Push Pull Legs 4+

Track Progressive Overload

Mark Bragg

Designed for iPhone

    • 3.5 • 13 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

The only way to make gains is to increase the amount of work you perform every time you hit the gym--Progressive Overload. This app measures the load you put on your muscles each workout. Get notified on your progress after each set. The three main components of each set: weight x repetitions x time. All three are a factor in the amount of work performed. Track progressive overload with the product of these three measurements. Use the graphs and database to observe your progression. 

Here is how it works:
1. Lift heavy. Results are not achieved with light weights.
2. Perform the last set of each exercise to failure. Exhaust every single muscle fiber.
3. Spend 4 seconds on each rep.
4. Collect the weight, number of reps, and duration for each set.
5. Workout load = weight • reps • duration.
6. If your current workout load is greater than your previous workout load, you are overloading. Continue maintaining progressive overload for optimal gains.

• Log your workouts set by set
• Customize the regimen to fit your needs
• Add new exercises while you workout
• View past workouts in the database log
• Each set is timed and preempted with your custom countdown

Push pull legs is one of the most widely used lifting regimens today. For those unfamiliar with the program, each exercise is organized into its respective workout type; examples: bench press is a push, a deadlift is a pull, squats are legs. Generally, the regimen is performed exactly as the name implies: push workout first, then the pull workout the following day, and the leg workout last, followed by a day or two of rest before repeating the pattern, but you can customize the pattern however you want.

What’s New

Version 4.2

Updated volume calculation

Ratings and Reviews

3.5 out of 5
13 Ratings

13 Ratings

randy rekrab ,

Good overall

This app has some great features. It has good flexibility to enter your custom workouts and exercises. The flow is nice while working out, entering weight and reps with a nice timer between sets to keep you on track. Nice workout flow.
It also tracks your workout volume for each exercise to show if you are progressing from the previous workouts.
One issue that was difficult for me, which is why I stopped using the app, is the inability to see your sets and reps from your previous workout during your current workout. I always look to see what I did the previous time, to make sure I either add more weight or do more reps this time. This app does not allow you to look at previous data during a work out. I would have to screen capture everything from the previous work out or write it all down before starting a new work out. But, if I’m doing that, I might as well stick with tracking sets, reps, and weight in a notebook.
I did enjoy tracking in the app. I really liked the flow and the timer. But, I personally need to be able to see what I did in the previous workout during the new workout.

Developer Response ,

Hi Randy, Mark from Bragg Builds here; thank you for the feedback. The next release is set to drop next month, and I’d like to get you back as a user. I think you made an astute observation, and I greatly appreciate it. I plan on adding this feature to the next release, but I’d be interested in the best way to convey this information to you. If you have time, please contact me at braggbuilds@gmail.com, so I can make sure to provide you with the best experience possible.

jdneinxnnskksn ,

How??!!!

I was ready to love this app. I did a push pull leg routine over a few days, took the time to put everything in and was ready to start the next weeks routine and come to find out you can’t look back at your previous sets and reps during a workout. How??? How can you make an app where you can’t look back to see how many reps and the weight from your previous work out!!! So frustrating and disappointing

Developer Response ,

Hi, jdneinxnnskksn, this is a great recommendation and will be available in the next release. Thank you bringing this to my attention. If you would like to help me implement this to your specifications, let's begin that conversation. Please, email me at braggbuilds@gmail.com.

Shake jalapeños ,

Great but not perfect

I’ve decided I love this app but I would like to suggest a couple improvements which I’d gladly pay for, I would like to be able to schedule my Push Pull Leg days in a calendar-like solution so I can rotate my workouts and avoid plateaus, like being able to plan the PPL days in advanced so I can edit what workout I’m doing and plan rep ranges etc. this could easily be added in workout log and allowing us to simply change the dates of each PPL day and letting us choose what workouts to add to each day. Maybe a place for us to track food/calorie intake as well would be nice.

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