BulkForged

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BulkForged is a strength-training app that decides what you lift next. Every set you log feeds a progressive-overload engine: add reps to the top of your range, then the weight goes up. And every decision it makes is written to a log you can read and overrule.

Get it on Google Play Android & Garmin

The part that is different

Most workout apps are loggers. They record that you did 3×8 at 60 kg and leave next week's decision to you. Several now move your targets automatically. Almost none will show you the decision.

BulkForged does. Each adjustment lands in a change log with the number it was decided from: the lowest working set you completed, the top of your rep range, and what changed because of it. If you disagree, you edit the target and the engine advances from your number next time.

A progress screen headed "Your training over the last 12 weeks" with a Volume over time bar chart, above a Progressive overload list reading "Leg Press (Single Leg) — Reps 14 → 15 @ 70 lb" and "Leg Extension (Single Leg) — Reps 10 → 11 @ 65 lb".
Every target the app moved, with the workout it read them off
A workout in progress. The exercise card reads "Barbell Bench Press, 4 × 8 @ 210 lb, 8–12 reps · RIR 2, Best: 210 lb", above a set entry reading "Warm-up · set 1 of 5 — Target: 8 reps @ 105 lb" with a Submit button.
Your next target, already decided before you walk in
Front and back body silhouettes shaded green, amber and red, above a list reading "Chest — Fatigued — trained today, 17 sets this week, ready ~Thursday" and similar rows for hamstrings, quads and lower back.
Per-muscle recovery, computed from the sets you logged

The honest part

Double progression is about sixty years old and it is not complicated. This is not a new training method. It is bookkeeping: the per-exercise, per-routine arithmetic you would otherwise do in your head at 6am while someone waits for the rack. If you already run your progression well on paper, you do not need this.

  • Android today. iPhone is a waitlist, with no date we can promise.
  • Garmin watch app on the Connect IQ store. It logs from the wrist offline and is an equal peer to the phone, not a mirror of it.
  • Built by one person. Rough edges included. Feedback on the change log's legibility is the thing we want most.
  • Your data. No ads, no third-party trackers, never sold. Progress photos never leave the device.

Questions

Ask in the launch thread and we will answer there, or write to support@bulkforged.com. The help & how-to covers every screen, and this page explains the progression rule in full.