KeyLifts - 531 Workout Log

You have never seen anything like this before! The inexplicable amount of time invested into this work of “software art”, and the unmistakable passion for the 5/3/1 philosophy become obvious as soon as you open the app! That alone justifies the price of the subscription in a heartbeat! Silky smooth, intuitive and outstandingly reliable- the app is a “delicious” bite from the App Store’s kitchen! The meticulously structured 110 templates would make Jim Wendler happy! Everything works: counts, combines, remembers! A few years ago, when the app was a little baby 👶 , making the first timid steps, some impatient, unhappy people left the undeserved one-Star reviews! Today, a Super-Smart Kid, the App will show a stunning performance that is Superior to any competition! Do you want the Encyclopedia of 5/3/1 in your pocket? Do you want to experience the sensational support from the developer? Then- go for it! You will not be disappointed! To the Developers: Extremely well done! Outstanding! Bravo!!

Best workout tracker I’ve ever used. Has template programs built into it (most of them 5/3/1 by Jim Wendler). I’ve purchased the 5/3/1 books and you should too. Read and understand them — then use KeyLifts to track your program for many years to come. This app is also high customizable (even as far as modifying pre-made 5/3/1 templates) and your modifications are save-able as a user template which then makes it easy to plug in new cycles as you go through months/years of training. The app developer is also doing great work to improve this app as he goes. I recommend it as highly as I can. Keeps track of lifts by percentages, calculates all that for you, shows you what plates to use, all that. Brilliant tool, packed with greatness yet simple enough to aid any user.

I used the app for two Leader cycles of the template God Is A Beast. During my 12 week use of the app I found several things wrong with the app. One of them was my percentages on week 6 were all sorts of messed up for whatever reason. I had to manually adjust them in order to hit the prescribed percentages that were the correct ones from the 531 Forever book. Another issue I found was that my main lower body movements were not being increased by 10lbs as is the recommendation per 531. Instead they were only increased by 5lbs. Another issue I found was in the God Is A Beast Anchor template. The 5x5 supplemental work was done on a completely separate day instead of being on the same day as it should be. I’m sure there are many other little issues like this within app and templates that I don’t see it being worth a monthly cost. I will say that the creator of the app is great in regards to responding to these issues when you email him about them. On the flip side it is annoying and cumbersome having to email him in regards to the issues over and over. Who knows if they’ll even be corrected. Because of the issues I canceled my subscription and deleted the app. If the issues eventually get fixed I may revisit the app but for now I’ll just use another tracking app for my training.