ForgeLift.app
Intelligent strength training, built around progression and recovery
The challenge
Most training apps record sets and reps and stop there. The harder problem is interpretation: knowing whether a lift is genuinely progressing, whether accumulated fatigue makes another heavy week unwise, and whether training is consistent enough for progression to mean anything at all.
The product
A polished product where sessions are logged in seconds, progression is measured per exercise, and recovery and consistency signals are turned into explained guidance for the next session.
The approach
- 01
Designed the logging experience first — if capturing a session is slow, none of the analysis has data to work with.
- 02
Modelled training history per exercise, so progression can be measured against the athlete's own trend rather than generic tables.
- 03
Derived fatigue and consistency indicators from training data already being captured, avoiding extra manual input.
- 04
Framed recommendations as explained guidance rather than opaque scores, so the user understands why a suggestion appears.
- 05
Kept the interface calm and legible for use mid-session, on a phone, between sets.