looking at stats for specific muscles or exercises that lists all workouts you’ve logged containing the muscle or exercise in question. Pretty neat.

We’re back from the Holidays to clean up the mistakes of years past. Mainly from the last release, at the end of December, when we broke your ability to edit exercises. We blame eggnog. We also fixed bugs in Progress Pics and bodyweight exercises, and resolved some minor issues in the training log reports and record lists. Finally, we removed that lazy delay when you delete a workout from the training log, which made it seem like it wasn’t deleted even though it was. So confusing.

We’re getting a head start on 2026 by fixing minor but still important stuff: • Our ”Export Your Data” feature on the settings page has been significantly improved. • The exercise library on the settings page now has the same design as in active workouts. • Inputting assisted or additional weight is now integrated with our new keyboard. • And other stuff you might notice if you dig deep enough! Digging is fun, after all. Let’s dig a hole to the other side of the world together next year!

Update to this version ASAP to be ready for January, when we release the Your Gains in Review report, which summarizes your 2025 training year. With this version, we also launch a new long-requested feature: Progress Pics! Check it out on the same page as your body measurements. We look forward to your feedback and to improving this feature together with its users. This might be the last update of 2025. On the other hand, it might not. Impossible to tell, really.

Santa brought us smashed bugs for Christmas—tasty, tasty smashed bugs.

Santa brought us smashed bugs for Christmas—tasty, tasty smashed bugs.

We’ve done a cool thing. A useful thing. A thing you’ll love, we think. Are you ready? You are ready … You can now sort the exercise list using our muscle heat maps, when adding exercises to your workouts!! Phew. That got us excited. Might need a nap after this. Also: - Improvements to our new numpad in active workouts. Better touch, a color change in dark mode, and bug fixes. - Speed improvements. Whatever that means.

Only a few days left until our Christmas fitness advent calendar premieres! If you haven’t updated the app in a while, do it now. This version contains the calendar. We’re replacing our underwhelming focus mode in active workouts, which hardly anyone uses because it’s not that great, with a setting to make the regular timer extra large instead! Which means you don’t have to enter a new screen for a bigger countdown, and can edit your workout like normal. For Goals & Streaks, we’ve enabled “exercise type” when you’re creating a new goal or streak for the number of workouts you want to log, meaning you can choose if the included exercises should fall under Strength, Cardio, or Mobility. And we’re slowly but steadily making the app much faster. Apple Watch: - The watch now shows when the exercise is one-sided. - If you’re using an exercise-specific timer, the display will enter “always on” mode, so the timer remains visible.

Our popular fitness advent calendar is back, for the seventh year in a row! Twenty-five days of Christmas, twenty-five small workout challenges you can add to the training you’re already doing. Update now to be able to open the first calendar door on December 1st. Once you have this version, you’ll see the advent calendar widget on your start screen in the app. Our elves have been busy with other things too, including building a new keyboard for the workouts, so that the set rest timer can be seen even when you edit your sets. Additionally, there’s a new setting that allows the app to follow your system setting for light or dark mode. If you want it to.

We’re closing in on December, meaning it’s almost time for our Fitness Advent Calendar. This year, we’ve redesigned our popular workout games, as they’re always included in the calendar. However, you can find them year-round in active workouts under the “Special Set” button. Take a look there and let us know if you run into any elf-looking bugs! In the previous version, we introduced two complications for Apple Watch. Now we’ve made another one, for Streaks. And going forward, the app will forever remember if you mute the stopwatch on exercises with time as a variable.

We’ve been playing watchmaker and built two new StrengthLog complications for the Apple Watch! One for the number of logged workouts, one for your training goals. Unfortunately, Jack Skellington broke into our workshop while we were asleep and stole all the app bugs. But he’ll probably return them soon. While you’re waiting, you can play with the new metric-to-imperial (and vice versa) converter when logging body measurements.

Time is of the essence, at least that’s what they say. So we’re experimenting with two new time estimates in this version: estimated workout time when planning a workout (free), and estimated finish time when checking off sets in an active workout (go to the settings page to enable this premium feature). And we’re once again looking over our graphs. Please let us know if anything looks weird. Or worse. In Streaks, you can now tap a date to view detailed info on how that day contributed to your streak. For iOS 26 users, our live activity now comes in Liquid Glass. Last but not least: All reports that the resistance is going to end are false. We are still fighting bugs daily, and will never give up.

You requested the ability to filter the exercise selection list by equipment; this update provides that. You also asked for the option to create goals and streaks based on primary muscles worked instead of specific exercises; yes, you get that one too. Also: • Bringing up a graph or muscle map in full screen shows the selected time period. • Fixed a retrieve from log bug for exercises with assisted weight. Plus bugs with sharing workouts and programs, and the new timeline on saved workouts.

This might be a small update, but it packs a punch. • We now have three instead of two options for exercises with time as a variable: manually enter the time, use the stopwatch, or use the new countdown timer. • The “most used exercises” list got an improved algorithm. • You can now long-press muscle names in the Muscles Worked feature to show the muscle you’re pressing on the muscle map. • Also added muscle maps to the new compare programs feature. • You can now upload your complete bodyweight history to Apple Health. • Bug hunting season in Sweden goes year-round.

We’re introducing two long-awaited features in this release: 1. A new premium feature in the training log, which shows a timeline of how you checked off your sets during the workout. Note: We started collecting data for this feature with v7.2.5 of the app, which was released on August 19, 2025. Only workouts you’ve logged after updating to v7.2.5 or later can show this set-rest timeline. 2. When you log your body measurements, you will now see how much the values ​​differ from each other.

We went to the optician the other day to get new glasses, only to discover that the rep fields in active workouts had started truncating the numbers for users with text sizes larger than the default setting. Thanks for helping us find and fix this bug, Mr. Optician!

Have you ever wanted to compare one training program to another one? Or even to your current training? Well, that’s possible now! Go to the program tab, select a program, and tap the new “Compare with another program” button to try it out. As always, we’d love your feedback on this new feature. Drop a line or two to app@strengthlog.com. Other stuff: - The plate calculator’s algorithm is updated to solve minor but stupid mistakes. - In-app premium purchases have been wonky for some time, but should work better going forward. - Lots of cleanup to make the app faster. Let’s hope we didn’t knock something over, like that old flower vase from grandma. Yes, we know kintsugi exists, and gold is pretty. But grandma trusted us. We love you, Grandma, and never want to disappoint you!

Nothing major today, just an endless hunt for bugs. Who will give up first, us or them? No one knows.