Lifting Lab
Weightlifting training coach
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Tell it how you feel and Crucible builds today's session. Film a lift and see where the bar went. Free to train, forever: no account, no history limit.
Lifting Lab is a training app built for one sport: the snatch and the clean & jerk.
Tell it how you feel and it builds today's session, or follow a periodized program. Film your lifts, see them split into phases, find out why you missed, and walk into meet day ready. No sensor needed, and no subscription needed to log your training.
IT BUILDS TODAY'S SESSION
Energy, soreness, your equipment, the time you have. Lifting Lab builds the day around them: the right lift for today's rotation, strength work that avoids what's sore, accessories that balance it. Then it is yours to reorder, swap, or dial up or down.
IT PROGRAMS THE CYCLE
Periodized cycles, from technique and strength through specification, peak and masters, built off your real PRs, not a generic table. Every set arrives with target weight, percentage and plates already loaded. Miss a session and it reschedules it.
IT SEES THE LIFT
Film a set on your phone. Bar Trace plots the bar path and splits it into first pull, transition, second pull, turnover and catch. Peak speed, mean pull speed and bar height, and a side-by-side compare against your best lift. No sensor, no pairing.
IT TELLS YOU WHY YOU MISSED
Technique Doctor names the fault, the likely causes and corrective drills, and flags it when the same fault shows up twice.
IT KNOWS THE SPORT
Sinclair, openers, Prilepin ranges, plate math for your gym's actual inventory, warm-up ramps shaped the way a coach would set them, and strength ratios that show where your lifts sit against each other.
MEET DAY
The warm-up room runs on attempts, not the clock. It counts your warm-ups, tells you when to take the next one, and tracks your six attempts on the board.
TRAIN WHERE YOU TRAIN
Set a gym profile for your bar, plates and equipment. Switch supported lifts to dumbbells when the barbell isn't there. An illustrated exercise library covers every lift and accessory.
PROGRESS THAT IS COUNTED, NOT INVENTED
PR tracker, charts, levels, streaks and badges, all computed from your log. Finished workouts write to Apple Health; every Health toggle is optional. Export your data to CSV.
FREE
Unlimited training log and history, the adaptive daily workout builder, the Beginner Foundation program, Technique Doctor for recent lifts, PR tracker, exercise library, every calculator, warm-up generator, and three bar-path analyses every month. No account required.
LIFTING LAB PRO
Unlimited bar-path analyses with side-by-side compare, full Technique Doctor history, the full program library, Meet Day, and import from a VBT sensor you already own.
Bar Trace works best side-on with the whole bar in frame and a steady phone. When a clip isn't good enough to measure, Lifting Lab says so and shows you why, instead of giving you a number it can't back up. Video analysis runs on your device.
Pro is $12.99 per month or $99.99 per year, charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions.
Terms: https://liftinglab.app/terms/
Privacy: https://liftinglab.app/privacy/
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Sharper bar paths, smarter picks, and a new way to see your balance.
NEW
- Strength ratio chart: see where your lifts sit against each other at a glance.
- Athlete thumbnails beside every exercise in the library and the picker.
- Body-mechanics pictures for seven calisthenics movements, and a new Sit-Up.
- Squats now get their own ramp-up, and squats, pulls and presses get proper warm-ups.
- Exercises you can't do with your equipment now name the equipment you're missing.
- Pro is now the single plan.
BETTER
- Bar Trace no longer awards speed from a stretch where tracking was lost, and the path no longer smooths across it.
- Importing, analyzing and filming a bar trace is more reliable.
- Your own bodyweight is kept when you build a custom workout.
- Ending a program is now a clear button.
- The exercise library drops its category icons for a cleaner list.
The developer, David Hicka, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Size
- 26.1 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pro Annual 899,00 kr
- Pro Monthly 99,00 kr
- Provider
David Hicka
- David Hicka has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- Address
Registered Agents Inc
7901 4th St N STE 300
St. Petersburg Florida 33702
United States - Phone Number
+1 9047034413 - Email
contact@liftinglab.app
- Copyright
- © 2026 Better Built Apps LLC
