Guides

You do not need all of Badger on day one. Pick the description that sounds most like you, and the guide covers the parts that matter for how you train.

Start here

• I just want to lift Read this guide → You go to the gym and want to write it down. Log a set in under a minute, skip the jargon.
• I'm running a program Read this guide → You follow a set program. Build it once, find your weights waiting each session, and let the program move them.
• I use machines and cardio Read this guide → You train on the machines and finish on the treadmill or the bike. A ready-made machine program, and your best pace over time.
• I train with no or minimal equipment Read this guide → Push-ups, pull-ups and planks. Time your holds, and know when a move is easy enough to try a harder one.
• I'm coming back after a break Read this guide → You have been away for a while. Start lighter for a week and build back up from there.
• Show me the data Read this guide → You want the numbers. PRs, strength trends, training volume, and when you have stalled.
• I'm switching from another app Read this guide → You have history in FitNotes, Strong, Hevy, or StrongLifts. Bring it over, and see what carries across from yours.

Common questions

• StrongLifts 5x5 in Badger Read this guide → The built-in 5x5 program, what you still decide yourself, and what the CSV import carries across.
• FitNotes on iPhone Read this guide → There is no iPhone version of FitNotes. What to do with the log you already have when you switch phones.
• A tracker with no subscription Read this guide → What free means here, where Badger falls short, and how the other trackers charge.
• Use your own AI Read this guide → Hand an AI your export or a routine file, with prompts to start from, and import the routine it writes.
• Everything Badger does Read this guide → Every feature, one line each, with a link to its help.