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How to get the most out of Zyra Workouts and MacroDiet, feature by feature.

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Getting started with Zyra Workouts

Zyra Workouts is an offline-first iOS workout logger in development. The four tabs, the first workout, the day-one settings, and what it does not do yet.

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Logging a set: the keypad, partial reps, left and right

How to log partial reps and unilateral sets in Zyra Workouts: the weight and reps keypads, the "+" key for partials, RIR chips, and the L/R split.

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Warm-up, drop, myo and failure sets in Zyra Workouts

How to log drop sets, myo-reps, warm-ups and failure sets in Zyra Workouts: the set-type sheet, W/D/M/F badges, and which sets count toward volume.

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Setting up your gym profile and plate inventory

The plate inventory in the Zyra Workouts app: bar weight (10, 15 or 20 kg), six plate sizes, named gym profiles, and what the inventory changes.

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Using the plate calculator in Zyra Workouts

The barbell plate calculator in the Zyra Workouts app: where it appears, how to read the breakdown label, and what "not loadable exactly" means.

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Smart Progression: what the blue, yellow and red wand mean

Smart Progression in Zyra Workouts from its own rule: the rep ceiling, the step size, and why the wand is blue, yellow or red (not loadable).

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Generating a program with Smart Generation

The program generator in the Zyra Workouts app: the six questions, the rules that turn them into a six-cycle periodized program, and how to run it.

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Adding custom exercises in Zyra Workouts

How to add a custom exercise in the Zyra Workouts app: the New Exercise form, the primary/secondary muscle tap-cycle, equipment, type and rest.

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Reading the Levels tab and muscle-group drill-downs

The Levels tab in the Zyra Workouts app shows weekly sets per muscle over 4, 8 or 12 weeks. How it counts, and why it differs from the dashboard.

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Exporting your training data from Zyra Workouts

How to export workout data as CSV or JSON from the Zyra Workouts app: the export sheet, the eight CSV columns, and what the effort column holds.

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Getting started with MacroDiet

MacroDiet is a macro and calorie tracking web app. What the 25-step onboarding sets up, what the dashboard shows on day one, and which tabs are live today.

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What MacroDiet's onboarding asks, and why

Every MacroDiet onboarding question, what it feeds, and which answers change the calorie and macro maths today versus being recorded for later.

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Expenditure in MacroDiet: what it is and the 3-of-7 logging rule

What the Expenditure page shows, where the starting number comes from, what the 3-food-days-plus-1-weigh-in rule is for, and which parts are live today.

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The weight-trend chart in MacroDiet

What the Weight Trend page shows, how the deficit estimate and 30-day projection are computed, why the scale is noisy, and what smoothing is still coming.

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Scale weight and weigh-ins in MacroDiet

How to log a weight in MacroDiet, what the Scale Weight chart and Weigh-In calendar show, the once-per-7-days minimum, and how to weigh so the data is usable.

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Your first 30 days in MacroDiet

The four milestones MacroDiet shows after sign-up, which are live and which are coming, and a week-by-week logging plan so the data is ready when they arrive.

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The weekly check-in in MacroDiet

MacroDiet's weekly check-in is coming: the Strategy tab, the four-module wizard, how partial-logging days are handled, and how a program update is accepted.

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Logging food in MacroDiet: search and barcode scanning

How the Food Log timeline works, how search groups Latest, Common, Branded and Open Food Facts results, how the barcode scanner resolves a product, and grams.

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Changing your goal, rate and diet style in MacroDiet

Where goal, target weight and activity level are edited in MacroDiet, what saving recomputes today, and what each diet style, protein tier, floor and rate sets.

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MacroDiet's free calculators: what they compute and what they don't

The free macro, calorie and calorie-deficit calculators on macrodiet.fit and their zyra.fit siblings: inputs, formula, fixed assumptions, and their limits.

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Zyra is a training and nutrition tracking tool. Nothing on this page is medical advice, a diagnosis, or an individual prescription. The numbers are estimates from published formulas and the apps' own rules — consult a qualified professional for decisions about your health, and a coach for your training.