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Progressive overload, automated — always know exactly what to lift next.
AndroidAvailable now. The beta runs through Google Play closed testing.
iPhoneComing — no date yet. There is no iOS app today, and we're not going to invent a launch date. Apply anyway: iPhone applications join the iOS waitlist, and we'll email you the moment that beta opens.
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BulkForged is a strength-training app built on one idea: you should never have to guess what to lift next.
Most workout apps are loggers pretending to be coaches — they record what you did and leave the next session's weights and reps up to you. BulkForged's progressive-overload engine reads every set you complete and automatically decides your next target: more reps until you hit the top of your rep range, then more weight, session after session. No manual math, no spreadsheets, no plateauing because you forgot to push.
Every training goal shapes how the engine coaches you, not whether it coaches you: build muscle, get stronger, lose weight, improve endurance, or general fitness. A muscle-recovery heat map shows what's fatigued and what's ready to train. A macro guidance card gives you calorie and protein direction — never food tracking; BulkForged will never ask you to log a meal.
BulkForged is not a social feed. No scrolling, no algorithm, nothing to perform for — just a training tool that stays out of your way during the workout and tells you exactly what to do, why, and when to push harder.
You don't need one. The phone app is complete on its own, and nothing about the beta depends on owning a watch — if you don't have one, skip this and apply.
If you do wear one, it stops being a notification mirror and becomes an equal partner. Log a set from your wrist, offline, with the next lift always one glance away, so you're never digging your phone out mid-set. Whatever you log on either device turns up on the other through the cloud, so nothing is lost when one of them is out of range.
It's a free download from the Connect IQ store — no sideloading and no developer tools. Install it on the watch, and the phone app gives you a pairing code to link the two.
It runs on 41 Garmin models today: fenix 6, 7 and 8; epix (Gen 2) and epix Pro; Enduro and Enduro 3; the MARQ and MARQ (Gen 2) collections; and Forerunner 255, 265, 955, 965 and 970 — including the S, X, Pro and Solar variants of those.
It is Garmin only. The watch app is built on Garmin's Connect IQ platform, so there is no Apple Watch or Wear OS version, and neither is planned for this beta.
The beta is hands-on, so it helps to know honestly whether this is for you before you apply:
Straight expectations: this is Google Play closed testing, free for the length of the beta, and what we're asking for in return is your honest feedback.
The application is five short steps — your phone, your training, a little about you, two questions in your own words, and where to reach you. Only three answers are required; everything else is optional, and you can move on without filling it in.
Apply for the betaAndroid and iPhone applications both start here. About two minutes.