What's new in Liftspan
Every update, newest first: what changed, how to use it, and short videos that show it on screen. The web app and the iPhone app run the same coach, so most updates reach both at once.
New to the app? Start with getting started, or browse the whole help manual. Follow along with the RSS feed.
Reminders, a hold timer and Save to Photos
The iPhone app can now keep your week on track with reminders, time your planks and carries, and save your workout card straight to Photos.
- Reminders that keep your week on track
- Time your holds
- Save your workout card to Photos
The program library is here
Twelve programs you can browse, preview and start, each built around your room and the joints you flag. The three starter programs stay free, and nine new ones come with Pro.
- Twelve programs in one library
- See the moves before you commit
- Pick a program during setup
- Unlimited saved programs, favorites and duplicates (Pro)
- 8-week blocks with the deload built in
Your plan now follows what you actually lift
Lift more than planned and your plan now starts from what you did, not from the old number. Plus smarter in-workout adjustments, weights for carries, a new full-body split and a way to send us feedback.
- The plan adopts the weight you actually lifted
- Easy, Right and Hard follow the set you just did
- Carries take a weight
- A real full-body split for new plans
- Send feedback or report a problem
A faster start: snap your program or answer five questions
Setting up Liftspan now takes about half the taps. Bring a program you already have with a photo, or answer five short questions and Liftspan builds one.
- Snap your program or answer five quick questions
- Shorter setup
- Your first workout card
- A gentler first session
Import a program from a photo
Take a photo of a program from a coach, a book or the gym whiteboard, or paste it as text, and Liftspan turns it into a coached program. iPhone 1.0.6 adds the camera.
- Import a program from a photo or text
- Check your program before you save
- Keep their reps or use Liftspan's
- Camera on iPhone (1.0.6)
Your streak on the Home Screen, your rest timer on Apple Watch
iPhone 1.0.5 adds a streak widget for the Home Screen and Lock Screen, and puts the rest timer on Apple Watch for Pro lifters.
- Streak widget
- Rest timer on Apple Watch (Pro)
Starter programs, save slots and build your own
Three free starter programs, a builder for your own, three save slots, and 62 new exercises including machines, cables, landmine work and carries.
- Three free starter programs
- Build your own program (Pro)
- Three save slots
- 62 new exercises
A daily streak you can keep with a walk
Show up every day, not just lifting days. A daily flame, a streak calendar, freezes, streak partners, and on iPhone 1.0.4 the rest timer in the Dynamic Island.
- The daily flame
- Streak tab and calendar
- Freezes
- Streak partners
- Swipe between tabs
- Rest timer in the Dynamic Island (Pro, iPhone 1.0.4)
Share your workout, and celebrate a finished block
A shareable card for every finished workout, a bigger celebration when you finish a training block, and a tidier You tab and Settings.
- Share this workout
- Block complete
- A tidier You tab and Settings
Weeks follow the calendar, and you can add your own moves
Missing a day no longer leaves you stuck on the same week. Pro lifters can add a move that is not in the library, and cardio days count on training days too.
- Weeks follow the calendar
- Add your own move (Pro)
- Cardio counts on training days too
- Import and export, easier to find
A rest timer you can trust, plus Apple Health
The rest timer now keeps time when you leave the app. On iPhone, Pro lifters get an alert when rest is over and workouts saved to Apple Health.
- Rest timer keeps time
- Rest-over alert on iPhone (Pro)
- Apple Health (Pro)
Liftspan is on the App Store
The iPhone app is out. It runs the same coach as the web app, so your training, settings and history are the same on both when you sign in.
- Liftspan for iPhone
- Liftspan Pro
- Cardio day credit
Your training on every device
Sign in and everything you set up and earn follows you: your plan, weights, settings, history, PRs and bodyweight log. Plus cleaner charts and sign-in with an email code.
- Everything syncs when you sign in
- Sign in with an email code
- Cleaner progress charts
Bring your history, star your favorites
Import your past workouts from another lifting app, export them back out, star the moves you like, and a setup that puts your joints on their own screen.
- Import your history
- Export any time
- Favorite moves
- Choose what you train
- Joints get their own setup screen
Your log, swaps and a daily check-in
A full workout log, swapping exercises, a weekly progress bar, and a check-in where you say how you feel in your own words.
- How are you today?
- Your log and past efforts
- Swap an exercise
- Weekly progress and kg / lb
- Tell it what equipment you have
Liftspan opens on the web
The first version of Liftspan: a strength coach that builds your plan around your goal, your room and the joints you flag, then tells you what to lift every session.
- A plan built for you
- One-screen workouts
- Easy, Right or Hard
- Warm-up sets, supersets and PRs
- Train anywhere