Cadence
Workout
Tracker

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Industry

Personal Tool / Fitness

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Year

2026

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Services

Web app

Training plans

On my phone

A personal tool, built for me. I was tracking workouts in a notebook, redrawing a new table every month, impossible to reorganise when I wanted to add exercises or labels. I didn't want a habit tracker or a bloated fitness app, just a simple, minimalist tracker I could shape to my own routine. Built in about 30 minutes, and installed on my phone straight from the browser.

Live site
Cadence Tracker: the week view, with each workout ticked off across the cycle.

Strategy

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Built around my own routine

I didn't want a habit tracker or a complex fitness app. Just a place to add my own exercises, like "Day 1 Intensity" = 2 sets, each set 3 exercises (pull-ups, squats, dips…), and track them week by week. The notebook forced me to redraw a table every month; this doesn't.

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Flexible, and simple on purpose

Every exercise can carry a label I create (muscle training, cardio, plyometrics…), and I can add, edit and remove anything. This first version stays simple on purpose, because I already know my workouts, and there's room to grow it later.

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Build it, don't hunt for it

I built it in 30 minutes, and now it lives on my phone (open the link → tap the 3 dots → Install). Instead of searching for the "perfect app" for my case, I just built one. :)

Today's surf and yoga, ticked on the phone, are already on the computer. Every workout here is made up.

Design

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Dark, quiet, one green

A dark screen with a single bright green for what is done, so a finished day stands out at a glance.

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A grid like the notebook

Exercises down the side, days across the top, one tap to tick. The paper table, without redrawing it every month.

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Labels with a colour

Every label gets a number and a colour, so the list reads in groups without adding a single heading.

Cadence on a phone: four weeks of made-up workouts, one tick per session.

1. The cycle at a glanceFour weeks, every exercise, one tick per session.

Cadence on a phone: one day, with surf and morning yoga ticked.

2. Just todayTick what you did, and see which labels you hit.

Cadence on a phone: each label with its sessions, week by week.

3. Goals by labelHow many sessions each label got, week by week.

Results

Cadence on a phone: the four weeks of the cycle, with made-up workouts.
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