Dr. Muscle: The world's first AI personal trainer. Updated weekly with the features you ask for—243 updates and counting.
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
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
We’ve just updated Dr. Muscle to let you choose your rep range, and focus on: * Building muscle and strength (5-12 reps) * A mix of building muscle and burning fat (8-15 reps) * Fat-burning mode (12-20) * Custom (any range between 5 and 30 reps) Quick reminder: Low reps are better at
Prestes et al. (2017) found that you could build muscle just as fast with 1 rest-pause set than you would with 3 normal sets. And now, it's easier than ever to use rest-pause. Our new update automates rest-pause fully, and our app now guides you step by step
In a systematic review, McCrary et al. (2015) found “strong research-based evidence” that “warm-ups enhance power and strength performance.” So, you should warm up before each set with light weights. And now, Dr. Muscle tells you exactly how.
It is said that Milo of Croton gained enormous strength by lifting and carrying a newborn calf daily as it grew to a mature bull. Now you can do almost the same thing: with this update, your program levels up automatically as you do it. You'll also always
New workouts! This update brings more advanced (level 3) workouts that include new exercises. These new exercises will stimulate growth in different regions of your muscles and help to hypertrophy them in full. This is supported by research from Brazil, in which hypertrophy of the quads (vastus medialis and rectus
Ever forget which workout is next? Happens to me all the time. You’re ready to train, but you first have to fumble through your workouts, frowning while you remember which one is up today. Big hassle. This update fixes that with a large easy “Workout now” button on your
We've added the ability to swap an exercise mid-workout.
We've improved the algorithm powering Dr. Muscle: * You'll never do more than 5 sets (down from 6) * You'll never do fewer than 5 reps (up from 4) * You'll improve 30-50% when you lift <= 12 kg 30-50% may sound like a lot,