Log every set the moment you finish it.

A session is a list of exercises, each with its own sets. You add an exercise, and it appears as a card with a row for every set you plan to do. As you work through them, you fill in what you actually did and tick each set off.

The layout is deliberately plain. The set you are about to do is right in front of you, the ones you finished sit above it with a done mark, and everything you need for the next set is one tap away. There is no hunting through menus mid-workout.

Logging a set is three small actions: enter the weight, enter the reps, and tick it done. That is the whole loop, and it is quick on purpose so you spend your rest resting, not typing.

Weights accept decimals, and a decimal comma works just as well as a point, so 62,5 and 62.5 both land as 62.5 kilograms. If a set is already prefilled from a plan, you only change what differs from what you actually did.

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   Enter the weightTap the weight field and type the load. Decimals are fine, with a comma or a point.
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   Enter the repsType how many reps you completed for that set.
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   Tick it doneMark the set complete. It moves into your done sets and the next one comes into focus.

Numbers on the bar do not tell the whole story, so Ironstead lets you record how hard a set felt. There are two common ways to do that, and the app treats both as equals.

RPE rates a set from roughly 1 to 10, where 10 means you had nothing left. RIR counts the other direction: how many reps you could still have done. They describe the same thing from opposite ends, and neither is more correct than the other.

You pick which one you prefer in Profile settings, and the app shows that scale on your sets. If you leave effort blank, that is fine too, it is always optional.

Resting the right amount matters, so the app has a built-in rest timer. When an exercise has a rest time, from your coach’s block, from a template, or set by you during the workout, the timer starts by itself the moment you check off a working set. A countdown pill appears at the top of the screen, and the app notifies you when time is up.

You stay in control. The three-dot menu on an exercise has a Rest timer entry where you set or change the rest time for this session; setting it to 0 turns auto-rest off for that exercise. Exercises without a rest time never start a timer, warmup sets never start it, and un-checking a set cancels a running countdown.

Sometimes you pair exercises and move between them with little or no rest. That is a superset, and Ironstead marks paired exercises so you can see at a glance which ones belong together.

Grouped exercises carry a shared label, so a session that alternates between two movements stays easy to read while you are in the middle of it.

When you are done, you finish the session and get a short summary of what you did. If you started something by mistake, you can discard it instead, and nothing is saved.

Life happens, and sometimes a workout gets interrupted before you finish it. If that happens, the app holds onto the session so you can pick it back up. Your logged sets are not lost just because you closed the app or your battery died.

Gyms are not known for great signal, so Ironstead is offline-first. Every set you log is saved on your device immediately and syncs up when you are back online. A dropped connection never costs you data.

A small sync indicator tells you when everything is saved to the cloud. And if you leave the Workout screen to check your history, the session stays available as a minimized bar so you can jump right back in.

Common questions

I forgot to finish a workout. Did I lose it?

No. Ironstead holds onto an interrupted session so you can reopen it and finish, or discard it if you no longer want it. Your logged sets stay saved either way.

RPE or RIR, which should I use?

Whichever you find easier to judge. They describe the same thing from opposite ends, and the app treats both equally. Pick your preferred scale in Profile settings and switch any time.

Can I fix a set after I finished the workout?

Yes. Open the session in History and edit past sets there. Corrections you make are reflected in your records and charts.