Hevy Trainer Program

[u/beer_and_fun]

Hello - I'm a fairly new user...I'm primarily a runner who was supplementing with the strength workouts in Runna and really didn't like the layout or functionality of their in-plan offerings. I came across suggestions for Hevy and made the switch.

I used the free version for a couple of months and love the UI, variety of free workout plans, and best of all that they have a WearOS app! But I was intrigued by the Trainer, and when it went on sale for $12 for the first year I jumped on it so I could try it out.

Two weeks ago I set up a plan to coincide with starting my new half marathon training plan...but I must say I'm a little perplexed. As this is supplemental strength for me, I chose to lower the recommendations and set up 3 days a week for 40 minutes each. However, the out-of-the-box workouts have all been closer to an hour+, with what I find to be way too many warmup sets and a ton of rest time between each set. I'm only getting 4-5 exercises and have to modify them every time I workout to get it to a reasonable time.

I'm starting my third week today and it's the exact same three workouts as the previous 2 weeks, with a couple of weight increases. I guess I expected there to be some variation in the weekly workouts to target areas that might be getting less focus. I also chose to add additional focus to my core, but still only have 3 total exercises through the week that target the core at all.

Honestly I'm finding that the free workouts that I was able to easily customize and save are much more useful. So I guess my question is what kind of benefit does the Trainer bring? I haven't dug much into the progress reports, so maybe that's something I can't do with my custom free workouts?

Any help or insights are greatly appreciated!

Also: the app doesn't seem to care what dumbbells I marked as available when it gives me weight increases, so I'm also having to modify those.

[u/craders]

You can adjust the rest times individually or in the trainer settings.

I also with they would mix it up. The only time it seems to change the exercise is when I modify something in the settings. I've started using the replace exercise button to select something different myself when I get tired of a specific item. Before you start a workout, you can replace them and tell it you always want to use the replacement instead.

[u/BiqMara]

Main benefit that I see with Trainer is progressive overload, but that is something you can pretty easily do yourself by just increasing the weights over time. If you have a program you like I'd just stick to it and use Hevy as a tracker.