Quickstart

From download to first logged set.

There's no account to make, so this is mostly tapping the plus button and typing what you lifted. Six steps, start to finish.

Before you start: grab Lift Logger from the App Store and open it. No sign-up, nothing to verify, no email. You land straight on the Exercises tab.
  1. Add your first exercise

    On the Exercises tab, tap + (top right). Name what's in front of you — “Bench Press,” “Leg Press,” whatever the bar or machine is. Choose what it tracks: Weight and Reps are on by default, but you can switch to reps only (pull-ups), Time (a plank), or Distance. Tap Save — or Start to save it and jump straight into a session.

    The Exercises tab. Tap + to add one; each row shows what it tracks (Weight · Reps, Reps, Time) and its live status during a workout.
    The Exercises tab. Tap + to add one; each row shows what it tracks (Weight · Reps, Reps, Time) and its live status during a workout.
  2. Log your first set

    Open the exercise and type your weight and reps into the Wt and Reps columns, then tap Set to add the next row. Everything saves the instant you type it — if your phone dies mid-set, nothing is lost.

    A live session: warmups (W1–W3) above your working sets, the Warmup and Set buttons, and the rest timer below.
    A live session: warmups (W1–W3) above your working sets, the Warmup and Set buttons, and the rest timer below.
  3. Add warmups too

    Tap Warmup to add a warmup row — they show up as W1, W2, W3 and stay separate from your working sets, so they never muddy your numbers or your personal bests.

  4. Start the rest timer

    In the Rest section, start the timer (30s, 60s, 2m, or 3m). It keeps running as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and an alarm rings when you're up — so you can pocket the phone between sets. Nudge it with −30s / +30s or hit Pause.

  5. Beat your best

    Any working set that tops your history for that exercise earns a star — that's a personal best, tracked automatically. You never log one by hand, and warmups never count.

    A starred set marks a personal best the moment you log it.
    A starred set marks a personal best the moment you log it.
  6. That's the loop

    Name it, log it, rest, repeat. Everything else — routines, the calendar, progress charts, the plate math — is there when you want it and out of the way when you don't.

Where to next

Coming from another app? Pro's Migrate from CSV wizard imports exports from other trackers, so you keep your history instead of starting from zero. More in Backup, export & import.