Great App, Missing Important Features

This is a great app that I use frequently, but it is lacking some important features, and I find the new Statistics feature to provide no real benefit. A long awaited feature, that would add immensely to the value of this app, would be progress tracking integrated into individual workouts. For each exercise, we can currently only see the reps and weight used for the most recent previous workout. It would be incredibly useful to be able to see a chronological list of a series of previous workouts. It’s important to track how your reps and/or weight have changed over time, whether you’ve plateaued, etc. It’s also important to see more than just your previous workout if you vary your workouts from time to time (lighter weights and higher reps one week, heavier weights and lower reps another week). On the screen for each exercise, there is a huge amount of unused screen space perfect for such a list. The new Statistics feature is “cool” but doesn’t provide any information that I actually find useful, and is not easily accessible during a workout.

It would also be useful to include notes on the same screen as the reps and weight. Some days I will make a note about how to vary an exercise during my next workout, but those notes are hidden on another screen, adding unnecessary extra steps. It would also be useful to have access to notes from more than just the most recent previous workout.

Otherwise, this is a great app, and I recommend it highly.

JavaJed about Gym Hero Pro, v2.12