Save as routine turns a finished workout into a routine, so you can start the same workout again next week with one tap.

The quickest way to build a routine is to train it once. Saving that workout keeps the exercises, sets and rests you actually did, so there’s nothing to type in twice.

Save a workout as a routine

  1. Open a finished workout and tap the menu button at the top right, or tap ⋯ on its card on Today.
  2. Tap Save as routine.
  3. Name the routine. Save stays off until it has a name.
  4. Change anything you like, then tap Save.

The routine is saved to your list on Train.

A finished workout, Upper 3, with 7 exercises and 14 sets, and the menu button at the top right.
The Workout actions sheet with Save as routine between Edit and Delete.
The New routine editor with an empty Routine name field, the hint Name your routine to enable Save, and Save greyed out.

What comes with it

  • The exercises, in the order you did them.
  • Every set, with the weight and reps you logged as the routine’s numbers. Half reps round down.
  • Set types, such as warm-up and drop sets.
  • The rest for each exercise.
  • Supersets, still linked.

Notes stay on the workout, and nothing about the workout itself changes.

The new routine with Dumbbell Flyes filled in from the workout: two sets of 16 kg for 9 reps and a rest of 2:00.

Keep a routine up to date

When you finish a workout you started from a routine and you added, removed or swapped an exercise, Overlood asks Update this routine?

  • Update routine saves the workout and changes the routine to match: a swapped exercise takes your new sets, a removed one goes, and an added one joins at the end.
  • Leave it as is saves the workout and keeps the routine as it was.

Changing sets, weights, reps or the order of exercises doesn’t bring up the question. You’re asked at most once per workout.

The Update this routine? dialog after finishing a workout with an exercise removed, with Update routine and Leave it as is.

Tips

  • Log your first few workouts freely, then save the one you’d repeat. It’s quicker than building a routine from nothing.
  • Check the reps before you tap Save. They come from what you logged, so a set you cut short becomes the target.

Frequently asked questions

Are my notes copied into the routine?

No. Notes stay on the workout. Add a note to an exercise in the routine editor if you want one there.

Does saving the routine change the workout?

No. The workout stays in your history exactly as you logged it.

Does Overlood ask to update the routine when I add a set?

No. Only adding, removing or swapping an exercise brings up the question. Sets, weights, reps and order don’t.