Exercise/training apps?

Any recommendations for apps to record sets, reps etc and at what settings (or weights)? I'm back into pt exercises. I asked this way back, but asking again, in hopes of something that works well.

I've got a Fitbit, which is okay for aerobic stuff, and Kaya is sorta okay for gym climbing, if I decide to use it. Concept2 for rowing, on and on, but the exercise/training stuff is where I really could use anything that shows progress and helps to keep me motivated.

Yeah I know many of you just journal this shit, but I'm not much good at journals of any sort. Never have been. 

Besides, that particular, single, piece of paper, with the info I need at this point in time?

Magically attracts spilled coffee, or is precisely where the cat had to barf their breakfast.

If there are any apps that somehow "game" mind numbingly boring endless pt reps, that's a plus! 

Thanks much! The ancient thread did send me hunting for the long forgotten notebook I recorded a bit in earlier. I found some numbers from almost 5 years ago, and it's encouraging to see that my "not great" now is significantly better than my "doing better" back then!

That's what I need, to keep at it, and see progress. Tangible, measurable, progress. Visual format helps for that. Numbers etc anything that works easily on my Android phone.

Best, Helen

I use Google Sheets on my phone :-/

Gumby King wrote:

I use Google Sheets on my phone :-/

Not a spreadsheet fan, but thanks!

I’ve been getting into the Crimpd app from Lattice. It’s mainly for climbing training but you can log your cross training sessions with notes about your weight and reps to review progress. Good luck with the PT!

JM Addleman wrote:

I’ve been getting into the Crimpd app from Lattice. It’s mainly for climbing training but you can log your cross training sessions with notes about your weight and reps to review progress. Good luck with the PT!

Thanks! Lattice and Crimpd is still way outta my pay grade. 

It mystifies me that there are so many apps out there....

And so many are pretty bad. I'm getting pt from a sports medicine place at the local University. Housed at the football stadium, no less.

Do they have a digital anything for the patient side of it????? Nope.

I just don't get it. 

It makes me think of 40 years of word processing improvements....and the first 20? WTF is the F 'ing tab NOW???!?   

At least I got a simple interval timer going, so I don't have to count to 10 850,000 times.

Thanks, all. I can muddle along. Just thought I'd ask anyway.

Best, Helen

You could create a Google Form that takes the data and puts it into a Google Sheet and then converts it to a graph within the Sheet... then you have the raw data in Sheets but you don't actually have to use Sheets and you can customize it to make it what you want for free without extraneous annoyance... just takes a little front end work.

I've also just used Google Docs to record daily specifics.

Stumbled across this at Planet Fitness the other day.....not their app, but this is the manufacturer of machines, and this is what I got to scanning a qr code, after poking around.

Seems okay, so far, but I haven't really done much more than get a few things entered into it.

Best, Helen

I know you said you don't like pen and paper, but, my Crossfit Coach handed me a composition notebook about 5 years ago and made me use it. I have since transitioned to my own garage gym and STILL use that book. Each page is a different benchmark workout or lift. I have data going back to 2015. So, it really does help. And I just leave it in the garage so I can't get it messy or lose it. 

I hope you find a method that works for you. Seeing progress on paper is fun, especially after all the hard work that gets put into it.

Lots of luck, Lady.

If you’re looking for a simple set/rep/rest timer, Tabata isn’t bad. Not sure if its on Android. UI looks like this: 

Thanks, guys.

I'm not competent at anything like pencil and paper journaling, never have been. Probably wired kinda off kilter. I am much better at starting stuff, excellent at buying stuff to prepare to do stuff....but does the project happen?

Sometimes it gets started.

Does it get finished?

Chances are good it will not.

So?

I've learned to keep starting. Outwit that attention span.

That means swapping it up really often, doing just one tiny thing that day (usually I'll do lots more, if all I shoot for is one item), having a single small built in goal (like walking to get groceries or coffee), doing the start of something, which leaves me having to do part two (like walking somewhere, then the return trip is obligatory).

Seeing progress is hard, partly because it is actually hard to see, but mostly it's that the default is to notice the glaring failures. So it's super important to stay focused on what I do, not what doesn't happen. It becomes a mental health issue too easily.

At some point, maybe January, I am thinking to hire a pt/coach, but, I still need to keep working out ways to keep at it on my own. That is the crux, focus and motivation....which needs to be the default setting, my normal going forward.

And?

Forward forever, not just a short span of time.

I'm doing pretty well, actually, if I keep 2016 in mind, when the arthritis first became a real issue.

The other part now, is I have complete freedom to do anything I want, anytime I wish, which also means the only excuse is me.

I have a simple interval timer set for the pt 15 reps/hold 10 seconds/3 sets/each leg stuff. 

And, the one I linked above does a good job for the machines at Planet Fitness. Fitbit for walking, hiking, biking. Concept2 app for the rower. Map my walk for walks. Kaya for gym climbing....

Sigh.

What I really need is a kindergarten teacher with a box of gold stars and cookies, lol!

Sadly, the pt place changed software recently, so my evaluation from about 2017 is gone. They do have the most recent one, so I'll get that from them for a benchmark for now. Measurable change will be encouraging, if I'm doing pt for months.

Best, Helen

Old lady H wrote:

Thanks! Lattice and Crimpd is still way outta my pay grade. 

Have you tried the Crimpd app? It is quite intuitive and helps me tremendously stay disciplined and structured, even if just for simple things 

I've been going old school for two years. Spiral bound notebook and a pen. Cheap, easy, and 100% customizable :)