Stacked - Workout Tracker for

So far I love the lifting programs that this app provides as well as how it tracks. It takes a lot of the work out of having to put Mike’s principles into play. I wish the interface in the app was a little more intuitive. I needed the manual to figure out some of the activities. For example, I would never have figured out that I had to drag the chosen workout routine into the “active” space in order to start it. I also wish there was an exercise tutorial or instruction database within the app. I’m not a very experienced lifter so I don’t know all of the exercises by name. Or if there are tutorials or instructions already not the app, I’d wish they were easier to find lol. I do like how much you can access without ads or in-app purchases. It would also be nice to be able refer back to my workouts and see the PR’s from that workout. I can only see the trophy’s right after I finish a workout before I press complete.

I’ve tried so many apps for tracking workouts, then I found out about this in the book “Bigger Leaner Stronger”. It actually does the things that you’d think were common sense, but so many apps get wrong. Make a workout plan, completely custom. It can be one day or multiple days. The app tracks the day and tells you what you have planned for that day. Not just a week, either. It can be whatever you need. I set up an eight week revolving schedule (and, yes, it knows to loop back around at the end). All major exercises are on the app, but you can add your own. It tracks weight and reps and remembers your entire history, so you will never have to think about what numbers you did last session. It knows! Rest between sets with a custom timer with alarm. Back out of the app and the timer keeps going and notifies you when it’s time to get back to work. Track your weight and body measurements. Set goals and see your progress. Please give this a try. Give it a week. Learn the interface, which is pretty easy and intuitive, and I really think you’ll love it.

When using the app, I often use my phone for streaming music. Three days in a row I’ve had an issue where Stacked crashes when I relaunch it. When I put Stacked in the background to change music and I double tap the home button to list my open apps, the app relaunches exactly where I was with no issue. However, if I try to relaunch the app by clicking the App icon, it opens for a second and then crashes. I lose all my progress, notes, completed workouts, etc. Please fix!! This has happened near the end of my workouts requiring me to remember every rep and weight I did as well as any notes. An auto save-as-you-go feature would be nice in cases where the app crashes. If you reopen a workout it would take you right back. Would also love to be able to “cancel” a workout. I selected the wrong BLS routine today, had to close the app or complete the workout. Since I didn’t do that specific workout, I had to close the app and relaunch. A cancel workout option would be awesome for these instances.

I just started using it yesterday, and I like it. Very intuitive. One of the things I would like to see is the warm up sets automatically set once I enter my working set weight. This is a feature that I really like on the StrongLifts and Wendler apps. And my 72 year old eyes really have to squint to see what set I’m on. The font is extremely small. The guide book is an excellent resource. Instructions are clearly explained. Nice job. Your app makes it easy to set the weight and reps, and to add or delete exercises. It’s a really user friendly app with features the other apps I mentioned do not have, or it’s more difficult to use those features. I look forward to using it more. And thank you for allowing the user to try it out for 10 workouts for free. I’ll be updating to pro. Nothing worse than paying money for something that’s useless.

I you this app all the time and it's great, but there are a few bug fixes/enhancements that could be made... Bugs: 1. I can't upload a profile pic it just says "sorry something went wrong, please try again later." 2. When trying to share a body entry I get and error "something went wrong, data could not be received from the server. Please try again." Suggested Enhancements: 1. When creating a workout you should be able to sort exercises by muscle worked instead of only alphabetically. It took me awhile to find "Flat Barbell Bench Press" because I was looking in the B's. 2. You should be able to jump around your workout by going to the workout overview and tapping the exercise you want to jump to. Sometimes equipment is taken and it would be nice to jump to another exercise without tapping the right arrow 10 times. 3. You should be able to edit previous entries. I realized that I put in the wrong number for a waist measurement, but I couldn't find a way to edit or delete that entry. 4. You should be able to set custom rest periods to personalize it a little more. It's ok just adjusting the default 2:00 by 30 second increments, but it would be better to just set the default yourself. Keep up the great work! 💪