MuscleBuddy 101: What's Where and Why
A quick orientation to the app: what Plan, Train, Nutrition, Health and Community do, and how they connect.
MuscleBuddy covers training, nutrition, health tracking, coaching and a social layer in one app, so the first few minutes can feel like a lot to take in. This guide is the map.
| Tab | What lives there | What it decides for you |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | Your program, its current phase, upcoming transitions | Which sessions you get, and when a deload lands |
| Train | Logging sets and reps, exercise history, progress photos, muscle rank | Your working weight for the next session |
| Nutrition | Macro targets, food logging, weigh-ins | Your calories and macros, adjusted to your weigh-in trend |
| Health | Daily check-ins, recovery score, deeper health protocols | Your recovery read, which on Pro can bring a deload forward |
| Community | Classes, coach chat, challenges, the social feed | Nothing on its own; a human coach can override the tabs above |
Plan
Your program lives here: the training split you're following, the current phase (e.g. a hypertrophy block followed by a deload), and any upcoming phase transitions. If you don't have a program yet, this is where you generate or pick one from our free workout programs.
Train
This is the day-to-day: logging sets and reps, seeing your exercise history, progress photos, and your muscle rank. Whatever progression method your program uses (double progression, linear, RPE-based, percentage, wave, or a load you set yourself) sets your next working weights from what you log here. Browse the full exercise library any time you want technique cues or muscle-group ideas.
Start here
If you only explore one tab today, make it Train. You'll use it every session.
Nutrition
Your macro targets, food logging, and weigh-in tracking. Your targets adjust as your weigh-in trend comes in, so the app corrects a stall or an unexpectedly fast change without you doing the math. Want a preview before you sign up? Try the free macro calculator.
Health
The free health hub: daily check-ins (where your vitals get logged too), your recovery score, and basic bloodwork. Advanced bloodwork markers, health protocols and the compound library are part of Pro.
Community
Classes, the AI coach chat (Pro), challenges, and the social feed. This is also where a human coach, if you have one, sees your data and can override anything the app suggests.
Where to go next
More guides
Logging Your First Workout
The logging flow: starting a session, recording sets, RPE/RIR, and how offline mode keeps you covered.
Understanding Your Program & Progression
How double progression, linear, RPE and the other progression methods set your training loads from what you log.
Nutrition Targets & Auto-Adjustment
How your macro targets are calculated and why they shift after weigh-ins.
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