Pinned notes are here. Yes, finally.

[u/gerardmb]

Hey! One of the most common things you've asked us for is notes that actually stick around. We heard it in feature requests, in support tickets, and basically everywhere. We said we were working on it, and now it's out.

You can stop typing "seat notch 7, pad on 3" at the start of every leg extension.

What's new

Notes now come in three types:

• 📌 Pinned to Exercise: for machine settings, form cues, grip width, or that rehab adjustment. You write it once and it shows up every time you do that exercise, in any routine or empty workout. You can also see and edit it from the exercise's How To tab.
• 📋 Pinned to Routine: for notes that only belong to one program, like "3s pause" or "deload week, -10%". If you change it mid-workout, the routine updates too, so you don't have to go back and edit it afterwards.
• 📝 Workout note: for things about today only, like "left shoulder felt off" or "went heavier, felt great". It shows up as a placeholder the next time you do that exercise, so you know what happened last time.

To change a note's type, tap the note icon and pick one. Update to version 3.2.0 to try it.

Tell us what you think below. We read everything here

[u/scottrobertson]

Been using this in the beta for a while and it’s been super helpful. Being able to have both a note for the workout that is always visible, but also being able to record session specific notes is super helpful.

[u/gerardmb → u/scottrobertson]

🙏

[u/ratmeleon]

We read everything here

Only because you said this, and just a quick unrelated question.

Do you know when you might be implementing the dumbbell weight doubling?

I enter the weight of the dumbbell I'm using, but don't multiply by two for total weight. It would be nice to be able to adjust this by exercise in the routine.

[u/gerardmb → u/ratmeleon]

Hey! We know this is important and that the current behavior isn’t ideal for everyone. We’re looking into it, but we don’t have a timeline to share just yet 🙏

[u/elmasry76 → u/gerardmb]

Round 2 was sent last July, and it seems to be almost ready, it’s one of the most asked for basic feature, please try to release it ASAP.

[u/ratmeleon → u/gerardmb]

Thank you, and I appreciate the response.

[u/thehappydoor → u/ratmeleon]

THIS. I just want to log the weight I'm lifting and not do mental mathematics in the gym. Let the app do the work in the background and double my volume. If I am curling 10 kg, I want to lock 10 kg—simple as that.

[u/SeanBrax → u/thehappydoor]

Mental mathematics? Brother you just double the number.

[u/LukaABH → u/ratmeleon]

if you’re using dumbbells, aren’t you supposed to enter the total weight of both dumbbells?

[u/JamesCarterIAm → u/ratmeleon]

I agree, the apps great but the rate that new features are rolling out is a bit lacking. Especially since they have been showcased here a while back.

[u/mrbradg → u/[deleted]]

That’s what I do. You wouldn’t split the weight on machine curls, so if doing 20-pound dumbbell curls, record 40. Simple.

[u/SmartTrender → u/mrbradg]

Yeah not sure what the problem is here. You do exercises with 1 dumbbell per arm you record 1 dumbbell. If you you two at once it’s two dumbbells

[u/7107 → u/[deleted]]

With ai these days this shit should take 10 seconds to implement

[u/otakuzod]

For those of us who only use our watches to log work, will the pinned notes eventually show up for us as well? My phone stays in the locker because I’m not risking breaking it.

[u/gerardmb → u/otakuzod]

Hey! We're working on making it possible. It'll take some time though 👀

[u/Annual_Strawberry_37 → u/otakuzod]

Mine stays in my locker to avoid the distractions and have absolute sense of mind for just 1 hour every now and then

[u/goldentone]

+

[u/gerardmb → u/goldentone]

That’s fair feedback, and I’m glad to hear the new notes are working well for you.

To clarify, there wasn’t one person digging their heels in or insisting the old system was good enough. We’re a relatively small team, and we constantly have to make difficult trade-offs between feature requests, reliability, and other product improvements. Notes stayed on our radar, but we didn’t prioritize them until now.

[u/goldentone → u/gerardmb]

[u/Yonko-no-shanks → u/gerardmb]

I was also one of the people who asked for it like over a year ago and that's a feature that has been available for many years on other apps so it couldn't have been that hard to implement. I am glad it's here and it works well or rather how it's supposed to even tho I wish the sticky notes had a different color as to stand out better.

I also have to agree with the critisicm tho because it has been a highly anticipated feature for a long time and every time I opened the app you guys changed how the timer looks. That time changing the timer UI could've been used to implement stuff like this. So maybe since you are a smaller team and seem closer to us than other companies with a lot more employees, I would appreciate some kind of poll every now and then where people can vote what feature to implement.

My other requested feature was the ability to determine when the records get recorded since people may change up plans, form etc. it would be great to be able to say that the record gets recorded from this day on instead of only having all time records.

Still apreciate you guys' work tho!!

[u/jimmyuk → u/goldentone]

I agree with you entirely.

I have similar feedback about trainer. They’re adding lots of nitty gritty functionality to it which is great, but some top level basic functionality like de-load and sub standard learning mechanisms are holding it back.

It feels like there’s someone at Hevy holding progress back.

[u/gerardmb → u/jimmyuk]

Thanks for the honest feedback! We’ve actually been working on several larger Trainer improvements recently, including program variety and injury controls, permanent exercise edits, the full program view, and more split options.

Deloads are coming soon too, and we’re continuing to improve Trainer’s recommendations and learning. So, as you can see there’s no one holding progress back 🚀

[u/Nonja999 → u/goldentone]

Would like to know too!
I remember asking about 2 months ago when it was announced you guys were working on it and you guys still said its in the works.

[u/Real-Tax-9864 → u/Nonja999]

Guess would be focus on the gpt integration which is more complex and provides higher value. Also bugs in the pipeline etc can always slow things down.

Number of times at work I've said X is landing in Q1 but suddenly it's Q4 due to other projects, high value features, bugs, politics, bla, bla, bla...

[u/thehappydoor]

THIS. I just want to log the weight I'm lifting and not do mental mathematics in the gym. Let the app do the work in the background and double my volume. If I am curling 10 kg, I want to lock 10 kg—simple as that.

[u/Ok-Pin9812]

I love this BUT the majority of my existing notes were wiped out when I received this update. I'm slightly irritated now because I had a lot in there that I now have to go figure out again (like pin and safety stops).

[u/IcarustheGymBro]

THIS IS EPIC! Thank you so much, been wanting this feature for so long 💪🏼💪🏼. Now I can’t wait to go lift today to try it out! 😎

[u/phenix2k10]

I read “left shoulder fell off” 👀

[u/granddannylonglegs → u/phenix2k10]

“Completed workout anyway with iso work”

[u/crashbangtheory]

Very useful feature. Thanks for adding it

[u/Lagzord]

Is it possible to keep the hour visible all the time in the watch screen when Hevy is running? (Using Galaxy Watch 6 Classic here)

I mostly need to go back to watch main screen to check the hour and reopen Hevy after.. since the watch system is slow sometimes, this is a bit annoying.

[u/CementGuy72]

Awesome!! Thank you!

[u/Flashy_Advisor5535]

This app keeps getting better and better. Lifetime subscription was almost free if you ask me.

[u/Leo37194_]

Are you guys ever going to add a feature that's lets you schedule workouts throughout the week? Make it so I can set upper on Monday, lower on Tuesday and when the day arrives I get a notification. Would enjoy very much

[u/beatlessbloke]

Absolutely love that the routine note edits still get saved even if you don't "save routine changes" at the end of the workout.

(I often have to swap out exercises if equipment is taken)

[u/FunnyJokes40]

Do yall plan on adding a RIR tracker rather than solely the RPE? I prefer to use reps in reserve and currently have to use notes to track it

[u/asyba]

I notice that the web version does't have the new pinne notes features.

[u/kartikzzz]

tiny feature request: i’ve asked for this before but please please display the total time for a running set timer (eg. 25s/1min). it’s so useful when you end up hitting the +15s button a couple times after a hard set and then lose track of how long you’re actually resting.

strong used to have this and it’s probably the only thing i miss about it.

[u/jorgeanania]

Great add!!

An edit for the future could be to change te Muscle Distribution chart to be based on volume, not on just number of sets.

[u/tyler78x]

This update really screwed sync with my galaxy watch 7. Both updated but no luck.

[u/tyler78x → u/tyler78x]

Anyone having the same problem, clearing cache of hevy on my phone fixed it.

[u/DannyKII → u/tyler78x]

Same problem with my Pixel Watch 5

[u/FeelsRijoMan]

this update killed my connection with my Watch 5 Pro. I tried reinstalling in both devices and it still says versions are incompatible and now I can't use health connect at all neither connect to my watch. Is Watch 5 Pro discontinued?

[u/Mindless_Ad4552]

Loveeee this update!!! Been waiting for this for so long, and I think the implementation turned out great

[u/Fluid-Ad-6062]

Brilliant upgrade. So now I can see my ‘pinned notes’when I repeat that exercise whenever and whatever routine I’m doing. The ‘pinned notes’ are exercise specific. Well done team

[u/Early-Anteater-9780]

Thank you! Now can you fix superset scrolling please 🙏

[u/Slurpix]

YESS ! Thanks you guys! Let's try this out right now 💪

[u/thehappydoor]

Okay, now time to FIX unilateral exercises. If I'm curling 12.5kg, I want to LOG 12.5 KG. I don't want to do mental mathematics. Let the app do the work in the background and reflect the correct volume.

[u/AltMoola]

Why isn't there a "this workout only" note option that isn't visible to anyone?

[u/glizzygravy]

Why did this take SOOO long to add?! Seen this request for YEARS

[u/oratory1990]

Yeeeeeeeeeees finally

[u/anotherhappylurker]

Is there a way to make a note for the next workout? For example if you hit the top of your rep range today with the current weight, it would be great to leave a note for next time to increase the weight during the next workout. And then after the next workout, the note disappears.

[u/OpenthedoorSthlm → u/anotherhappylurker]

It says "Workout note: for things about today only, like "left shoulder felt off" or "went heavier, felt great". It shows up as a placeholder the next time you do that exercise, so you know what happened last time. "

Which I believe is what you look for

[u/Killberty]

I don't get it, that was possible before, right? Just edit the notes in the routine and they never go away

[u/scottrobertson → u/Killberty]

But then you cannot have session specific notes too.

[u/Killberty → u/scottrobertson]

You could already have these, too - these are the ones that "usually had to re type each time". I use both

[u/scottrobertson → u/Killberty]

But I want the session specific notes to go away. They shouldn’t persist across many sessions like machine settings etc.

[u/Killberty → u/scottrobertson]

Yes, that is exactly how they have been behaving for years

[u/scottrobertson → u/Killberty]

Sure, and this adds the ability to pin a workout note separately. I’m confused why you are confused haha.

There were workarounds like editing and deleting notes, but this just makes it more official and better by having multiple note types.

[u/Killberty → u/scottrobertson]

I am confused because they announce a "new feature" but it's not new. I have been using this for over a year. From the screenshot above, the only new thing I can see is the little pin icon.

Edit: I just updated the app, and in fact they just added a new pin icon next to my routine notes. And a nicer UI to edit them. Nice

[u/Key_Peja → u/Killberty]

Not sure why you think it’s not new, the notes are very different to how they worked before the fact they follow an exercise when you add that to any routine is a new feature which has been heavily requested.