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Add, swap and reorder lifts

Change a session to fit the gym you are in.

You can change today's session: add a lift the planner did not pick, swap one out when the rack is taken, sort the list into an order that suits the gym, or drop a lift that does not fit your day. Every change stays inside the session and keeps the plan working.

When to use it

  • The gym is busier than the plan expected and the bench is occupied.
  • You want one extra lift that you have a soft spot for.
  • Two of the lifts are at the far end of the gym and you would rather do them back to back.
  • You do not have the machine a lift needs, or it hurts today.

Add a lift

  1. In the session, tap the plus button at the top right. The sheet Add a lift opens.
  2. Search, or scroll: your recent lifts come first, then every lift grouped by muscle.
  3. Tap a lift to add it. It joins the list for this session and Forma opens it ready to log. If you have done the lift before, the weight box is filled from your history.

Equipment taken?

  1. Open the lift, tap the three dots at the top right and choose Equipment taken?.
  2. The sheet Instead of <lift> lists lifts that train the same muscle with the equipment you have and nothing your injuries rule out.
  3. Tap one. A confirmation asks Swap in <name>? — tap Swap it in.

Same slot, same sets. Sets you already logged stay under the original lift, and the lift screen shows a short note (Before the swap: …) so nothing disappears without a trace. If nothing else fits, the sheet says so: Nothing else fits.

Reorder

  1. Tap the … menu at the top left and choose Reorder lifts.
  2. Drag the handles to change the order. Lifts you have already started stay where they are, marked with a small lock.
  3. Tap Done reordering.

In the normal list you can also long-press and drag a lift, or take another lift's place by dropping it on top. With VoiceOver, the Move up and Move down actions are in the accessibility actions of each lift.

Remove

  1. Open the lift, tap the three dots, then Remove from today.
  2. A confirmation asks Remove <name> from today? and reminds you that it stays in your library.

This only appears while nothing has been logged for the lift. Once a set is logged, the lift stays in the session: swap it instead, and the logged sets remain under the original lift.

Good to know

  • Reorder lifts is offered once at least two lifts are still unstarted.
  • How to do it: tap the small picture at the top of a lift, or the three dots, then How to do it, for a larger picture and a short description. The picture moves between the start and the end position by itself; with Reduce Motion on it stays still and you tap it to switch.
  • A lift with a coloured tile and an equipment symbol instead of a figure has no demonstration picture yet. Everything else about it works normally.
  • A swapped-out lift stays in your library; nothing is lost from your history, and past sets keep their name.
  • Forma remembers that you made the swap, which it uses when it plans your next sessions.
  • Pictures in Forma are credited under Settings > Acknowledgements.

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