Advanced Strength Programming

Build, track, and analyze
your own programs.

Oxblood Barbell is a program builder and tracking app for strength athletes. Set up multi-phase training blocks, log your sessions, and monitor fatigue and 1RM trends over time. Share exact program setups with training partners or clients in one tap.

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Progression Protocols

Analytics Modules

Cloud Sync

Real-time

Spreadsheets needed

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1. Build

Construct multi-phase training blocks with per-exercise progression rules. Linear, Wave, APRE, DUP, and more. The app calculates weights automatically each session.

1. Build

Construct multi-phase training blocks with per-exercise progression rules. Linear, Wave, APRE, DUP, and more. The app calculates weights automatically each session.

2. Track

Log 1RM projections, muscle group load, and daily readiness. Autoregulation adjusts your working weights based on pre-session fatigue data.

3. Analyze

Muscle heatmaps, TSB graphs, 1RM trends, and 12 analytics modules tell you exactly what's working and when to back off.

The Builder

A program builder that covers how serious lifting actually works.

Every feature maps to a real programming concept. No simplified approximations.

Hierarchical Program Structure

Programs → Blocks → Weeks → Days → Exercises. Build multi-phase peaking blocks with a separate Training Max per lift. Duplicate full weeks or blocks in one tap.

Percentage and Absolute Modes

Set any exercise to use absolute weights or TM-relative percentages. Back-off sets link to a parent exercise and recalculate automatically when the parent's TM advances.

9 Progression Protocols

Linear, Double Progression, Step Loading, Wave, Periodized, Failure Steps, APRE, AMRAP Feedback, and DUP. Assign one per exercise and mix freely inside the same block.

Accommodating Resistance

Set band or chain tension per exercise. In Percentage mode, tension scales with your Training Max. Calibration stays accurate as your numbers move.

Daily Undulating Periodization

Assign independent sets, reps, and intensity targets for the same exercise on different days. Each day is configured separately with no fixed labels.

Autoregulation

Log sleep, stress, and soreness before each session. The app reads your readiness score and reduces sets or load when recovery is low. No manual input needed during the session.

Progression Protocols

Nine protocols. Assign one per exercise. Mix freely.

The app handles all weight advancement logic. One exercise can run Wave while another runs APRE in the same training day.

Linear

Add a fixed increment each session. Weight goes up on a set schedule.

Double Progression

Build reps within a target range first, then add weight. The cycle repeats.

Step Loading

Hit N consecutive successful sessions before the next weight increment applies.

Wave

Cycle through intensity waves. Training Max advances after each complete wave.

Periodized

Set a start %, end %, number of weeks, and curve type. The app calculates each week's exact multiplier.

Failure Steps

Miss a target and the app drops to the next rep scheme at a lower load. Chained fallback logic runs automatically.

APRE

The app reads your final AMRAP set and applies your adjustment table. Weight advances or retreats without any input from you.

AMRAP Feedback

Your AMRAP set directly sets next session's weight. No table to configure. Simpler than APRE.

DUP

Rotate intensity and volume targets across training days. Each day is configured separately.

Read the full protocol specification →

Analytics

12 analytics modules covering strength, fatigue, and recovery.

Each module surfaces a specific type of information: where your numbers are trending, where muscle load is concentrated, and when to back off.

Strength

1RM Progression Chart

Estimated one-rep max over time, per exercise. Choose from Brzycki, Epley, or Lander formulas. Shows exactly when momentum stalls.

Volume

Volume Chart and Landmarks

Weekly tonnage per muscle group with MEV, MAV, and MRV lines overlaid. See whether you are under, inside, or over your optimal volume range.

Fatigue

TSB Graph

Chronic vs. acute training load displayed as a Form score. Shows when you are primed to peak and when to reduce intensity.

Recovery

Recovery Dashboard

Combines sleep, stress, and soreness logs into a recovery trend. Correlates readiness history with your session performance data.

Warning

Plateau Alert System

Detects stagnant lifts automatically. Alerts you before a plateau costs multiple training weeks. Includes protocol adjustment suggestions.

Balance

Muscle Heatmap

Relative load shown across all major muscle groups on a body map. Identify imbalances and neglected areas at a glance.

RPE

RPE Calibration Card

Tracks whether your logged RPEs match actual performance over time. Flags overconfidence before it corrupts your autoregulation data.

Density

Workout Density Chart

Training load per unit of time. Identifies sessions where total volume is high but effort concentration is dropping.

vs. Spreadsheets

What you stop doing when you switch from spreadsheets.

The app handles all weight calculation, progression logic, and scaling natively. You stop fixing broken formulas and start tracking results instead.

With Spreadsheets

✕ Percentages break every time you update your training max

✕ RPE adjustments are manual, if they happen at all

✕ No visibility into which muscle groups are overloaded

✕ A missed lift means rebuilding part of the plan by hand

✕ No APRE or wave logic. Just static numbers per cell

✕ Deload weeks are planned manually and often skipped

✕ No TSB tracking, recovery data, or plateau detection

With Oxblood Barbell

→ Training Max advances automatically. All percentages recalculate instantly

→ Autoregulation reads your readiness score and adjusts load before the session starts

→ Muscle heatmap shows overloaded areas before they become injuries

→ Failure Steps chain fallback rep schemes with automatic load reduction

→ APRE, Wave, Step, and Periodized protocols built into each individual exercise

→ Deload weeks are flagged by the app. Volume adjusts automatically

→ TSB graph, recovery dashboard, and plateau alerts included

Build, track, and analyzeyour own programs.

A program builder that covers how serious lifting actually works.

Nine protocols. Assign one per exercise. Mix freely.

12 analytics modules covering strength, fatigue, and recovery.

What you stop doing when you switch from spreadsheets.

Free to download. Everything included from day one.

Build, track, and analyze
your own programs.