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.
Logging workouts
- Logging a workoutThe active workout screen shows one exercise at a time, in a single card, so you always kn…
- Swapping an exercise your gym can't doWhen a routine calls for equipment that isn't on your gym's list, the active workout offer…
- 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.
- The Schedule tabPlan when you'll train, see it on a calendar, and adjust a single day without disturbing t…
- Routine detailThis is where a routine's exercises live — add, remove, reorder, group, and fine-tune each…
- Building a routine＋ New routine on the Workouts tab, and Build my own plan on the plan chooser, both walk yo…
- Editing a routine exerciseReached by tapping an exercise inside a routine, this is where you set exactly what that e…
- Picking an exerciseYou'll reach this screen from two places — building or editing a routine, and tapping ＋ Ad…
- Named programsNamed programs are ready-made training templates you can apply in one tap instead of build…
- Getting a planOne screen that turns "no plan yet" into a scheduled week — reached from Skip during setup…
- Workout session detailYour full receipt for one finished workout — and the one place you can go back and fix a m…
- Workout summaryThis is the receipt you land on right after finishing a workout — a quick confirmation tha…
- Starting a workout off-plan (Quick Workout)Sometimes you just want to train without following a routine. ＋ Quick workout, on Dashboar…
- What is a superset?A superset pairs two or three exercises so you alternate between them with little or no re…
- 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…
- How do drop sets work?If you know ahead of time that you want a drop set after a lift, plan it right in the rout…
- Attempt a recordReach this from Attempt a record on Workouts. It's a dedicated space for testing a single …
- Why doesn't testing a max mess up my targets?Attempt a record is deliberately kept separate from your regular training, both on screen …
Coaching & progression
- 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…
- Overload historyThe full audit trail behind every target BulkForged has ever set for you — every weight bu…
- Progressive overload change detailThe full story behind one target adjustment — what changed and why, in plain language.
- CoachWhat to change, and what's ready to train — your recovery map, muscle balance, advice, and…
- AI Coach conversationsAsk questions about your own targets, recovery, and volume, grounded in your training data…
- How BulkForged works out your nutrition guidanceYour daily calorie and macro numbers on the Coach tab are estimated from your goal, bodywe…
Progress & records
- 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…
- Personal recordsEvery personal record you've ever set, in one searchable, filterable list.
- Current recordsYour standing best, right now, for every exercise you've trained.
- Personal records vs. current records vs. estimated maxesBulkForged tracks your bests three different ways, and each answers a different question.
- Strength scoreEvery muscle region we benchmark, strongest first, with a chart of your own trend over the…
- What is the Strength Score?Strength by muscle is a rough read on how your strength compares to your own bodyweight, o…
- Exercise historyEvery exercise you've logged has its own history page — open it from 📈 View history on th…
- Personal record celebrationsThis full-screen celebration shows automatically right after you finish a workout that inc…
- Bodyweight logYour scale weigh-ins, in one running list — the same numbers the Coach nutrition card and …
- Body measurementsTape measurements — waist, chest, arms, and the rest — tracked separately from your scale …
- Progress photosA private photo log of how you look over time — separate from your weight and lifting numb…
- 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 …
Settings & support
- SettingsEverything you can configure, grouped into six focused pages.
- Account & watchYour sign-in, your cloud backup, and your Garmin watch pairing all live here.
- App preferencesUnits, appearance, workout vibration, how diagnostic reports are handled, and (Android) ra…
- Training profileThe answers here shape how the coach talks to you and what it suggests — not what it track…
- Body & cardioShortcuts to your weight, measurement, and photo logs, plus the body stats that feed the C…
- Connected servicesAndroid only. This page controls Health Connect, the on-device hub Android uses to share h…
- About & supportLegal info, feedback, diagnostics, and the help center — everything you'd need to get unst…
- Send feedbackTell us what's wrong or what you'd change. We read every report.
- Your suggestionsEvery bug and idea you've sent, in one place, with where each one stands.
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