Workout Chat for powerlifting
A powerlifting log you can talk to.
Squat, bench, deadlift, and everything you do to move them. Type what you lifted and it becomes a log with top sets, estimated maxes, and records that keep themselves up to date.
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The problem
Heavy sets are the worst time to use an app
Between a top single and a back-off set you have three minutes, a heart rate that hasn't come down, and no interest whatsoever in navigating a routine builder. So the log gets done afterwards from memory, or it doesn't get done — and the numbers you most wanted to keep are the ones that go missing.
Describing the set takes about as long as saying it out loud. "Worked up to 405 for a single, then three fives at 315" is a complete record — exercise, top set, back-offs, weights — and it goes in as one sentence while you're still catching your breath.
What it tracks
The numbers that decide the next block
Powerlifting progress is slow enough that you can't feel it session to session — you need the comparison. Every figure is read through a window and measured against the equal stretch of time before it, so a change always has a denominator.
- Estimated 1RM per movement, Epley, from sets of twelve or fewer
- Top set and personal record, updated as you log
- Records set in the last thirty days flagged as fresh
- Total volume, and where it went — upper body, lower body, or core
- Sessions per week, and the streak you're on
- Windows of 7, 30, 90, or 365 days, each compared to the one before
It's a log and a set of honest readings on top of it. It won't tell you that a stalled bench is fine when it isn't.
The part that ends blocks
Niggles, tracked before they become layoffs
Almost nobody's meet prep is derailed by a lack of programming. It's the hip that started grumbling in week three and got trained through for a month because there was nowhere to write it down.
Mention it and it's logged against the session where it started, with the movements worth easing off flagged. Check in as it changes — "hip's a three today, was a six on Monday" — and the trajectory is recorded, so the decision to back off is made against a trend rather than a mood.
A session, logged
- "Squat: worked up to 405x1, then 3x5 at 315. Paused bench 4x3 at 245."
- One workout, two movements, the single and the back-offs kept separate. The 405 is checked against your record on the way in.
- "That last squat set was actually 320"
- Corrects the set that's already there. No duplicate entry.
- "What's my estimated squat max doing over the last 90 days?"
- The estimate across the window, against the previous ninety days, with the sets it was calculated from.
- "Set a goal of a 500 deadlift by the spring meet"
- Recorded, with progress tracked against it. It closes itself the day a session beats it.
Questions
Does it estimate a one-rep max?
Yes, using the Epley formula, and only from sets of twelve reps or fewer — a twenty-rep set is a conditioning effort and estimating a max from it produces a number worth nothing. Your insights page shows the estimate alongside the actual top set it came from.
Can I log a single, a double, and a back-off set in one message?
Yes. Describe the session the way you'd write it in a notebook — "squat worked up to 405x1, then 3x5 at 315" — and each is recorded as its own set with its own weight.
Does it track PRs automatically?
Yes. Records update as you log, and a record set in the last thirty days is flagged as fresh so you can see what has actually moved recently rather than what moved two years ago.
Is it a programming tool?
No, and it isn't pretending to be. It doesn't run Sheiko or 5/3/1 for you. It's the log underneath whatever programme you're running, plus a coach that can read it and answer questions about how the block is going.
Does it handle kilos?
Yes. Set your unit system in your profile and log in either — "140kg" and "315lbs" both work, and it converts. Plates are your problem.
Can I see how a lift moved across a block?
Each movement has its own progression, and every insight is read through a window — last 7, 30, 90, or 365 days — compared against the equal stretch of time before it. So "+12%" always means something specific.
Log the single before you rack it.
One sentence, and the record keeps itself.
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