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SmartGym update makes it easier to manually adjust and log exercises on the go

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Why This Matters

The latest SmartGym update enhances user experience by simplifying exercise logging and adjustments directly on the iPhone, aligning with the app's goal of efficient workout tracking and progress monitoring. This improvement benefits both casual and dedicated fitness enthusiasts by making workout management more seamless and intuitive, ultimately encouraging consistent exercise habits and better goal tracking.

Key Takeaways

With the version rolling out today, users who rely on SmartGym’s iPhone app will find it easier to adjust and log their sets during workouts. Here are the details.

SmartGym makes it easier to adjust and log sets during workouts

SmartGym’s Apple Watch app has long allowed users to quickly adjust details such as reps and weight as they log each set.

With today’s update, that flexibility comes to the iPhone app. Users can now choose between the current logging interface and the new Inline Logging interface, which lets them adjust values, log sets, and add new sets without leaving the same screen.

The new interface also includes a small badge in the bottom-right corner of the reps and weight fields showing the values originally planned for each set.

Once a set is logged, SmartGym also starts the rest timer directly from the same screen, allowing users to continue their workout without switching views.

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This is important because SmartGym is not only about recording what you did. It is also about helping you understand what you were supposed to do. Your workout plan exists to move you toward a goal. Seeing the planned set alongside the set you actually completed makes it easier to stay on track during the workout and easier to see whether you are progressing over time.

Today’s update also introduces a completely new keyboard designed from the ground up to make in-exercise logging even more streamlined. It includes buttons to quickly increase or decrease values, or change a set’s type between regular, warm-up, and drop sets.

As SmartGym puts it, “every second we remove from the app is a second you get back for what matters: training.”

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