WODs, timed and logged from one ring.

The screen you train from

During a workout the screen centres on one large ring, and what sits inside it depends on the block you are in. In an AMRAP the ring drains with the time cap, the line above it shows the cap and the time left, and the number in the middle is your rounds. Finish a round, tap the ring once. No typing with chalk on your hands.

On a lifting set the ring says DONE, and you tap it when the set is done. During rest and timed work the ring is a clock: rest drains it, and −15s and +15s buttons shorten or lengthen the rest while it runs. Reps and weight sit in steppers below the ring, and an Up next card shows what comes next.

“My go-to WOD: 5 rounds for time of a 400 m run, 10 dumbbell deficit push-ups, 10 double dumbbell snatches and 5 burpees over the dumbbells. Can you finish it in under 25 minutes?” — Graham Bond, who built One Rep Closer

What a WOD asks of you

A WOD, in the CrossFit sense, is usually short and hard, and the clock is part of the workout. The common formats each use the clock differently:

• AMRAP: as many rounds as possible before a time cap. Your score is rounds.
• EMOM: every minute on the minute. Do the work at the top of each minute and rest for whatever is left of it.
• For Time: a fixed amount of work, done as fast as you can. Your score is the time.
• Circuits and intervals: fixed stations, or set periods of work and rest.

What all of them share is that you cannot stop to write things down. The timing has to run itself, and the log has to be one tap.

The lifting still counts

Plenty of WODs sit after a strength piece, and a log has to handle that properly. One Rep Closer does: a Strength block takes sets, reps and weights, adds warm-up sets worked out from your working weight, and starts the rest clock itself when you tap a set done. Starting a template again fills in last time’s numbers, and personal records cover estimated one rep max, rep maxes and tonnage, with warm-ups left out.

The blocks a WOD is built from

• AMRAP: set the time cap and add the movements. The ring counts your rounds, and the block ends itself when the cap runs out and records the rounds.
• Interval: timed work and rest for a set number of rounds, moving on by itself with no tap. The EMOM preset sets 60 seconds of work and no rest; the Tabata preset sets 20 on, 10 off, for 8 rounds.
• For Time: one running clock and the round number. You tap once when each round is done, and your time is recorded.
• Circuit: the screen names each movement in turn. A movement set by time counts down and moves on by itself; one set by reps, distance or calories waits for your tap.

A For Time, AMRAP or Circuit block holds as many movements as you add, and the same exercise can appear more than once. Sounds and haptics mark the start of work and of rest in an Interval block that has a rest time, and a 3-2-1 countdown plays as a rest runs out. When a template is a single AMRAP block, your best rounds are kept as a record; when it is a single For Time block, the summary shows your time against last time and keeps your fastest as a benchmark. Lifts and WODs land in the same history.

How to build it in One Rep Closer

Open the Templates tab and tap +. Use Add block to pick the block type, Add movement to fill it, and Save. To train, go to the Train tab, tap Pick a template, check today’s numbers and tap Start workout.

A typical day might be a Strength block for back squats, then an AMRAP block with a 12-minute cap and three movements. The EMOM vs AMRAP guide goes through both formats in full, with sample workouts.

Free and Premium

The free plan has no limit on how many workouts you log. It keeps two templates, and Premium removes that limit and adds longer chart ranges. See pricing for the details.