Less mental overhead
You should not need a spreadsheet, notes app, and memory just to decide what to do next in training.
OpenLift Product Hub
Structured training without the spreadsheet brain.
OpenLift brings program planning, workout logging, adaptive progression, nutrition, measurements, and analytics into one system. You still do the work. The app keeps the process coherent.
Program plansAdaptive progressionFast workout loggingNutrition and measurementsAnalytics that stay readable
Available on iPhone and Android. Open source and privacy-first. Self-hosting remains planned for a later stable release.
Why it exists
Most workout apps remember the last session. OpenLift helps with the next one.
More coherent progress
Plans, progression, logging, recovery context, and review all live in one place instead of drifting apart.
Useful even on imperfect weeks
OpenLift is designed for real training life, where some days are great, some are flat, and some logs are incomplete.
What you actually get
One product, six jobs it needs to do well.
Plan
Program plans with real weekly structure
Build around your goal, level, equipment, and schedule. The plan stays understandable instead of turning into a template graveyard.
Progress
Progression playbooks that react to performance
Weights and reps can update from what you actually did, so the next target feels earned and realistic.
Log
Workout tracking that does not slow the session down
Track sets, reps, rest, RIR, failure work, drop sets, and details that matter when you review training later.
Review
Analytics that explain what is changing
See volume, PRs, muscle balance, exercise history, and trend views that help you spot momentum and weak points.
Eat
Nutrition logging that stays useful even when imperfect
Quick logging matters more than perfect logging. Partial entries still help you see patterns over time.
Measure
Body tracking that is more than one scale number
Track weight, circumference measurements, goals, progress photos, and changes across custom date ranges.
What feels different
A clearer system, not just a better logbook.
Typical tracker
OpenLift
Remembers the last workout.
Keeps the next workout grounded in your actual performance.
Offers generic templates with little follow-through.
Combines planning, progression, and review inside the same system.
Tracks data in isolation.
Connects training, nutrition, and measurements so the story makes more sense.
Shows lots of numbers and leaves interpretation to you.
Turns the main trends into readable signals you can act on.
Inside the product
Real features, not abstract promises.
Plans you can actually follow
Program structure is visible at a glance, which matters when consistency is the real bottleneck.
Progress that stays visible
Analytics are there to answer simple questions quickly: am I progressing, where am I stuck, and what am I neglecting?
Physical progress beyond the barbell
Measurements and body tracking help when strength, physique, and adherence do not move in a straight line.
Who it fits
Best for people who want structure and still want control.
Beginners who need clarity
If you are tired of guessing how hard to push and what to repeat next week, OpenLift gives you a cleaner structure.
Intermediate lifters who feel stuck
If progress is stalling because your process is scattered, the biggest gain may come from having one coherent system again.
Strength and calisthenics users in one app
OpenLift is built for people who do not want separate tools for weights, bodyweight progressions, nutrition, and body tracking.
Honest framing
OpenLift is not magic. That is the point.
It does not replace a good coach, but it can remove a lot of avoidable guesswork.
It does not promise instant results, only a more structured process and clearer feedback.
It is built as an open-source, privacy-first product with self-hosting planned once the product is stable.
Go deeper
Use this page as the hub, then branch into the details.
Features
See the full feature set
Browse the major product areas in one place before you dive into specifics.
Open featuresProgressions
Understand how progression works
See why Playbooks matter if you want the app to help decide the next step.
Open progression pageSelf-hosting
See the current self-hosting status
Read what is already public about the open backend and the current self-hosting direction.
Open docsStart simple
Download it, log one normal workout, and judge it from there.
That is the fastest way to see whether OpenLift removes friction for your training or not.