Home of Strength
Android: Check out the Deep Squatter App on the Google Play Store (free). It is an app that uses your smartphone’s sensors to track squat depth and speed. Johan, the creator of the app, contacted me because he needs some guinea pigs. With his app he wants to track how the squat speed and the speed curve [...]
Check out TheSquatRack.com – an online workout tracker. Still very much in beta it already sports the basic functions. See this post on reddit where the developer explains them. Of course it is nowhere near the 800 pound gorilla in the market, but it is nice to have some competition going. Or use my favorite method, the totally [...]
Check out StrengthCalc. It is one of these online Powerlifting / Diet routine calculator thingies. Probably helpful when you want to get a quick routine overview with your numbers plugged in. It is still new so expect bugs. Update: mobile version available at m.strengthcalc.com and lots of bug fixes. Features: Starting Strength 5×5 531 (for 531 I [...]
Android: Rep Max Calculator is an easy way to determine a RM in the 1-12 range. Yes, yes, I know, real men do test true RMs, but it is still fun to geek out about rep maxes when nobody is looking, right? Get it here: Google Play Price: Free Features Available Rep Max Formulas: Epley, Brzycki, Lander, Lombardi, Mayhew et al., O’Conner [...]
Lots of people ask what are some decent numbers for my age / bodyweight? Australian weightlifting coach Myles Wydall made a little calculator just for that. You enter your PB (choose from various lifts) and it estimates what you should be able to do in the other lifts. He says, that it is using data [...]
