Exercise Effort Ratings
Effort ratings tell you how hard each exercise actually felt for your client. Your client taps one word, then you see that word and, for exercises done in reps, how many reps they felt they had left.
How your client rates effort
When a client finishes all the sets of an exercise in their app, they see one quick question — "How hard was that?" — with three choices:
- Easy
- Moderate
- Hard
The moment they tap on an exercise done in reps, their app shows what that means in plain terms — "you could do 2–3 more reps" — so there is nothing to learn and no jargon to decode. It is entirely optional: they can skip it and move on, and nothing is recorded.
What you see
When you review a completed workout, each exercise the client rated shows a small chip with the effort and how many reps they felt they had left:
| Client tapped | You see |
|---|---|
| Easy | Easy effort · 4+ reps left |
| Moderate | Moderate effort · 2–3 reps left |
| Hard | Hard effort · 0–1 reps left |
Timed exercises, like a plank, and cardio aren't counted in reps, so for those you see just the word — for example Easy effort.
Exercises the client didn't rate show Not rated — never a guess.
How to use it
Read effort as a signal over time, not a verdict on a single set. It is your client's own perception, and it becomes most useful once they have rated a few sessions and settled into the scale.
- Effort creeping up at the same loads is your cue to consider a lighter week, or that they are near their ceiling on that lift.
- Consistently easy on a working exercise usually means there is room to add load or reps.
- A one-off "Hard" on a tough day is just information — pair it with the client's note and their logged reps before changing anything.
Because it is a self-report, treat it as a conversation starter and a trend, not a precise measurement. The logged sets tell you what they did; the effort rating tells you how it felt.