# Barbell Medicine

> With you from bench to bedside

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1536216161](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1536216161)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1536216161`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Barbell Medicine, LLC
- **Category:** Health & Fitness
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (77 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-31
- **First published:** 2022-03-14
- **Size:** 46 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/barbell-medicine/id1536216161)
- **Website:** [https://www.barbellmedicine.com/app/](https://www.barbellmedicine.com/app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.barbellmedicine.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.barbellmedicine.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Barbell Medicine brings its training templates and coaching content to your browser with this extension. Access free training templates and related e-books, including The Bridge, The Beginner Prescription, The Peaking Templates, and the Free Strongman Template, all in an easy-to-use format. The extension supports data tracking across sessions, with a library of over 1,200 exercises, metrics like weight, reps, and RPE, and the ability to store and review your workouts. It also enables in-app messaging with your coach, video uploads, and editing/reordering of exercises, with cross-device syncing.

## Rankings

- #150,629 — Overall

## Review summary

Barbell Medicine’s app is highly praised for strong, effective programming and easy cross-device template syncing, plus intuitive logging and a solid history view. Recurrent drawbacks include 24-hour time bugs, small touch targets, and template access/cost frictions, alongside missing built-in tools and self-programming options. Users seek more integration (warm-ups, plate calculations, rest timers), better alignment between app and web templates, and easier customization to maximize retention and usability.

### Pros

- High-quality, evidence-based programming and templates that deliver real strength gains.
- Seamless synchronization of purchased templates/programs across website and iOS app (login-based, auto-appears).
- Intuitive UI and straightforward logging/navigation (easy to start next workout and view past sets).
- Broad library of free and paid programs, enabling ongoing training progression.
- Robust workout history/logging that makes it easy to review past workouts and weights.

### Cons

- Time-format / 24-hour setting bugs causing the app to launch or operate improperly.
- Small touch targets and UI elements leading to mis-taps and navigation issues.
- Inconsistent access to templates and purchased content across app and website, with missing new templates and occasional repurchase requirements.
- Missing built-in tools (warm-up calculator, plate calculator, rest timer) and lack of self-programming capability.
- Some templates not aligned with Excel/web, requiring manual changes or duplication between platforms.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1536216161)