What is the best bodybuilding app?

Mobile fitness applications have multiplied in recent years. There are free and paid ones, with more or less useful features. But then, what is the best bodybuilding application for your training sessions?

The most important features of a bodybuilding application

In my opinion, a good weight training application on a smartphone should combine simplicity and efficiency.

In terms of functionality, it must provide the possibility :

• add your complete weight training program (exercises, number of sets, number of reps, rest time, etc.)
• to note the performances made during the session at the sports hall
• to follow the progress over time

In bodybuilding, the precise follow-up of your training sessions will allow you to implement the principle of progressive overload. This is essential to promote hypertrophy and muscular growth.

Such a bodybuilding application would replace the traditional paper training bookleton which athletes have long noted the results of their training.

Of course, an app is much more convenient and less cumbersome. Just slip your smartphone into the pocket of your gym shorts to measure your progress as you train.

Bodybuilding notebook the best bodybuilding application

The application Bodybuilding notebook is the one that best meets the needs of bodybuilderswhether they are beginners or experienced.

Its ease of use is its main strength. You won't find any unnecessary or superfluous features, which allows it to offer a simple and uncluttered interface.

As its name suggests, this bodybuilding application is intended to replace your workout book. It gives you the possibility to record the sessions of your weight-training program in advance. Numerous bodybuilding exercises are offered natively by the application.

Then simply record each of your performances during the workout. Let's say your program calls for 4 sets of 8 reps at 85 kilos for the bench press, with 1 minute 30 seconds of rest. After each set, you would simply record the number of reps you did. For example:

• series 1 : 8 repetitions at 85 kilos
• series 2 : 8 repetitions at 85 kilos
• series 3 : 6 repetitions at 85 kilos
• series 4 : 8 repetitions at 80 kilos

For your next pectoral workout, you'll know exactly how many reps you need to do to gain muscle in an optimal way.

Available on iOS and Android, it offers a free version with ads. If you want to do without the ads and enjoy some additional features, you can use the paid version at €6.99.

Of course, there are many other applications besides Bodybuilding notebook. To go further, I invite you to discover Athletes Temple's top bodybuilding applications.

And if you are looking for a mobile application to track and manage your diet on a daily basis, don't hesitate to download MyFitnessPal as well.