The RP Hypertrophy app plans and tracks your training. The RP Diet Coach app plans and tracks your diet. While the two apps do not currently communicate with each other, they can work in tandem and make sure you’re covered every step of the way.
The apps don't share data
- Workouts you plan or finish in RP Hypertrophy only appear in RP Hypertrophy.
- Your weigh-ins, meals and calories only appear in RP Diet
- Currently, changing something in one app does not change anything in the other.
The good news is that you won't need to change much. RP Hypertrophy adjusts how many sets you do in each session. It doesn't move your training days or change how your week is laid out so once your workouts are set up in RP Diet Coach, you only need to change their days and times when you change your training schedule yourself. Intensity is the one thing to keep an eye on, covered below.
Your calories are set around your workouts, so the RP Diet Coach needs to know when you lift.
- Tap the menu (☰), then Add workout on each day you train.
- Set Workout type to weight training, and match Start time and Duration to your session.
- Set Intensity. Bodybuilding-style sessions are often Moderate.
- Toggle on thee workout shake if you have one around training. See Workout Shake.
Keep them in step each week
- In your weekly review, review activities shows next week's workout schedule.
- Look ahead at next week's sessions in RP Hypertrophy. As your sets go up across a mesocycle, raise each workout's intensity in RP Diet Coach to match the session's total volume. It's best to set this before the day, but you can change it on the day too. If you do, the app asks before updating today's meals.
- If your training days stay the same, the intensity doesn't need to be changed.
- Moved a session? Move it in RP Diet Coach too. For today, the app asks before changing your meals.
- Only add training you do for performance. Cardio for fat loss and casual activity don't count as workouts. See Workouts That Should Be Logged in the Diet App
Deloads and new mesocycles
- On a deload week, the drop fatigue or repeat this week options at the choose calories step in the RP Diet Coach app raises your calories, via food and/or reduced activity, to help you recover in a fat loss diet. You can choose this if performance matters more than reaching your fat loss goal exactly on time. If your target goal matters more, you can continue the diet as recommended at the weekly review.
- When you start a new mesocycle with different training days, times or session lengths, update your workouts in RP Diet Coach before your next weekly review.