Daily Training
Your Workout, Simplified
Ascend makes logging your training straightforward—so you can focus on the work, not the app.
Your Daily Dashboard
The Today View
When you open Ascend, you see exactly what you need: today's workout with your exercises, sets, and targets laid out clearly.
Each exercise shows your target reps (calculated from your max via RFEM), how many sets remain, and your progress through the workout.
Smart Warmup Generation
Ascend can automatically generate warmup sets based on your working targets. Warmups scale with your strength—as your max increases, your warmups adjust.
Monday, January 13
Push Day
Push-ups
Dips
Pike Push-ups
Logging Sets
Simple Interactions
Log your sets with quick gestures and taps. Swipe to complete or skip; tap to edit details when you need to record something different from your target.
How to Log Sets
Optional Feature
Rest Timer
Ascend includes an optional rest timer that, when enabled, starts automatically after you complete a set. It notifies you when your rest period is complete.
You can configure the rest duration in settings, and turn the timer off entirely if you prefer.
Train on Your Schedule
Not everyone trains sets back-to-back. If you prefer to spread your sets throughout the day, intersperse training with other activities, or just don't want timer notifications, you can disable the rest timer in settings.
Flexibility
Scheduled and Spontaneous Training
Cycles provide structure, but Ascend also supports flexibility when you need it.
Scheduled Workouts
Your cycle defines which exercises appear on which days. Open the app and your workout is ready—targets calculated, sets organized.
Ad-Hoc Sessions
Add extra exercises anytime—for accessory work, a spontaneous session, or training you want to track outside your regular cycle.
Your Exercises
Create and Track Any Movement
You create your own exercises in Ascend—name them whatever you like and assign them to your workouts. Each exercise can use a different tracking mode depending on how you want to progress.
Rep-Based
Standard exercises tracked by repetitions. Use RFEM progression for calculated targets based on your max, or Simple mode for linear progression.
Pull-ups, Push-ups, Dips, Rows, Squats
Time-Based
For any exercise tracked by duration. A built-in stopwatch shows elapsed time; complete the set when you hit your target.
Planks, Balance Work, Cardio, Runs, Holds
Conditioning
High-rep work with gradual progression. Start at a base value and increment weekly for steady endurance gains.
Jumping Jacks, Burpees, Mountain Climbers
See Your Progress
History & Tracking
Every workout is logged with full history—sets completed, reps achieved. The calendar view shows your training frequency at a glance: which days you trained, which workouts you completed, and your overall consistency.
The Progress tab shows your overall totals—total sets, reps, timed exercises, and number of exercises—across a timeframe you select: this week, this cycle, or all time. You can also see totals for each individual exercise over the same timeframes.
Max History
For each exercise, Ascend tracks your max rep history over time. See when your numbers go up and how your strength has progressed across multiple cycles.
Progress Summary
127
Total Sets
1,842
Total Reps
12
Exercises
Ready to Simplify Your Training?
Intelligent targets, simple logging, clear progress tracking.