Help & how-to
Answers for the moments an app behavior looks like a bug but isn't — and
quick explanations of how BulkForged's coaching works.
- Garmin Connect keeps signing me outUsually not. If your watch stops sending workouts or the app looks out of date, the most c…
- My logged weight doesn't match my targetMachine weight stacks move in fixed pin increments, so a target like 20 kg might only be r…
- Why didn't my target go up this session?Usually it's the weight you were expecting to move, and that's working as intended. BulkFo…
- How drop sets work in BulkForgedDrop sets and pyramid-style exercises (where each set uses a different weight) are logged …
- Using the controls on your Garmin watchLogging a set on the watch is two steps, each on its own screen, and the same Up/Down butt…
- How progressive overload worksAfter you finish a workout, BulkForged automatically reviews your working sets for each ex…
- What is a deload week?A deload is a planned recovery week — roughly every 6–8 weeks, or sooner if you notice two…
- The Schedule tabPlan when you'll train, see it on a calendar, and adjust a single day without disturbing t…
- Workouts — RoutinesThe Routines segment of the Workouts tab is your routine library — every plan you can star…
- Workouts — HistoryThe History segment of the Workouts tab is every workout you've finished, newest first.
- Progress — TrendsThe Trends segment of the Progress tab is your training dashboard for the last 12 weeks — …
- Progress — RecordsThe Records segment of the Progress tab is your quick look at where you stand: how many pe…
- Routine detailThis is where a routine's exercises live — add, remove, reorder, group, and fine-tune each…
- Workout session detailYour full receipt for one finished workout — and the one place you can go back and fix a m…
- Named programsNamed programs are ready-made training templates you can apply in one tap instead of build…
- Attempt a recordReach this from 🏆 Attempt a record on Workouts. It's a dedicated space for testing a sing…
- Personal recordsEvery personal record you've ever set, in one searchable, filterable list.
- Progress photosA private photo log of how you look over time — separate from your weight and lifting numb…
- Body measurementsTape measurements — waist, chest, arms, and the rest — tracked separately from your scale …
- Current recordsYour standing best, right now, for every exercise you've trained.
- SettingsEverything you can configure, grouped into six focused pages.
- Settings — App preferencesUnits, appearance, workout vibration, and how diagnostic reports are handled.
- Settings — Training profileThe answers here shape how the coach talks to you and what it suggests — not what it track…
- Settings — Body & cardioShortcuts to your weight, measurement, and photo logs, plus the body stats that feed the C…
- Settings — Connected servicesAndroid only. This page controls Health Connect, the on-device hub Android uses to share h…
- Settings — About & supportLegal info, feedback, diagnostics, and the help center — everything you'd need to get unst…
- Send feedbackEvery report goes straight to the developer, and every one gets read.
- Help & how-toThe article you're reading is part of a whole knowledge base, hosted online so it can be u…
- Bodyweight logYour scale weigh-ins, in one running list — the same numbers the Coach nutrition card and …
- OnboardingThe guided first-run setup — a couple of minutes to get an account, a starter plan, and yo…
- Signing inSign in, create an account, or recover a forgotten password — all from one page.
- Consent updatesA one-time screen you'll see only when the Terms of Use or Privacy Policy have changed sin…
- Personal record celebrationsThis full-screen celebration shows automatically right after you finish a workout that inc…
- Viewing a progress photoThe full-size view of one photo from your gallery, with its date, pose, and the bodyweight…
- Comparing progress photosTwo photos side by side — the older one on the left, labeled "Then," the newer one on the …
- Progressive overload change detailThe full story behind one target adjustment — what changed and why, in plain language.
- Picking an exerciseYou'll reach this screen from two places — building or editing a routine, and tapping ＋ Ad…
- Editing a routine exerciseReached by tapping an exercise inside a routine, this is where you set exactly what that e…
- Exercise historyEvery exercise you've logged has its own history page — open it from 📈 View history on th…
- Workout summaryThis is the receipt you land on right after finishing a workout — a quick confirmation tha…
- AI Coach conversationsAsk questions about your own targets, recovery, and volume, grounded in your training data…
- Logging a workoutThe active workout screen shows one exercise at a time, in a single card, so you always kn…
- Starting a workout off-plan (Quick Workout)Sometimes you just want to train without following a routine. ＋ Quick workout, on Dashboar…
- What is RIR (reps in reserve)?RIR is how many more reps you feel you could have done past what you actually logged — 0 m…
- What is a superset?A superset pairs two or three exercises so you alternate between them with little or no re…
- Overload historyThe full audit trail behind every target BulkForged has ever set for you — every weight bu…
- Personal records vs. current records vs. estimated maxesBulkForged tracks your bests three different ways, and each answers a different question.
- DashboardYour home screen — what's happening today, what's ready to train, and what recently went u…
- CoachWhat to change, and what's ready to train — your recovery map, muscle balance, advice, and…
- How BulkForged works out your nutrition guidanceYour daily calorie and macro numbers on the Coach tab are estimated from your goal, bodywe…
- Account & watchYour sign-in, your cloud backup, and your Garmin watch pairing all live here.
- Starting a workout from your watchOpening BulkForged on your watch drops you straight into the Start Workout menu — pick a r…
- The set overview screen on your watchBefore every set, your watch shows what's coming: the exercise, the prescribed weight and …
- The weight screen on your watchThe first of two screens for logging a strength set: dial in the weight you're actually us…
- The reps screen on your watchStep two of logging a strength set: confirm how many reps you actually got.
- The reps-in-reserve screen on your watchOnly appears on sets your routine has configured to ask for it — right after you confirm r…
- The rest timer on your watchFills the gap between sets with a countdown, a preview of what's next, and enough control …
- Running cardio from your watchThe live screen for a cardio exercise: a running (or counting-up) clock, the prescribed ma…
- The workout summary on your watchThe screen you land on after finishing a workout — confirmation that it saved, plus a quic…
- Pairing your watch to your accountGarmin Connect's own app-settings screen crashes side-loaded apps like BulkForged, so ente…
- Why doesn't testing a max mess up my targets?Attempt a record is deliberately kept separate from your regular training, both on screen …
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