04The GolfBod guide
Logging & progression
One-tap set logging, plate math on the bar, automatic progression and deloads.
Logging a session
Every exercise shows its sets with the weight and reps already filled in from your plan. One tap logs a setas prescribed; a couple more adjust the weight or reps to what actually happened. Your last session's numbers sit right above the inputs — what you did last time is the target to beat today.
- A rest timer runs between sets, tuned to the block you're in.
- Logging works fully offline — everything syncs when you're back online.
- Rate the session on the summary screen; effort feeds the coaching.
Plates on the bar
Barbell exercises carry a quiet line under each set: the plates to load per side. The row tells you what goes on the bar, so there's no arithmetic between sets.
- By default the readout assumes a standard bar and plate set. Own something different? Declare your plates in Settings — your bars, including trap bars, and the plate pairs on your rack — and the readout counts what you actually have.
- With plates declared, barbell prescriptions stay loadable: new programs, swaps, and weight increases all land on totals you can build.
- Type a weight that can't be built and GolfBod shows the closest one that can. The readout is optional — turn it off in Settings.
How progression works
GolfBod adjusts weights from evidence, not vibes. Beat your target reps and the exercise moves up next session. Miss repeatedly and it deloads you automatically — a planned step back so you keep moving forward. Every adjustment is logged to your Activity feed with the reason attached.
When you first start — or start a new program — GolfBod calibrates: early sessions read how the prescribed weights actually felt and settle each lift at the right level. Weights carry through equipment swaps and into future programs, because they come from what you logged, not from a questionnaire.
Progression respects your plates, too. With your inventory declared, a barbell lift's weight increases land on totals you can actually load — and when your plates can't build the next step, GolfBod holds and tells you why in the Activity feed. Adding plates resumes the climb.
Personal records and progress
PRs are detected automaticallyfrom your logs after each session and posted to your feed — no claiming required. The Progress tab is your player's record: strength trends by movement pattern, weekly volume, your training streak, and a calendar of trained days.