Lift and run, logged in one place.

The screen you train from

A workout in One Rep Closer centres on one large ring, with the set you are on named above it. On a lifting set the ring says DONE, and the whole ring is the button: tap it when the set is done. Reps and weight sit in steppers below the ring, so you change them before you tap if the set went differently. An Up next card shows what comes after.

When a set has a rest time, the ring becomes a clock the moment you tap. Rest drains the ring, and −15s and +15s shorten or lengthen it while it runs. In an AMRAP the ring drains with the time cap and the number inside it is your rounds, with one tap per round. On a run set by distance, the ring holds a clock counting up: tap when you are back, and the time is recorded with the distance.

“My hybrid days usually pair some upper-body strength with a circuit or an AMRAP. I’m liking tactical, functional WODs that mix dumbbells and ergs, with a target number of rounds. I save it as a template, set the target, and try to beat it the next week.” — Graham Bond, who built One Rep Closer

What hybrid training asks for

Hybrid training means getting stronger and fitter at the same time: heavy lifting and real running in the same week, and sometimes in the same session. The two pull against each other a little, so most of the skill is in the arrangement. Most people do well keeping two or three strength sessions, adding running in small steps, and putting a day between the hardest leg work and the hardest running where they can. Easy running does most of the aerobic work; one harder session a week is plenty to begin with.

That makes logging awkward. A lifting log is built around sets and reps, and a running app is built around GPS and pace. A hybrid athlete needs both in one place, so that a month of training shows whether the running grew without the lifting slipping.

A lifting log first

Whatever else it does, a training log has to handle lifting properly. One Rep Closer does:

• Sets, reps and weights, one Strength block per exercise.
• Warm-up sets from four ramps (Standard, Starting Strength, 5/3/1 and Minimal), worked out from your working weight and rounded to 2.5 kg. They are marked apart from working sets and do not count towards records.
• Rest that starts itself when you tap a set done, with its own time on each block and a separate rest after a block.
• Last time’s numbers filled in when you start a template again.
• Personal records for estimated one rep max, the heaviest weight at each rep count, and tonnage.

Then the running

The running goes in the same session. A Cardio block is one steady effort by time, distance or calories, and it can repeat for rounds with rest between, so 6 × 400 m with a rest is one block. A distance piece records how long it took. An AMRAP block suits a short conditioning finisher. A Circuit block takes movements done back to back for rounds, such as a run and wall balls, and it holds as many movements as you add.

Sounds and haptics mark a set done and the end of a rest, and a 3-2-1 countdown plays as a rest runs out, so you can keep your eyes off the phone. Lifts, runs and circuits land in the same history, and the summary shows totals and personal records for the whole session.

The app does not use GPS or connect to a watch. You enter the distance and it times the effort, so keep your watch on for pace and route.

How to build it in One Rep Closer

1. In the Templates tab, tap + and name the template.
2. Tap Add block and pick Strength for your first lift. Set the sets, reps, weight and rest. Repeat for each lift.
3. Tap Add block again and pick Cardio. Choose Run and set it by distance, 2000 m easy for example. For repeats, set the rounds and the rest between.
4. For a finisher, add an AMRAP or Circuit block, and tap Add movement for each movement.
5. Tap Save.

On training day, open the Train tab, tap Pick a template, check today’s numbers and tap Start workout. The hybrid split guide sets out a full week built this way, and the cardio page covers runs, rows and intervals in more detail.

One Rep Closer is free to download, and the free plan has no limit on how many workouts you log. It keeps 2 templates; Premium removes that limit. See pricing for what Premium adds.