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Gym BuddyCurrent Version: 3.3

Gym Buddy is the best-looking, most powerful and most versatile workout log on any platform!

Do you really need your workout log to teach you how to do a bench press? No, you just want to record your workout, quickly and easily. Other apps may include a bunch of stuff you don't need, but they don't give you the stuff you do.

Key features include:

- Allows you to edit your sets after you input them. Change the time, note, weight & reps anytime and anywhere they appear. You can move them from workout to workout, or even change the associated exercise.

- Has three countdown timers to monitor your rest periods. They beep and buzz independently at any duration and can even be set to start automatically when you enter a set.

- You can define an unlimited number of Plans for each workout where you can store your goals for that day. Each plan can contain a unique subset of the exercises in a workout and may also be sorted independently.

- Workouts can be sorted into different Groups of Workouts.

- You view your results in a concise, compact format that is definable by workout, time frame, and exercise. With the Calendar view you can view an entire month of workouts in one glance, seeing the date, name of the workout, and your workout volume -- then flip from month to month. Select a day in the calendar and you see all the sets you performed on that day.

- Allows you to email your history -- also by workout, exercise, and time -- for backup and input to a spreadsheet.

- With a wifi connection to a computer, you can backup and restore the database -- so you don't have to worry about the security of your data.

- Shows your previous workout results right on the input screen, so you know what your goal is -- no searching, no tabbing, its just there.

- Calculates your One Rep Max for each set and tracks your all-time best, which it celebrates by flipping the screen and yelling, "YES!"

- Draws a graph of your One Rep Max history for each exercise, breaking down each workout by set number (up to five sets) and also by your best set. Also graphs your Workouts by volume.

- Tracks and graphs your weight, body fat, BMI, and lean body mass, or anything else that can be expressed as a number including body measurements and supplement intake, and also includes an interval timer. No need to buy separate apps.

- Includes a detail screen for each workout and exercise showing an extensive summary of your performance.

- Compatible with Kilograms and allows for decimal weights.

- Allows for supersets, bodyweight, and assisted weight exercises. Cardio exercises can have up to four user-defined data fields.
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Gym Buddy Review

Workout log tracks your progress at the gym

I’ve spent the past month putting Gym Buddy, a workout log from Anywise Enterprise, through its paces. And I’ve come away impressed.


Feel the Burn: Enter your sets, reps, weight used, the time and date of your workout, and any additional notes in Gym Buddy’s thorough log.

I’ve kept track of my workouts on and off for years using the traditional pen and notebook and been relatively happy. But using Gym Buddy opened my eyes to a much better and more efficient way to capture, track and gauge my progress.

The supplied exercise templates that come with the app cover the basics for all body parts, and you can enter your own custom exercises and cardio activities as necessary.

Once you have your workout plan in place, you can log your sets, reps, weight used, the time and date of your workout, and any additional notes to detail each session. For your cardio activities, Gym Buddy lets you enter time, distance, and calories burned.

Day to day, week to week, and any other combination of date ranges can be compared and contrasted to give you a quick snapshot of your strength progression over time. Gym Buddy also provides a body calculator, allowing you to enter your height, neck, waist, hip and weight. While the tool is interesting, it was a little too generalized for my taste and, as a result, not a very accurate guide from a specific BMI or fat-percentage standpoint. That said, Gym Buddy’s body calculator does provide a good graph for trending purposes.

Gym Buddy’s a good iPhone app, but it could stand to see a few improvements. Combining workouts into groups would be helpful for users who change up their routines regularly or have seasonal workout rotations. Graphing for the various workouts would be a great improvement as well—that would make for instant visual reporting. Another great addition would be the ability to calculate automatic calories burned based on the amount of work done so that other activities such as martial arts, running, or other external activities can be calculated and added to the log. I think adding photos could also make for an interesting feature, giving Gym Buddy the ability to log “before” and “after” images to mark your progress. And I could easily see adding a food/supplement log so that users could chart their progress against what they’re consuming.

These additions would merely make a good app great, though. As it stands, Gym Buddy is a fine choice for a workout partner.

Gym Buddy is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.x software update.

[Kyle Bailey is “Da Big Cheeze” at E-Cubed Media Synthesis, an experience design firm in Vancouver, British Columbia.]

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Easiest AND most powerful workout log

Gym Buddy doesn't tell you how to workout, or give you any personal training advice, and that is exactly what makes it the best workout log on any platform ever.Instead it adapts to the way I workout and allows me to enter my sets quickly. It has more editing power than any other app, allowing you to change not just the weight


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