Legacy Athlete app exercises
Understand exercise types, download or create exercises, mark favorites, and edit equations and filters in the legacy Vitruve Athlete app.
Legacy app
This page describes the legacy Vitruve Athlete app (Speed4lifts Old App). For the current Vitruve app, see Find and create exercises, Configure exercise-specific recording settings, and Create equations and manage 1RM.
All exercise management happens in the exercises menu: select the barbell icon at the bottom right of the app, second from the right.
Types of exercises
| Type | What it is |
|---|---|
| Default | The most-used exercises, included in the app by default. Each has a default load-velocity profile. |
| Downloaded from templates | Pre-configured exercises with a name, muscles, and photos. Download one to add it to your exercise list and train with it. |
| Created (custom) | Exercises you create yourself. |
The default exercises are Benchpress, Clean, Deadlift, Front Squat, High Bar Squat, Hip Thrust, Lowbar Back Squat, Military Press, Pull Ups, Push Press, Row, Snatch, Sumo Deadlift, and All (a generic movement).
Use a default or template exercise whenever one exists. Create a custom exercise only when the movement is not available in the templates, and do not create duplicates of exercises that are already in the template library.
Download or create an exercise
- Select the barbell icon to open the exercises menu. It lists every exercise you have already downloaded.
- Select + at the top right. A list of about 100 template exercises appears.
- Select Download next to the exercise you want to add.
- If the exercise you need is not in the list, scroll to the bottom of the list and create a custom exercise.
The exercise now appears in your exercises menu and can be chosen when you start a workout. The same procedure applies in the legacy Vitruve Teams app; see Legacy Vitruve Teams exercises.
Mark an exercise as a favorite
Favorite exercises are shown at the top of the exercise list for easier access.
- Open the exercises menu with the barbell icon.
- Select the exercise to open its settings.
- Select the star.
The exercise is a favorite when the star turns yellow.
Edit an exercise
Open the exercise from the exercises menu to change:
- Name, comments, and muscle-group tags.
- An optional YouTube URL.
- The equation: copy one from a similar exercise or create a new one.
- The ROM filter.
- The 1RM filter.
Equation
Customizing the equation is required if you want an estimated 1RM for the exercise.
- For a variant of an exercise, you can copy the equation values from the main exercise.
- For an entirely new exercise with no variants, create a new load-velocity profile; see create a load-velocity profile.
The app includes 14 default exercise equations: High Bar Squat, Front Squat, Low Bar Back Squat, Bench Press, Military Press, Hip Thrust, Pull-Ups, Push Press, Row, Deadlift, Sumo Deadlift, Clean, Snatch, and All.
ROM filter
The default ROM filter is 8 inches. Reps with a shorter range of motion are not detected. Change it only if you get ghost reps, especially when unracking the barbell.
1RM filter
The 1RM filter makes 1RM estimates more accurate. Lighter loads give less accurate 1RM estimates, so the 1RM should be estimated only from medium and low velocities. If no estimated values appear, check this filter and adjust it.
Connect and train
Connect the encoder over Bluetooth, start and end a workout, read the workout screen, configure workout settings and filters, and train offline in the legacy Vitruve Athlete app.
Load-velocity, 1RM, and history
Create a load-velocity profile, estimate the 1RM, change the 1RM velocity, review progress, export a day, and recover unsaved workouts in the legacy Vitruve Athlete app.