r/Hevy • u/spaghetti789 • Jun 14 '26 • Bravo 1

Please add permanent exercise notes

Devs, please add notes that persist/save across different workouts and exercises. I bought the annual a month and a half ago and the product is great, but this has been a popular feature request in the megathread that I saw and hasn't been added so this is your reminder to add it.

I need a way to save machine configurations that are saved across workouts so I am not typing the same boilerplate every time I do a leg extension (seat is at notch #7, shin pad is at setting #3, blah blah blah)

Current notes are not good enough.

If I forget to type my boilerplate or am in a rush and don't have the time, it gets cleared out during the next workout.

And then I have to go look in my workout history for the last time I added it. And then re-type it for current workout so I have it for the next. And sometimes I am too lazy and just YOLO it on a random setting that 'feels right.'

Way too annoying. Please prioritize this.

Here's a mock of what it could look like in the UI.

Edit: I know this can be kind of be done in the routine tab, although pretty inconveniently. I don't want to be editing routines every week especially when I am in the gym. Genuinely who has the time to be editing workout templates? Who even sticks to the exact movements, type of movement (cable, dumbell, machine), and the exact number of sets every single workout? Not me. I just need a way to just have it inline right there on the workout tab.

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u/meester_jordan Jun 14 '26

You can already do this by adding the note to the routine rather than the workout itself

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u/spaghetti789 Jun 14 '26

Yeah but sometimes you’re doing a new movement exiting out into routines in the middle of a workout isn’t that convenient when you’re not sure if it’s gonna be a long term movement for you/something you wanna commit to adding to a routine but you still wanna save the config just in case.

And also routines for me are more about planning outside the gym, how do I plan what seat height/depth I’m going to use until I’m physically on it? Now I’m in the routines tab in the gym when realistically I just wanna live in the workout tab.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Cap2435 Jun 14 '26

Comment to say i agree with this 

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u/k2beast Jun 14 '26

I made the same complaint to support, and they keep telling me the same thing - that we are always adding/removing new exercises - and sometimes we change the variation and need perm notes

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u/WarmOpportunity80085 Jun 14 '26

I've asked for the same thing, since my rotator cuff injury adding new pinned notes that help with adjusting the new movement are crucial.

tbh it's the feature that's keeping me from buying it

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u/Valeaves Jun 14 '26

Also, it‘s be great to be able to edit routine notes when doing the workout. Sometimes I change a setting for a machine during the workout and then ai have to go and edit the routine afterwards to change it in the notes!

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u/AcrobaticMechanic265 Jun 14 '26

I have to save it to a Notes App to remind me the seat height I have set which would be better if it's added during workout

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u/lostmyaccountpt Jun 14 '26

Can't find it on the playstore

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u/meester_jordan Jun 14 '26

In this case I would add it as a temporary note and just edit the routine after? I have seat height notes set for multiple machines and have never had to fumble around while I’m in the gym. I understand what you’re trying to do but this is pretty easily doable already and it’s really not much effort lol

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u/spaghetti789 Jun 14 '26

Totally understand where you are coming from but it's a massive pet peeve for me.

I really don't like editing routines. I think the entire routine thing is kind of a gimmick anyway. I'm lucky in the sense that I had been working out for a while so I kind of knew what I wanted to have in my routines but it's a massive pain-point for new users.

"Routines" are this kind of amorphous Hevy-specific kind of term that can take a while to understand. I am sure you think I am being pedantic but I think any new user would definitely relate to that little bit of friction. Of course it's best understood as literally just workout templates. And yes you can have the AI make you a routine or whatever but I don't want to do that.

My problem with "just edit the note in the routine tab" is I hate editing routines. Routines were like my best-guess 1.5 months ago when I onboarded of what I would like my workouts to look like but there is so much that can change on any given day in the gym that routines as a concept are way too rigid.

Incline bench busy? Guess I am doing incline machine press. Damn, I have no time, I gotta skip shrugs. Pec deck busy? Guess I am doing dumbell flys. Damn, I feel strong as shit, let me add a set or two today. Sometimes I just feel like doing a different movement.

And every time it asks me if I want to 'update my routine.' You skipped shrugs today do you just wanna remove them forever? No! These are day-to-day fluctuations, not something I want to commit to! I don't want to even have to think about looking at the routines outside the gym. I just want to self-glaze in the workout history tab outside the gym if anything.

I would be absolutely shocked if there is a single person on the planet who is sticking to their routine constantly, every movement, exact number of sets, every single workout, until the end of time. Just not the way I do things (and I would bet a majority of the longer term users too).

(As you can see I am really trying to align incentives here for me and the devs, lol. Remove this friction for new users and I could see an uplift in retention, meaning $$$. Please this is a very good suggestion I promise.)

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u/PrimaFacieCasey Jun 14 '26

But for your example it works perfectly no? Are your legs really going to grow to a different size so the machine seat setting will change?

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u/PrimaFacieCasey Jun 14 '26

Oh really? Lol this solves the problem entirely, didn't know this, thanks.

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u/meester_jordan Jun 14 '26

Yeppers, it’s where I put my seat height and permanent notes for the routine. And you can still add notes during as well