A little more thought.
A lot more movement.
Useful ideas for the work you put in.
Small experiments. Clear explanations. Room for your experience.
The seven-day show-up experiment
For one week, notice what makes starting easier. A small experiment in showing up, with no streak to protect and no personal best to chase.
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How we write21 stories
Should you work out in the morning or evening?
How to choose a training time that fits your day, and what small studies can tell us about strength and muscle growth.
Read the story Practice / 2 min readShould you change exercises every workout?
How to choose between a familiar routine and more variety, without treating novelty as proof of progress.
Read the story Practice / 3 min readDo you need weights to build strength?
Bodyweight training can build strength. What a push-up study shows, where the comparison stops, and how to decide whether equipment solves a real problem.
Read the story Practice / 2 min readDo you have to train to failure?
A demanding set does not have to end with a failed repetition. What the evidence says, and how to decide why you are stopping.
Read the story Practice / 2 min readWhich exercise should you do first?
Give the start of your workout a purpose: choose a priority, account for preparation, and compare sessions with exercise order in mind.
Read the story Practice / 2 min readMore reps: are you actually making progress?
How to compare bodyweight workouts when the variation, rest periods, or effort changes. A practical way to keep a useful training log.
Read the story Practice / 2 min readHow long should you rest between sets?
Shorter pauses do not automatically make a better workout. How to give rest a purpose, and what the research can actually tell you.
Read the story Practice / 2 min readNo soreness: did your workout still count?
What post-workout soreness can tell you, what it cannot prove, and what to record when you want to see progress.
Read the story Practice / 4 min readOnly ten minutes: is a short workout worth it?
What a short session can add to your week, what it cannot replace, and how to use the time without turning it into a punishment.
Read the story Practice / 4 min readThe seven-day show-up experiment
For one week, notice what makes starting easier. A small experiment in showing up, with no streak to protect and no personal best to chase.
Read the story Product choices / 2 min readWhy Strikt counts your reps and refuses to grade them
Earlier versions scored every rep from 0 to 100 and explained what went wrong. We removed it. A completed cycle is a rep, and the recap tells the rest.
Read the story Camera / 2 min readWhy camera-first training changes the rep
A workout log records what you say happened. A camera can observe what actually happened. That difference changes the feedback loop.
Read the story Camera / 2 min readWhat the camera cannot see, and what we do about it
Occlusion, distance, bad light, a phone at the wrong height. The honest list of things that break a count, and how the counter behaves when they happen.
Read the story Energy / 2 min readHow Energy reads your day
How Strikt estimates training readiness from your check-in and recent activity, what Apple Health adds, and what the number cannot tell you.
Read the story Energy / 1 min readThree breaks a day, and why they are timed the way they are
Movement breaks are tiny sets between sessions. Here is the schedule, the five movements they can ask for, and the reason the list is so short.
Read the story Privacy / 2 min readThe tracking we refuse
A camera app has to be explicit about what it keeps. This is the list of what leaves the phone, what never does, and what we deliberately do not collect.
Read the story Product choices / 1 min readWhen Strikt is the wrong tool
Not every workout needs a camera, a count, or an app. These are the cases where Strikt should stay in your pocket.
Read the story Camera / 2 min readHow to count push-ups with your iPhone camera
Where to put the phone, how to get in frame, and what the counter needs to close a push-up. Four steps, no wearable.
Read the story Product choices / 1 min readDo you need an Apple Watch to track bodyweight training?
No. A watch counts heartbeats and steps; it cannot see a squat. Strikt uses the iPhone camera as the sensor and treats Apple Health as optional.
Read the story Product choices / 1 min readIs Strikt a HYROX app?
Strikt is built for functional fitness and hybrid race preparation, and it counts the bodyweight work between the stations. It does not track the stations themselves.
Read the story Product choices / 1 min readWhat Strikt Pro unlocks, and what stays free
The download is free. Regular use needs Strikt Pro, a monthly or annual subscription with a free trial on the annual plan. Here is exactly what that means.
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of your next set?
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