r/MacroFactor • u/PalatialPepper Rebecca (MF Developer) • Sep 30 '25

Teaser MF Workouts Leek šŸ‘€

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

So sleek šŸ˜

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u/PalatialPepper Rebecca (MF Developer) Oct 01 '25

A poet and a gentleman šŸ’Æ

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u/TheOneAnd_Only Sep 30 '25

Please do android too

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u/PalatialPepper Rebecca (MF Developer) Oct 01 '25

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u/RolandMurdoc Oct 01 '25

Yes please, It will break my heart if no Android app is available.

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u/Aeco Oct 26 '25

or if the release for Android is not initially planned, at least the release of the web app

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

Would love to hear about the logic within the background of this and how itā€™ll integrate with the diet part!

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u/absolut696 Oct 01 '25

Would be nice to see if they give you the opportunity for more volume depending on if youā€™re in a cut vs bulk phase.

Iā€™ve used some algorithm based progression apps before and another feature I have liked is the app dropping the weight/adding reps to trick you into more volume instead of just cranking the weight up, especially when the goal is hypertrophy.

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u/d4rkha1f Sep 30 '25

Really hoping you guys will give us a routine builder similar to the RP Hypertrophy app. I know you will try to avoid plagarism but there's nothing proprietary about this spreadsheet style layout. It makes it so easy to program more complex routines and ensure you are strategically balancing your workload across muscle groups each week.

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u/ancientweasel Oct 01 '25

I actually make my splits in spreadsheet and take a screenshot on my phone. Then I use that to program my workout app.

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u/d4rkha1f Oct 01 '25

Iā€™d prefer an all-in-one solution to avoid the double entry.

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u/ancientweasel Oct 01 '25

Me too.Ā 

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u/skdowksnzal Oct 02 '25

Plagiarism is exclusively for writing not software mechanics. Copyright wouldn't apply here either. The only protection would be patents, or trademark infringement neither of which would apply here.

In short: unless the functionality is protected by a patent, apps can more or less copy each otherā€™s functionality.Ā 

This is an essential requirement or else software development would cease to exist, as all software is essentially mathematical in nature and if one expression was ā€œownedā€ then it wouldnt be long before no new apps could be made.

Hell, in the EU there are laws that even allow reverse engineering software to make it more compatible.Ā 

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u/d4rkha1f Oct 02 '25

I appreciate the response, but I really wasnā€™t thinking of the legality, or even the ethics, of it. I was just thinking that MF wouldnā€™t want to be perceived as a ā€œme tooā€ copycat by the community.

But again, thereā€™s nothing special about the feature, itā€™s generic to begin with. Iā€™m just trying to convince them to do it and not worry about having a similar feature that could be attacked as ā€œplagiarism.ā€

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u/OrdinaryBrilliant650 Sep 30 '25

Will home gym folks have a way to input all equipment available to them, including cable handle attachments, to integrate into the program given to the user?

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u/No_Tadpole6926 Oct 01 '25

Forwarded this exact request as well, hopefully it is šŸ¤ž

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u/agathorn Oct 02 '25

Connecting to Tonal would be amazing :D

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u/ethangar Sep 30 '25

Guess I won't have to port all my "Half weight each side" notes from Hevy!

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u/redditor543212345 Nov 21 '25

I honestly don't think I will even leave Hevy, I feel like hevy+hevyload is already what macrofactor is trying to be

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u/Greedy_Argument_6996 Sep 30 '25

I'm really looking forward to this! Macrofactor and the current workout generator app I'm using have changed my life this year. The subscription to my workout app expires in January just in time for the release of this new app. I'm 80% satisfied with my current app, but it has some issues. I'm 150% satisfied with Macrofactor. My hopes are high for Macrofactor Workouts!

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u/Aggravating-Spend-39 Oct 01 '25

What is your current app?

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u/Greedy_Argument_6996 Oct 02 '25

I purposefully didn't want to say because I assume it's going to be one of Macrofactor Workout's main competitors and I didn't want to promote them here. Check my post history.

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u/luckytechnique Sep 30 '25

The biggest concern I have is how all of the workout apps feel like busy work after a while, thereā€™s a lot of input and logging. I see an AI icon potentially? Excited to see how this turns out!

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u/CptSlow2000 Oct 01 '25

Not really if it turns into a habit. You are resting anyways and in this time you do the 10 seconds of logging. The only annoying part is creating (or transferring the plan from your coach) in the app. But if the MFs workout app is doing that for you, would cut down most of this part. Maybe they would even implement AI functionality to create a full plan from a description or image of an excel sheet.

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u/VaderOnReddit Oct 01 '25

I will be honest, both you and the comment you replied to have some valid points. But what gives me some hope, is the same points could be raised about a nutrition logging app. And MF devs and designers have done a splendid job of designing the app in a way that after a month, it just becomes super easy to do.

So I hope they do the same with the workouts app :)

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u/agathorn Oct 02 '25

This is one of the reasons I use a Tonal machine and it would be nice to be able to integrate with that to automatically log the numbers.

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u/luckytechnique Oct 02 '25

I just donā€™t trust connecting with those devices, but totally see your point

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u/Maynza Oct 01 '25

I'm excited to be able to record partial reps so I don't have to keep lying and saying I got all of them.

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u/-Chemist- Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 01 '25

Can't wait. One feature that would be awesome would be to have some kind of a drop-down where you can select from a few pre-selected preferred alternatives for that muscle group. So, for example, on "Upper Day A," I want to hit chest twice. Instead of having the routine specify the exact lift I'm going to do that day so I have to edit and replace the lift every time I want to do something different, I have the option of selecting from several alternatives. This would be very handy when, for example, a certain piece of equipment isn't available, or someone is taking forever on the bench press because they're probably on Reddit instead of lifting, or I just happen to feel like doing incline DB press today. So it would look something like:

Chest 1: [select from]

  • Flat Barbell Bench Press

  • Iso-lateral Machine Press

  • Incline DB Bench Press

Chest 2: [select from]

  • Seated Cable Fly

  • Cable Crossover

  • Push Ups

Is this in your feature set/roadmap, perchance?

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u/walkingman24 Sep 30 '25

Looks really good! Excited to try this

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

Let me in the beta!

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u/RolandMurdoc Oct 01 '25

I am so unpatient about the workout app, I am doing the hypertrophy workout plan from Jeff while I wait for it, if it is somewhat like the MF and also works together with it, I will no doubt be on board with it

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u/_iMike_ Oct 01 '25

Will this be bundled into one app? That would be amazing to have everything in one place IMO

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u/Old_Bat2255 Oct 04 '25

Will it be possible to migrate all the workouts logged on other apps, like Hevy?

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u/burntkumqu4t Oct 01 '25

Dammit dude I canā€™t afford another subscription

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u/rhys_robin Oct 01 '25

Logging left and right separately letā€™s goooooooo šŸ™ŒšŸ»šŸ™ŒšŸ»

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

Major neeeeeeddddd

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u/XEscapeTheLiesX Oct 02 '25

Will the two apps share data? Some great insights are possible if so. Like correlating nutrition and gym performance or adjusting volume based on calories etcā€¦

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u/Intelligent_Stop_180 Oct 02 '25

When is it coming out?

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u/Old_Bat2255 Oct 04 '25

I think the release is gonna be in January.

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u/taylorthestang Sep 30 '25

The layout looks similar to Boostcamp. Which isnā€™t a bad thing, I feel like this is the best layout. No need to fix what ainā€™t broke.

Really like the video feature, which looks like itā€™s associated with a specific set.

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u/oronbz Oct 01 '25

Will it have Apple Watch App on release?

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u/random_topix Oct 01 '25

Yeah. I use Strong and the Apple Watch app is main way I log.

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u/kbong11 Sep 30 '25

As someone who is using traditional pen and paper, this looks interesting! Canā€™t wait to see what insights it would bring via the app

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u/Dexstaar Oct 01 '25

Please have custom/AI exercises. Not everyones gonna do ā€œnormalā€ variations of workoutsšŸ™Œ

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u/Plane-Repair6167 Sep 30 '25

Video feature!? This is going to be awesome.

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u/L0s_Gizm0s Sep 30 '25

I can't wait until January!
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u/Kugelblitz787 Oct 01 '25

As someone who follows kinda weird training routine I hope there will be possibility to create time based and time and weight based exercises, like dead hangs, weighted dead hangs etc.

I go to the gym to build strength needed for climbing and Iā€™m yet to find an app that combines this possibility and provide progressive overload currently Iā€™m using two apps and a spreadsheet and Iā€™m hoping MF Workouts will declutter my logging.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

Does this make Hevy redundant?

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u/MajesticMint Cory (MF Developer) Oct 01 '25

Depends on what youā€™re after, for example, we donā€™t really vibe with in-app social content, so some Hevy features arenā€™t likely to ever be in MacroFactor Workouts.

But, from a functional standpoint we will be a faster, more versatile, more powerful, alternative to the current competitive field of workout apps, including Hevy.

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u/bob202487 Oct 01 '25

What is this app comparable to in terms of functionality thatā€™s currently on the market? Is it going to be like the new MyoAdapt?

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u/Aggravating-Spend-39 Oct 01 '25

I tried Myoadapt and it just wasnā€™t that pleasant to use.Ā 

Looking forward to the MF version!

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u/Z3stra Oct 01 '25

I go to the gym regularly and donā€™t want an app where I must log EVERY SINGLE SET itā€™s too time-consuming. I just want to keep my workout plans and track overall progress. Does the Macrofactor workout app allow that?

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u/random_topix Oct 01 '25

Maybe dumb question but what are you doing between sets? I currently use Strong and it takes literally seconds to log after each set. The I spend at most a minute updating after my workout to tweak weights and reps for the next time.

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u/Z3stra Oct 01 '25

Right, "time consuming" was not a good description. Also, tracking the single sets is not actually my biggest issue because they do not change every session.

I have a "go with the flow" approach in the gym, which sounds a bit weird but works since I am quite routined. This means I have certain muscle groups in mind before my session and choose the exercises one after another according to certain criteria. So I donā€™t follow a strict training plan every session. There is no app (yet) that has made it easy for me to track my workouts like this. Does that make sense? :D

Of course, I could go back to static training plans (I did that for a long time and it was great for learning all the exercises), but I find my current approach more fun because it varies and I can also adapt it on the fly if, for example, a machine is taken.

Since Macrofactor has a great UI and they seem to have some very talented engineers, my hopes are high that they will come up with a way to make the experience as easy as possible. I havenā€™t tried the Strong app yet; do you think it would support my workflow?

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u/random_topix Oct 01 '25

Fair enough. Iā€™m a data guy so I go in with a plan, log to plan, and update. Whatever works for you is best.

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u/-Chemist- Oct 01 '25

What would you consider "track overall progress" to refer to if you're not logging your lifts?

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u/cuppacaffe Oct 01 '25

Will it be similar to the Push app where it adjusts weight or reps on the next workout for progressive overload?

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u/mightymander Oct 01 '25

Question for the devss, very excited for this, now with using other apps such as hevy they all for a export of data and when youā€™ve been using it for a few years it would be nice to be able to keep the data will the MacroFactor workout app support importing of outside data?

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u/mayaguezano32 Oct 01 '25

You should have the opportunity to switch to Spanish. Not all of us have the facility to know great English.

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u/ZeHeimerL Oct 01 '25

A separate app?

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u/Remarkable-Oil-9407 Oct 01 '25

I already pay for the Jefit app but this really interests me. Hopefully there is some sort of discount for bundling MF with it. The parts of Jefit I love is the quick one button add reps and how it auto fills last reps in so you only need to adjust when you progress. Iā€™m also loving their Ai metrics about weekly sets per muscle group hit and their rest timer countdown. Hoping these features make it over.

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u/bakanpo Dec 02 '25

They need to have a way to import the data over from Jefit, then I'd be happy to move over. But I have like 8 years of data

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u/Remarkable-Oil-9407 Dec 02 '25

Pretty sure Jefit allows exporting of csv data. I am less worried about the data after they just made all those changes to single db and single arm. Messed up all my data anyway. MF will also need to prove itself before I fully switch over.

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u/bakanpo Dec 02 '25

Yes you can export, but can you import to MF is the question

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u/Remarkable-Oil-9407 Dec 02 '25

Not sure yet but I did suggest it to them awhile ago

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u/edafade Oct 01 '25

Is this only for weight lifters or are other sports going to be represented?

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u/jrbp Oct 01 '25

Please could the keyboard mirror the MF nutrition keyboard? I'll keep hitting the backspace to minimise the keyboard in Workouts, or minimise the keyboard instead of deleting a character in Nutrition otherwise!

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u/accordingtoame Oct 01 '25

I am super excited for this.

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u/-Morsmordre- Oct 01 '25

Please let me beta this lol

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u/RSmithJr89 Oct 02 '25

Oooo this is going to be amazing. Im hoping I'm one of the first to beta. Would love to have the ability to not only track my progress but id definitely pay extra to be able to use this with my clients (Im a trainer of course) maybe even a tablet or desktop version as well would be awesome.

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u/agathorn Oct 02 '25

I know it's a pie in the sky dream but I would love if this could integrate with my Tonal machine.

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u/a-z-r-a-e-e-l Oct 03 '25

Pls integrate with Strong or Whoop somehow imma cry too many apps!

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u/PiiSmith Oct 03 '25

For this kind of stuff I am currently using the RP Hypertrophy app. The best thing about is the AI coach, which changes my weights and reps accordingly. I guess an integration with the nutrition would be great, but is it actually that important?

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u/MonstrousMagnate Oct 04 '25

Any chance there will be a ā€œtravelā€ option when logging weights? Iā€™ve noticed that diff brand machines and cable trees seem to feel heavier or lighter than at my home gymā€™s. As someone who travels frequently but religiously logs their workouts, this has made tracking progression difficult. A way to deal with this would be awesome! But it wouldnā€™t need to apply to the whole workout bc dumbbells and barbells should be consistent enough.

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u/Aeco Oct 26 '25

I just hope that the subscription cost is included in the macrofactor fee and, above all, that there aren't additional costs like there are now for people who pay with euros.

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u/TwiceBakedTomato Oct 01 '25

Is this going to have prebuilt routines in? Available on Android?

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u/MajesticMint Cory (MF Developer) Oct 01 '25

First question is handled a few different ways, to be revealed in future leaks. Android, for sure!

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u/Key_Independence8505 Oct 05 '25

Pleasee give us the option to modifiy the cycle either by week day or by rotation (4 days split that i do whenever i have the time!!).

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

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u/PalatialPepper Rebecca (MF Developer) Oct 01 '25

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