Hello Founding Lifters

Welcome to the Rep Loader Beta Program.

Most workout apps feel like a spreadsheet with a timer. You pick a routine. You open a page for your workout, see all your sets, and type in your reps and load into each row as you go.

The Rep Loader user experience is fundamentally different.

An innovative user experience

Each set is an experience.

Each set gets its own screen that tells you:

  • the exercise
  • the target load
  • the target reps
  • how long to wait before lifting.

When the timer goes off, you lift, and log the reps you actually hit.

After set logging

Rep Loader adjusts your next rep/load target.

Rep Loader analyzes your performance and adjusts the target load for the next set to keep you hitting the target number of reps. The goal is to keep you lifting within a couple reps of failure on every set - because that's where maximum growth occurs.

The app presents you with your next rep/load target, then starts your rest timer.

Between sets

A coach that coaches.

During the rest period, your AI coach explains what happened on the last set, why the next target is changing or staying the same, and gives a short training lesson.

Important: the AI is only there to provide commentary - it doesn't do any of the math, scheduling, or other important stuff you don't want to leave to chance.

The Split Stream

A training system that fits your goals.

Another innovation I'm testing is the priority-based high-frequency/high-intensity hypertrophy training system.

Instead of starting with a fixed template like “Monday chest, Tuesday back,” or “Push-Pull-Legs,” you rank the muscles you want to grow the most. The app uses those priorities to build a training stream around frequency, recovery, session volume, and progression. There is no fixed split - every workout is unique, and every workout is the best next workout given your priorities.

I call it your Split Stream.

High Frequency

Work out often

Your Split Stream is high frequency because your high priority muscle groups get trained frequently - as little as 48 hours later.

The goal is to stimulate the muscle with a high quality training dose without incurring excessive fatigue. We want the muscle to be recovered and ready to go again once the growth response has completed.

High Intensity

Work out hard

Your Split Stream is high intensity because you'll train high priority muscle groups with 8 hard sets per session.

This might not sound like a lot if you are used to doing 15+ sets per body part per workout. But if you make those high-intensity sets (within 0-2 reps of failure) it provides a high quality dose with a low stimulus-to-fatigue ratio.

Who I think this is for
Who it probably is not for
people training 5–7 days/week
people training 1-3 days per week
people comfortable training close to failure
people who don't train with high intensity (within 5 reps of failure)
people who care about evidence-informed hypertrophy training
people who like to train according to how they feel
people who want guidance instead of a blank logbook
people who want to manually build any routine they want
beginners who want the app to make the decisions
people who just want an app to log their workouts
intermediate/advanced lifters who are open to priority-based programming
people who want to train every body part equally

This is an intense, hardcore training program for people who want to grow. It progressively overloads every session, pushing you to lift heavier and heavier. If it's not your cup of tea, I'd still appreciate your insights on the user experience.

Beta Feedback

What I'd like you to do

Sign up for the 14-day trial, complete at least 3 coached workouts and tell me where Rep Loader gets confusing, annoying, wrong, broken or useful.

Here are some specific things I'd like to get feedback on:

  • Does the homepage do a good job of explaining the app?
  • Is priority-based programming appealing to you?
  • Is the onboarding experience (the 14-day trial) clear? Does it give you enough information to make the decisions you need to make clear?
  • Is the Session Preview informative and engaging?
  • Is the set-by-set “immersive” user experience enjoyable?
  • Does the coach commentary add value? Is it engaging?
  • Do you read the lessons? Are they interesting to you?
  • Does the Session Wrap-up provide information you are interested in?
  • Is it easy to Tune your Program (on the Stream tab)
  • Do you find the Delta Plan useful?

Whenever you want to comment on something, click the purple “Beta Test Feedback” button at the top, beside the logo, to open the feedback form.

What's in it for you?

Recognition

Founding Lifter

Recognition as a “Founding Lifter”: there may be badges; there may be shout outs.

Founder's Deal

50% discount, for life.

If you decide to subscribe, you'll get a 50% discount, for life.

Direct Pipeline

You keep the feedback button.

The feedback button will stay in your interface, giving you a direct pipeline to me for feature requests.

Note: to claim your Founding Lifter benefits, you have to complete at least 3 workouts and give me some feedback.

One last thing...

Rep Loader is a web app.

That means it runs in your web browser. But you can add it to your home screen on your mobile and run it there like a mobile app, and I suggest you do because it makes more room on your screen for the app. You'll see a button on the Session Preview page that will give you instructions on how to add it to your home screen.

Once the beta program has been closed and the features and fixes complete, I'm going to turn Rep Loader into a mobile app that can be downloaded from the app store or play store.

Ready to go?

Get Started

Click the button below to go to the homepage and start your 14-Day Trial.

Start the Beta