Every set planned from your last one.
SmarterSets plans your training blocks, tells you the weight and how many reps to leave in the tank, and adjusts your sets every week from how you actually recover.
Incline bench press
Example meso
80 kg
3 sets, stop with 3 reps left, expect about 10 reps
A comfortable start: stop with 3 reps left. Your first sets teach the app your real strength.
How a block runs
Tell it about you
Your goal, how long you've trained, any joints that bother you, and exactly what equipment you have. Age and sex are optional.
Pick a plan
It recommends training blocks that fit your days, time and equipment, and says why each one suits you. Swap any exercise and see honest pros and cons first.
Train
Every set comes with a weight and how many reps to leave in the tank. Log what you did; after each set you say how close to failure you really got.
It adjusts
After a muscle's last set you rate the pump and how hard it felt; before the next session, how well it recovered. Next week's sets go up, stay or come down from that, muscle by muscle.
Deload, then go again
The block ends with an easy week, sooner if fatigue piles up. The next one starts from everything it learned about you.
What it adjusts, and why
Nothing is a black box. Tap “Why this?” on any exercise and it tells you what it saw in your training and what it changed.
- Weights
- From your own logged sets: how many reps you did and how many you had left. It learns when you under- or overestimate.
- Sets
- Per muscle, per week, from how you recovered. Not a fixed template.
- Today's session
- A quick check-in on sleep, energy and stress can ease the day's targets when you're run down.
- Deloads
- Planned at the end of each block, or suggested early when performance drops.
Why 82.5 kg?
Last week you did 10 reps at 80 kg and said you had 3 left, so your strength estimate went up. This week the target is 2 left, so the weight rises a step and the reps stay about the same.
An example of the explanations you get in explain mode. Short mode keeps just the numbers.
Pricing
Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial. Everything is included in both.
Monthly
$9.99 / month
Cancel any time.
Yearly
$59.99 / year
About $5 a month: half the monthly price.
- Training blocks planned for your goal, days, time and equipment
- Weight and effort target for every set, adjusted from your logs
- Weekly set changes per muscle, deloads and early deloads
- 148 exercises with form cues and side-by-side comparisons
- iPhone, Android and browser
SmarterSets is in early access: sign-up and the trial open at launch. Until then the web app is free to try.
Try the web appQuestions
What does "reps left in the tank" mean?
How many more reps you could have done when you stopped. Training close to failure is what builds muscle, and stopping a set or two short most weeks lets you recover and keep progressing. The app tells you the target for every set and gradually brings it closer to failure through each block.
I'm new to lifting. Is this for me?
Yes. In explain mode every number comes with a short reason, and each exercise has form cues. If you already know your way around a meso, switch to short mode and it stays out of your way.
Do I need a full gym?
No. You tick exactly what you have, and plans only use that. You can save several places, like a gym and a home setup, and pick where you train each day.
Phone or browser?
Both. The iPhone and Android apps arrive at launch; the same app already runs in any browser at app.smartersets.com, on your phone or computer.
Can I cancel?
Any time, from your account. The 14-day trial is free, and you won't be charged if you cancel before it ends.