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01Getting started

Set up Rackd in 5 minutes

Install, skip the account, pick a program, log your first set. Five minutes from App Store or Play Store to bar in hand.

Pick your first program

How to pick a program that fits your week, your goals, and where you actually are right now. Beginner to intermediate, barbell to bodyweight.

Run your first workout

Tap Start, log your sets, and let the rest timer and Coach Note do the bookkeeping. Here is the full active workout flow.

What 'the math' actually does

What Rackd computes between sessions: the program rule, the last lift, the next target. Eleven progression systems, one quiet handoff.

Bring an existing program with you

Coming from another app or a spreadsheet? Import your program as JSON and pick up training where you left off, no rewriting.

What's free, what's paid

Today every core workout function in Rackd is unlocked. Here is what stays free, and what becomes paid as the app grows.

02Programs and workouts

Programs vs workouts vs templates

Programs are multi-week structures. Workouts are single sessions. Templates are reusable session shapes. When to reach for each.

My Rack vs Explore

My Rack holds the programs you actually train. Explore is the catalog of every program available to add. Same data, different jobs.

Swap an exercise mid-workout

Long-press the exercise, pick a replacement from 453, confirm. Free, one tap, and reversible. Here is how the swap works mid-session.

Edit a past workout

Open Training Hub, tap a past session, edit individual sets, save. Edits feed back into next session's training max.

Skip a session or miss a week

What happens when you tap Skip, when to reset your training max after a layoff, and when a deload is the smarter call.

Take a deload or rest week

When the program calls for a deload, when to call one yourself, and what the math does to your training maxes when you do.

03Progression and tracking

How Rackd picks your next weight

Every program runs on a progression rule. Rackd reads your last set, your reps, your RPE, and writes the next session.

When to use RPE, when to ignore it

Some progressions weight RPE into the next session. Others ignore it. Knowing which is which saves you the guesswork.

Read the Coach Note

The Coach Note is the one line on each exercise card that tells you what to do today and what changes next session. Here is how to read it.

Track progress on the Training Hub

Four tabs in Training Hub: Overview trends, History sessions, Exercises stats, PRs. How to read each chart and filter by exercise.

How bodyweight and assisted exercises work

Pull-ups, dips, and assisted machines all need your bodyweight to log honestly. Set it once, add the plate or the band, let Rackd do the rest.

When the numbers stall

How a stall reads in the Coach Note, when to drop the training max 10 percent, when to swap the program, and when the issue is recovery, not the rules.

04Account, sync, billing

Your data lives on your device

Rackd is local-first. No signup, no email gate. Every workout, set, and PR is written to your phone first. Cloud Sync is optional.

Trial credit is granted per device

Each device that enters trial gets one AI generation credit. iPhone and iPad each count separately.

Backup vs Sync

Backup is a one-way file you make yourself. Sync is two-way and continuous. Different jobs, different defaults, both keep your data yours.

Use Rackd on more than one device

Run Rackd on your phone and tablet, or move to a new device, with Cloud Sync. Sign in once on each, your training catches up.

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Sign in, sign out, delete your account

How to sign in with Apple or Google, sign out without losing data, and delete your account with a 30-day grace window.

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Connect Web Access

Open rackd.fitness in a browser, sign in with the same account you use on the phone, and your workouts show up. Sync has to be on first.

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Subscriptions and refunds

How Rackd is priced, where the monthly sub lives, and how refunds work for the App Store, Play Store, and Paddle web purchases.

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Your subscription does not include AI generations

A Power Rack subscription unlocks sync, analytics, and the program builder. AI program generations are a separate purchase, bought as packs on the website.

Refunding a subscription revokes features, not credits

When you refund a monthly sub, Power Rack access ends but AI credits stay. Subs never granted credits anyway.

05Troubleshooting

Rest timer didn't fire

Three things keep the rest timer quiet: notifications off, Do Not Disturb on, or the screen locked. Fix each in under a minute.

My workout disappeared

A session you logged is missing. Most of the time, the data is still on the device or one tap away in a backup file. Here is how to find it.

My numbers don't match across devices

Phone says 225, tablet says 220. Sync is the fix. Check it's on, run a manual sync, and let the newer record win.

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Sign in failed on Google or Apple

Sign-in to Rackd web access failed on Google or Apple? Here is the short list of fixes that clears it 95% of the time.

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Restore purchases isn't working

Restore purchases pulls Power Rack back from the store. If it stalls, here is the order to work through.

Weight increment looks wrong

Next weight came back odd? Almost always a unit mismatch or a plate-set gap. Here is the 60-second fix.

My imported program didn't map cleanly

Imports that flag unmapped lifts, mismatched units, or missing progression rules are normal. Here is how to clean each one up before you commit.