How we think about training

You do the work. You should know if it's working.

You know what you're doing. You just can't see what it's doing.

Trainlike reads every workout against your own history and the day you had, then tells you what to change, and why.

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First three workouts free, insights included.

Workout Insights in Trainlike: a graded breakdown of a workout with the sets behind it

Where we stand.

  • You don't need to keep up with the fitness internet to train well. The principles haven't changed in decades. A new best way every week is noise.
  • Most training apps are built to keep you coming back first. This one is built to tell you the truth about your training, even when the truth is boring.
  • The fair comparison is you, last time, on the same lift.
  • Nothing should change your numbers without saying why and showing you the sets.

The same lift, month after month, on one line.

Every lift keeps its own history, so today gets measured against your own last time on it. Variety's fine. Change things when you have a reason, not when an algorithm needs to look busy.

Barbell bench press · 8 months

135 lb 155 lb

The day you had counts.

Slept four hours? Rate your energy when you start, leave a note, and it goes into the read. A rough workout on no sleep gets judged as what it was, not as a bad day.

Check-in and notes

Energy check-inLow

Workout note

"Slept about four hours. Shoulder felt off on the press, dropped the last set."

Every workout comes back read.

Finish, ask, and it comes back: what moved, what held, what stood out, measured against your own history and your day. With the sets it's talking about, so you can check its work.

Pull day · Tuesday

A-
  • Strong pull day despite low energy
  • Volume about 40% above your recent normal
  • Face pull: new record
  • Effort held at RPE 8 to 10 throughout

Your next numbers, with the reason attached.

Targets move because of what your last sets showed, and the reason is right there. Not what you had in mind? Type over it. Yours wins.

Next time · Barbell bench press

+5 LBS

You hit all your reps at 150 last time, and the last set was the cleanest of the three.

Not what you had in mind? Type over it.

Bring the program you're already running.

Trainlike works on your plan, or start with one of ours. Not sure it's for you? There's a straight answer.

Coming from Hevy or Strong?

Your history comes with you. Years of sets turn into records, charts and a Strength Score on day one.

The promise

Training that fits.
Progress that makes sense.

First three workouts free, insights included.

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