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Everything you need to know to get the most out of your workouts
First time here? You'll just need to tap through a quick disclaimer — totally standard stuff, just to say you're using the app sensibly. You only ever see it once.
Once you're in, everything starts from the home screen:
Every workout starts by choosing three muscle groups to focus on:
Every session is 7 exercises in this order:
Once you choose a machine for a muscle group, GymBud locks it in for the whole workout. A ⚡ Continue with [Machine] shortcut pops up automatically — though you can always swap if you fancy a change.
Not one for diving straight in? Pick a stretching duration — 2, 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes — and let the timer run while you get loose. No tapping required, it just counts down on its own.
Prefer to warm up on the treadmill? GymBud takes you through two phases back to back:
Use the sliders to set the total time and decide how it's split between the two phases. GymBud will nudge you when it's time to switch.
Pick whichever layout works best for you:
Just start typing in the search bar and GymBud filters as you go. In the By Type view, small matching groups open themselves up automatically so you don't have to tap through everything.
Tap a filter chip at the top to narrow things down by equipment type — useful if you only want to see cable exercises, or just bodyweight stuff.
Use the dropdown to pick your weight — it goes from 5 to 600 lbs in 5 lb steps. If you're doing a bodyweight exercise and wear a weight vest, there's an option to add that extra load in too.
Hit one of the quick buttons — 12, 15, 18, or 21 — or type in whatever number you want. For single-side exercises like a one-arm row, just count reps for one side.
Done this exercise before? GymBud pulls up what you used last session and makes a suggestion based on how it went:
Your main muscle comes up three times in every session. From the second time onwards, GymBud pre-fills the weight and reps from your first go — no need to set it up again. Change it anytime you like.
There's a Drop 5 lbs & Add 5 reps option if you want to back off the weight and keep the volume up instead.
Before every set you get a 5-second countdown so there's time to get into position. Once it hits zero, your set timer starts rolling.
Life happens — just hit Pause whenever you need a moment. Hit Resume when you're ready to go again. The timer only counts while you're actually working.
If things are wrapping up suspiciously quickly, GymBud will give you a gentle heads-up. Worth checking your form and making sure you're doing the full movement rather than rushing through it.
You'll always be able to see which set you're on — Set 1, 2, or 3 — so there's no keeping count in your head.
After every set you get a 60-second breather before the next one. You're in full control though — three options are right there on screen:
When the time's up, GymBud automatically moves you on to the next set.
Once you finish all 3 sets of an exercise, GymBud asks you one simple thing: how did that feel? Your answer gets remembered and used next time you do the same exercise, so the suggestions actually get smarter the more you use it.
The 5th exercise in every session is the third and final time you hit your main muscle. GymBud flags it with a little reminder — because it's your last shot at it today, worth making it count.
Pick a cardio exercise — bike, treadmill, elliptical, whatever — and GymBud switches to a simple timer instead of tracking sets and reps.
It gets logged to your history with the duration saved, just like everything else.
Need to cut things short? There's an ❌ End Workout button on every screen — you can always bail out whenever you need to.
GymBud will just ask you to confirm, and once you do, everything you've already logged is saved to your history . Nothing gets lost — it just shows as a partial workout.
If you tap out before finishing even one set, it quietly cancels and takes you back to the home screen — no fuss, nothing saved.
Complete all 7 exercises and GymBud offers you a cool-down on the treadmill before showing your workout summary — same incline and jog setup as the warm-up. Nice way to wind down.
Don't stress if GymBud closes unexpectedly — it saves your progress after every single set. Even if your phone dies or the browser gets closed mid-workout, nothing is gone.
Open it back up and GymBud will ask if you want to pick up where you left off . It'll tell you how long ago it saved and what exercise you were on. Tap ✅ Restore Workout to continue, or Start Fresh if you'd rather begin again.
After half an hour GymBud assumes the session is over. It quietly saves whatever sets you completed as a partial workout in your history and starts fresh next time you open it — no prompt, no drama.
Tap View History from the home screen to dig into your past workouts. Three tabs let you look at your data in different ways — use whichever makes sense for what you're after:
Every machine and exercise you've ever done, with your best weight, best reps, and total sets logged. Tap any of them to open a progress chart showing how your weight and reps have changed over time — genuinely satisfying to look back on.
Everything grouped up by muscle. Really useful when you're wondering "when did I last work my shoulders?" — just open that group and it's all there. You can search by muscle name or exercise name to find things quickly.
Every session you've done, most recent first. Shows the total time, every exercise, and all the sets with weights and reps. Sessions you had to cut short show a Partial badge so you know.
You can delete an exercise's full history from its card. Just bear in mind it can't be undone — so if there's any chance you'll want that data, export a backup first.
Just type your weight, pick a date (it defaults to today), and hit Log Weight . Log as often as you like — daily, weekly, whenever. Whatever fits your routine.
If you've put your height in, GymBud shows your current BMI with a colour so you can see roughly where you're at at a glance:
Your entries appear on a chart over time — green dots when it's gone down, red when it's gone up, grey when it's the same as before. Each entry also shows the change from your last log, so trends are easy to spot.
Tap Export Data to download a file with all your workout history, weight logs, and settings. It's automatically named with today's date so you can find it easily later.
Tap Import Data , pick the file you saved, and GymBud restores everything. It only touches what's in the file — anything else you have stays exactly as it is.
The Clear All Data option wipes the lot — history, records, weight logs, settings, everything. GymBud asks you to confirm twice before touching anything, but once it's gone, it's gone. Export a backup first if there's any chance you'll want it back.
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