Zyra Workouts is in development and not yet on the App Store; screens may change before release.
Logging a set in Zyra Workouts is two taps and a keypad: one cell for the weight, one for the reps, and a tick to commit. The same keypad also handles the two things most loggers make awkward — partial reps and left/right sides — and this guide covers exactly how, including what the resulting numbers feed.
What it does
Each exercise in a session is a small table with columns Set · Previous · kg (or lb) · Reps · ✓. The set number doubles as a button (set type — see set types), the "Previous" column shows what you did for that set number last time, and the two value cells open a keypad. Above the table sits a row of action chips: Info, Warm Up, Targets, Superset, Swap, L/R and Note.
| Cell or control | What opens | What it stores |
|---|---|---|
| Weight cell | Weight keypad, with a live plate breakdown for the typed load | weightKg (typed in your units, stored in kg) |
| Reps cell | Reps keypad, RIR chips 0R–4R above the digits, "+" key for partials | repsFull, repsPartial, effort |
| Set number | Set-type sheet (Standard / Warm-Up / Drop / Myo / Failure) | setType |
| ✓ | Commits the set; starts the rest timer for working sets | completed + timestamp |
| L/R chip | Splits unticked sets into L and R rows | side = left or right |
Step by step
- Weight. Tap the weight cell. Type the total load — for a barbell that includes the bar. The panel under the number shows the plates per side from your gym profile, and warns if the number cannot be built from them (plate calculator). Tap Done.
- Reps. Tap the reps cell. Type the full reps. For partials, tap + and type the partial count:
8+2. The keypad only ever allows one "+" in the entry. - Effort (optional). Tap a chip from 0R to 4R for reps in reserve — how many more you could have done. Tap it again to clear.
- Tick. Tap ✓. The row greys out, the next row becomes active, and if "Auto-start rest timer" is on and the set is not a warm-up, the rest countdown starts at the exercise's rest setting. The timer pill has −10 s / +10 s buttons and opens a presets sheet (0:15 to 3:00 in 15 s steps) or "Stop timer".
- Next set. "+ Add Set" copies the last ticked set's weight, reps and RIR into a new row, so a straight-sets exercise is three ticks after the first entry.
- Sides. For a single-arm row or a split squat, tap L/R first. Each unticked set becomes an L row and an R row seeded with the same values; tick them independently. Tapping L/R again turns the flag off but leaves the rows you already have.
In plain terms: type weight, type reps (with "+" for partials), pick an RIR chip if you track effort, tick.
What the numbers mean
- `8+2` is stored as
{repsFull: 8, repsPartial: 2}. The row shows "8+2"; a set with no partials shows plain "8". - Volume on the summary and history is
weight × repsFullover working sets. Partials are recorded, visible and exported, but they add nothing to volume — and the e1RM used for PRs is computed from full reps too. This is a counting rule of the app, not a claim about what partials are worth. - RIR is stored as an effort value on a 6–10 scale underneath (
10 − RIR), which is why the export column reads 8 for a 2R set; the RIR / RPE converter does the same translation. Choosing the Failure set type sets RIR 0 automatically. - Previous shows the matching set number from the most recent session containing that exercise, in your current units.
Gotchas
- Unticked sets are not saved. Completing the workout keeps only ticked sets with a weight or reps in them.
- RIR chips stop at 4. The keypad offers 0–4 and the app clamps to that range.
- L/R does not retro-split completed sets. Turn it on before ticking if you want both sides for that set.
- Warm-ups do not start the rest timer, and in a superset the timer starts only after the pair's last exercise.
- Units are display only. 225 lb is stored as 102.06 kg; the plate calculator and the CSV export work in kilograms.
The short version
Weight cell, reps cell, tick. Partials go in with the "+" key (8+2), effort with the 0R–4R chips, and the L/R chip turns each unticked set into a left and a right row. Working-set volume and e1RM count full reps only, and only ticked sets survive "Complete Workout". Zyra Workouts is a training log, and this page describes one of its features as built today. Educational overview only — not medical advice.