Fullscreen timer
Between sets, you'll now see a fullscreen timer with your next set's reps and weight.
App updates (2016 – today)
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Better Training Logs
You can now edit your logs and see at a glance total reps, sets, and load for every exercise.
Offline Access
Dr. Muscle used to require an Internet connection to work. That was a problem for some users working out in gyms with bad Wi-Fi. With the offline access update, you’ll only need to connect before and at the end of your workout (you can even connect before you leave
Challenge mode
In 2010, Dr. Bryan Mann and his team at the University of Missouri found a new training strategy to gain strength faster. They tested it with 23 football players. Players trained the old way or using "autoregulatory progressive resistance exercise" (APRE). Six weeks later, players who trained with
Custom weight increments
Tell Dr. Muscle what weight increments you have available (e.g. 5 lbs or 1 kg) and you'll only get recommendations that fit those increments.
Bodyweight Exercises and Workouts
Dr. Muscle now supports bodyweight exercises! Create your own, or select from our default list. We've also added bodyweight workouts levels 1 and 2. Now, you can train from home with no equipment, in as little as 9 minutes.
Normal sets
Normal sets is a top requested feature, so I'm pumped to bring it to you today! Normal sets are better for strength development and can be safer for multi-joint lifts (especially if you carry them to failure). Downside: they take more time.
Choose Your Background Image
You can now choose from a male, female, or no image (solid black) background.
Smash New Records: Recover With Easy Workouts
You start lifting weights. A few months later, you’ve gained a fair bit of muscle. You lift heavier weights, and you do more sets. Your workouts start to beat up your body. So, you need more time to recover between workouts than you used to. This is where easy
Fine tune your training with reps in reserve
Build muscle faster with this tip from the first US male powerlifter to win gold at the World Games: Reps in Reserve. There are many ways to apply reps in reserve, and the specifics can get quite complex. To simplify, Dr. Muscle now automates all of this for you. If