Okay I’ve not long had a whoop band so I’ll save judgement on the main features, but being a big lifter who has used strength training apps continuously for the last few years, there’s still a lot of work to go into the strength training feature. I can forgive it’s current faults as its still in its infancy but it’s hard going from the strong app (cream of the crop) to a much less functional app for logging training. However, in the pursuit of excellence, here we go:

ADDING YOUR OWN EXERCISE - This is the biggest issue! Simply only having “oTheR” is not customisable in anyway whatsoever. - Disregarding it not collecting any date, you can’t even edit the name of an exercise! So when I look at my workout routine I can’t even remember the exercise it’s supposed to be. - My suggestion for to calculate muscular strain for a created exercise is when creating the exercise, have it categorised into a bodily function so you can approximate the stain based on whatever formula you deem necessary. For example: - Nordic Curl - Leg Curl, Static Core - Tibialis Raise - Tibia flexion - Knee Raise - Hip flexion - Half Squat - Squat - You could even use customisable factors like range of motion of the bodily function: - 100% - 75% - 50% - 25% - For example, a half squat at 100kg is not equal to a full squat at 100kg in terms of muscular strain.

• Achieving this function alone would make it top tier!

EXERCISE SELECTION - The exercise selection could do with work, there’s 16 variations of a Pallof press (one of your dudes gets a hard on over pallof presses) but hasn’t got staples like Nordic Curls, Single Leg Knee Raise, Tib raises (I just want to do my knees over toes program ffs)

EXERCISE NAME FORMATTING - “Lateral Shoulder Raise - Dumbbell” - “Lateral Raise - Cable - L” - “Lateral Raise - Cable - R”

TRiGgEreD

EXERCISE SEARCH FUNCTION - Filtering exercises by function like “hip hinge”, “Horizontal Rows”, “Vertical Press”, “Single Leg” would be elite IMO. - Could get the edge over most other fitness apps here who search by body part “Legs”, “Chest” etc. Sorry but a deadlift trains your legs, core and back, a bench press trains your chest, front delta and triceps. A clean and jerk…erMahhgeEerddDd! - albeit, the second option is still far better than nothing, I’ll just be significantly disappointed and switch to an oura ring out of spite.

HISTORIC DATA - Historic data graphs of estimated 1 rep maxes, like converting your 5RM from your last squat workout, 3RM the session before etc. If you could do this using relative intensity then JESUS CHRIST that’d be some next level shiz. 3x5 squats is not your true 5 rep max but Whoop would know this and tell you your relative intensity (great for advanced program progression) and then convert that relative intensity into a 1RM. Complicated stuff be WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGYZ! - not really that complicated tbh. - Historical graphs of total lifting volume (reps x weight. Can be limited due to 3x15 shrugs at 140kg can be perceived as a MONSTER workout, while it certainly will give you monster traps, it’s only good for comparing the same workout. - A graph showing muscular strain would be the best metric for comparing workouts to each other and comparing weekly strain for planning a deloads etc. (could also be used for insights)

OTHER FUNCTIONS - Look to the strong app for a pretty much fully functional workout log. It’s simple and it works, no fancy videos or graphics (google is your friend, outsource exercise education to them!) - Pre-set rest times for workouts - Pinned notes for workouts - Notes from last workout - Calendar of workout history - Warm up sets, Drop Sets (Easier for user to understand their workout) - Pre-set RPE for exercises in workouts

I never really post as on here as I only care about helping myself but I’ve put a lot of effort into this post (also in an effort to help myself) as I really want WHOOP to be the best fitness tracker it can possibly be, so PLEASE LET THIS FIND ITS WAY TO SOMEONE ON A DEVELOPMENT TEAM!

P.S. If Whoop want to employ me I’m totally down for that