Know the weight before you touch the bar
Fortior suggests each weight from your recent sets of the same lift, aimed at the reps and reps in reserve your plan calls for. It rounds to a step you can load: 2.5 kg (5 lb) for most equipment, 5 kg (10 lb) for machines. Tap a suggestion to open "Why this weight?".
Follow a plan, or don't
Run one of eight preset programs, build your own templates, or log freely. Bench taken? Substitute a similar exercise mid-workout, ranked by movement and muscles. Your workout follows you to the Lock Screen and Apple Watch, where you can complete a set.
Log effort, not just reps
Enter reps in reserve on each set: how many more good reps you had left. Zero means failure and a blank means you didn't track it, and Fortior never mistakes one for the other. Where a calculation needs a number, a blank counts as two.
An estimated max for every lift
Fortior estimates your one-rep max from the weight, reps and reps in reserve of sets you already log, so you can follow your strength without a test day. Push-ups and pull-ups are measured relative to your bodyweight, so a cut doesn't read as getting weaker.
See where your sets go
Hard sets per muscle each week show what your training actually covers. A hard set has at least five reps and at most three in reserve. Main muscles get a full set and helper muscles get half.
Records that mean something
Highlights celebrate only real wins: a heavier lift, a higher estimated max, more reps at the same load. A first attempt is a baseline, not a record. Every workout you finish gets a recap.
A deload only when the signs agree
A Deload suggested card appears on Today only when several signs of fatigue line up, such as falling lifts, sets feeling harder than planned, lower HRV or short sleep. It never changes your program on its own.
Questions
Do I need to test my max?
No. Fortior estimates it from the weight, reps and reps in reserve of the sets you log, using sets where reps plus reps in reserve lands between 1 and 11. It's an estimate, not a tested max, and how honestly you rate your sets moves it.
Will it fit my program?
Yes. Run one of the eight preset programs, build your own templates, or follow a plan from your coach. Suggestions come from your recent sets of each lift and need a planned rep range, which any program or template gives an exercise.
What about bodyweight exercises?
Pull-ups, dips and push-ups log reps with an optional added or assistance load. Fortior divides your estimated max total load by your bodyweight, shown as a multiple such as 1.24× BW, so losing weight doesn't look like losing strength. It needs a bodyweight on record.
Can I use kg or lb, and what about my plates?
Pick pounds or kilograms in Settings. Suggestions are rounded once, in your unit, to the usual step for the equipment: 2.5 kg (5 lb), or 5 kg (10 lb) on machines. Gym and equipment profiles, under detailed training controls, can hold your plate pairs and rounding step.
Can I bring my Strong or Hevy history?
Yes. In Settings → Data → Import training history, choose your CSV. Fortior shows a preview before anything is saved, and sets from the past year can feed your suggested weights. Strong and Hevy are names of their respective owners, and Fortior is not affiliated with them.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Logging, your history and workout suggestions work offline. Cloud sync, hosted AI and provider imports wait for a connection.
Are the numbers exact?
No. Suggestions and estimated maxes are estimates from your own logs. Adjust a weight when a set is clearly too light or too heavy and log what you actually lifted; the next suggestion updates from it. Fortior is not medical advice.