Help

Pick what you came to do, or search from the box at the top of the menu.

New to Badger

• Quick start: install, set your units and log your first workout.
• Coming back after a break: start lighter after weeks off.
• Pick a guide that matches how you train.
• Everything Badger does, one line per feature.

Log a workout

• Log sets: warmups, RPE and RIR, supersets and finishing a workout.
• Log drop sets, myo-reps and rest-pause, with the 15 second pause timer.
• Time your rest or a timed set.
• Find or create an exercise.
• Pick the machine, bar or grip for a set.
• Work out the plates for a weight, or a warm-up.
• Get working weights from a percentage of your max.
• See all your records, newest first or best per lift.
• Leave a workout out of your records.

Build or run a program

• Build a routine and start workouts from it.
• Start from a built-in program, or download one from Programs.
• Understand how your weights go up: rules, training maxes, percentage sets and waved days.
• Take a lighter day when your energy is low.
• Hold the weight after an all-out set.
• Take a deload.

See how you're doing

• Find a past workout in the list or the calendar.
• Check whether a lift is going up: records, graphs, strength standards and plateaus.
• Set a target on a lift and see how far you are from it, on the chart and during a workout.
• Track body weight and measurements, with Apple Health or Health Connect.
• Take progress photos and compare them, with an optional lock.

Set up your gym

• Add your gyms and equipment: machines, bars, bands and chains, and dumbbell racks.

Your data

• Import from FitNotes, Strong, Hevy, StrongLifts, Fitbod, Lyfta or any CSV file.
• Back up and restore.
• Move to a new phone.
• Export your sets to CSV.
• Change a setting.

Common questions

• Why did my weight go up, or stay the same?
• Where do I see how a workout felt?
• Can I import the same file twice?
• Can I undo an import?
• How do I move my history to a new phone?
• What counts as a personal record?
• Should I log RPE or RIR?
• What is a training max?

Something isn't working

• The plate calculator isn't offered
• The Apple Health or Health Connect switches are missing
• A restore fails, or the file picker can't see the backup

Reference

• Words to know: set, rep, PR, RPE, 1RM, training max, deload and the other terms the app uses.
• Programs: ready-made programs to download and import.
• The .badger file format: what a routine or gym file holds, field by field.