Heavier Articles

Heavier — A Progressive Overload Weightlifting Tracker App for iOS — Part 1: Solving Problems By Going Hands-Free with Siri + Apple Intelligence

I’ve tried all the apps existing in the store for the purpose of tracking progressive overload, and most are, IMO, actually a clumsy over-complicated step down from logging your lifts with a pencil and paper. Here, we dig into our motivations and mission.

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Heavier — A Progressive Overload Weightlifting Tracker App for iOS — Part 2: Requirements + Design

We discuss the requirements and design of the app, the competitive universe, and how we plan to implement the Siri Journal App Intent.

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Heavier — A Progressive Overload Weightlifting Tracker App for iOS — Part 3: Siri Journal App Intent / Apple Intelligence

Keep your phone in your locker! In Part 3, we discuss the engineering approach for how to take natural language, convert it to a structured format, and then use that structured format to update the app.

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