Gym Buddy app review: the ultimate workout log

Introduction

One of the fundamental ways to stay consistent and progress in your fitness regime is to keep track of each of your workouts. Gym Buddy is an app that can help you do so quickly and easily right on your iPhone or iPad.

This app aims to bring its users a powerful, good-looking, and versatile workout log that enables users to enter workout details, but also serve other functions such as having a timer for rest periods, sort workouts, view progress graphs, and much more.

You can find Gym Buddy in the Health & Fitness section of the App Store, where it is available for purchase for just $2.99. When you factor in the cost of a workout book, a watch to time rest periods, and the time you'll spend reviewing and calculating your goals, you will find that this is a very reasonable price for such a utility.

Let's take a look at its functions and features.

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Data Tracking

Gym Buddy will take up just 9.1 MB of space on your iOS device, and will function extremely swiftly, thanks to its lightweight nature. The first order of business is to start inputting the Plans for each workout and store the goals for each day. You can incorporate unique subsets of the exercises in each plan.

This app will keep track of your weight, body fat percentage, BMI, lean body mass, and any other numerical you'd like to incorporate such as body measurements or supplement intake. You'll be pleased to know you can use the metric system and up to two decimal places for weights.

 

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Timers, Calculators, and Graphs

There are three countdown timers included in this heath and fitness app which can be used to ensure you are getting the adequate rest between sets and jumping straight back on the exercises as and when necessary. After each of your workouts, you'll find a details screen showing a detailed summary of your performance.

If you missed any of the data fields or made a mistake, you can easily go back to edit these details such as time, note, weight, and reps. Each of the data points are collected and assimilated into a concise, compact format by workout, time frame, and exercise. This history can be emailed as well as input into a spreadsheet so you have all the data you need from all your workouts.

You can also use this app to calculate your One Rep Max (1RM) for each set and track your personal records. Graphs for 1RM history is also available for each exercise.

 

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• Tracks any kind of user-defined numerical data ranging from body weight to supplement intake
• Comes with three kinds of timers that can be used to time rest between sets, intervals, and more
• Draws graphs and gives perspective on your progress over time including 1RMs and more
• Allows for editing of any workout data including sets, reps, and more, at any time
• Enables users to email their workouts or back them up on a PC using WiFi

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

I think that Gym Buddy is be-all and end-all of all workout apps. If you have this app on your iPhone or iPad, you can be sure that it's the only one you'll ever need to organize and track all the data points that suit your preferences.