Requests

For some static hold exercises like handstand, lever or planche progressions it can be useful to have a toal hold time goal and try to achieve that in as few attempts as possible. For example you want to hold a 30s handstand in max 2 attempts. This method of training can be useful if you want to increase your hold times and not always go for your 1RM. As of now you would have to keep track in the notes or create new exercises named "exercises 20 seconds". But in the second approach the app always tries to increase the number of reps, which is ultimately not the goal of this method.

I’m fairly new to the app and I think it’s great. Love the amount of customization and detail that’s available. And I especially like the skill tree. I do think that one thing that could push this app into being excellent (and addicting) is a Challenges/Achievements/Quests based on trending workouts or community selected ones. The current community tab is decent but only really shows recent workouts from members. Rather than just having recent workouts, having popular challenges along with what % of members have completed them I think would add a stronger social aspect and in turn increase adherence (and fun factor) to working out. Having a personalized goal and plan is great for long term results, but often I find that taking on a “challenge” as a community really gives the training more meaning. Strength challenges such as: completing 10 pull ups variants in 2 min. Endurance challenge such as: completing that celebrity workout that is definitely not the reason they lost packed on 20lbs of muscle in 3 months. Balance/mobility challenges such as: that weird but impressive table climb all the climbers were doing. Alright I’m not the most creative but the main concept of Challenges/Achievement Workouts that the whole community can participate in would be great. And if executed well, I could see it driving a lot of popularity to the app.

If you have to take time off for whatever reason (vacation, injury, deload, off season, on season, whatever), then it would be nice to have the app drop you back a little in intensity to ramp back into the workouts instead of just continuing from where you left off. My main sport is climbing and I have been using Calistree to get stronger for climbing, but also have some calisthenics goals. Every 2 or 3 months I like to stop my non-climbing exercise and focus on just climbing for a few weeks. I do this a few times a year. Sometimes it is planned and sometimes it is due to travel, illness, family, motivation, work, kids, etc. It would be nice to hit a "Resume" or "Re-load" button and ramp back into the program you were already doing. This is kind of like https://feedback.calistree.com/requests/p/mesocycles-and-deload-weeks , but more ad-hoc and less planned. I actually just got an email from Calistree saying it missed me. This feature could be tied to whatever sends that message also.

Hi Calistree team, First, thanks for the app. I use it regularly as a beta user and this is probably the most feature rich yet easier to use app I've tried alla round. And the great exercise library is top tier. Yet, I have one big pain point, and I think a single feature could fix it. THE PROBLEM Creating or editing a workout from scratch is slow. For every exercise I have to: Tap add Find the exercise Often dig into a progression tree, where I can only add the exercise right now to some workout place, not add it to my list to which I'll bulk add to a place. Optionally add it to a superset (and sometimes delete the existing superset first, because I can't extend a superset in one step) Adjust sets and rep range (which start with 2-3 sets of 10-40s when I often use 1 set of 30-60s for stretching) Then I repeat all of that for the next exercise. For a 20-exercise, 30-second stretch routine of about 10 to 12 minutes, this takes ages. The result is that I keep delaying creating or updating my routines, and sometimes I skip using the app altogether. THE PROPOSAL A text-based, scriptable way to build a workout: one exercise per line, with sets, reps, timers and supersets written in a short syntax. The app parses it and maps each line to your existing exercise library. Liftosaur already does this well with Liftoscript, and its docs are a good reference: https://www.liftosaur.com/doc/liftoscript Example of what I would type for a stretch routine: Cat Cow / 2x30s Child's Pose / 2x30s Pigeon Pose / 2x30s|10s Hamstring Stretch / 2x30s / superset: A Quad Stretch / 2x30s / superset: A And for strength work: Push Up / 3x8-12 / 90s Pull Up / 4x5 Plank / 3x1 60s|30s Syntax ideas worth borrowing from Liftosaur: Exercise / sets x reps, with rep ranges (3x8-12) Set timer and rest timer in one token (60s|30s), useful for holds and stretches superset: A to group exercises Comments (//) for exercise notes A progression ladder written inline, similar to Liftosaur's exercise variations (Push Up | Diamond Push Up | Archer Push Up). This maps nicely onto Calistree's progression trees. EXERCISES NOT FOUND If a line does not match a known exercise, the app should not fail. It could highlight the line and offer a quick search, or let me create a custom exercise in place, then continue parsing the rest. SUGGESTED UX An "Edit as text" toggle on any workout, so I can also export an existing workout to text, tweak it, and re-import it Autocomplete for exercise names while typing Inline validation with clear errors Paste support, so I can drop in a routine from notes or a message WHY IT MATTERS Much faster creation and editing, especially for long routines like mobility, stretching and warm-ups Easy to share, copy and version routines as plain text Opens the door to AI-assisted workflow: people could paste a routine generated by any AI tool straight into the app The same format could serve as the backend contract for a future in-app AI coach that generates or adjusts workouts Desktop use would be super fast and easy Happy to test an early version or give feedback on the syntax. Thanks for considering it!

Details The core idea is to introduce an AI-powered workout generator with real-time adaptive adjustments, so the user can interact with Calistree more like they would with a personal coach. Instead of manually building workouts or selecting exercises, the user could simply speak or type in natural language to describe their training intention, energy level, or focus, and the app would interpret the intent and build the workout around it — including warm-up, skill work, main training sets, and cooldown. This same intuitive interaction could continue during the workout as well. If something feels too hard, too easy, too long, or needs to shift direction, the user can just tell the app in plain language, and it could suggest appropriate modifications — similar to how a human coach adjusts programming in real time based on how the session is unfolding. The goal is to make training feel more adaptive, collaborative, and personalized, while always keeping the user in full control. ⸻ Examples of Natural Inputs • “Make me a rings push session that’s more skill-focused today.” • “I’m low energy — something light, ~30 minutes.” • “Give me a hard pull workout, but avoid front lever — shoulder is tight.” • “Let’s do legs, but make it explorative, not heavy volume.” Short “exercise snacks”: • “I’ve got 10 minutes — give me something quick.” • “I have 20 minutes — something efficient and focused.” • “Pick something that targets muscles that are still fresh.” • “Let’s do chest hypertrophy for the next 10 minutes.” • “Quick core finisher, low joint stress.” ⸻ Adaptive Refinement During the Workout 1) User-Guided Adjustments (via text or voice) • “This is too hard.” • “I can push harder.” • “Remove dips — shoulder isn’t happy.” • “Shorten the workout.” App suggests → Accept / Reject / Show Alternatives 2) Data-Based Suggestions (Optional) Based on the training data the user naturally generates: • Logged reps and sets • Added/reduced volume • Pacing detected from the timer • Optional RPE / difficulty check-ins If performing stronger than expected → suggest progression If fatigue increases → suggest scaling down If pacing slows → suggest reducing total volume All suggestions are non-intrusive and user-controlled. ⸻ Energy / Readiness Input (Optional) • Low / Normal / High, or • 1–10 readiness slider If a “low-energy day” unexpectedly goes well, the app could gently ask: “You’re performing well today — want to increase intensity?” ⸻ Anticipated Workout Rhythm Awareness (Optional, Togglable) The app could learn and anticipate the user’s training rhythm. Example: If someone often rotates Push → Pull → Legs, and Push and Pull have already been done this week, the app may suggest Legs next, always with the option to override. This is: • Predictive, not prescriptive • Optional • User-controlled ⸻ Why This May Be Valuable This would allow Calistree to function as a responsive, intuitive training partner that: • Understands natural language input • Builds workouts based on intent • Adapts sessions dynamically • Supports variations in daily readiness • Reduces planning + decision fatigue • While always keeping full user control

This is such a great product. If someone already has a lifetime subscription and still wants to make a one-time contribution to the development effort, you should permit it.

Current notes situation: you can add notes in the exercise parameters when editing the routine, and those will be copied to the session notes section when you perform the routine. If no notes exist in the routine, it will check if the last time you did that exercise had notes attached and copy those to the new session. To give more flexibility, we're considering those changes: Separate Session from Routine notes: the Routine notes (in the exercise parameters) stay there and don't get transferred to the Session. When taking Session notes, those are only attached to that Session and don't get copied over to another one in the future. Add "exercise notes", which are personal notes attached to the exercise datasheet. The Routine notes should be shown above the Session notes field and clicking on them should open the exercise parameters for edition. Bonus: be able to quickly access the last session notes about the exercise in focus.

I'd like to see how my progress I've made with each individual joint. Currently in the search page - joint movement option shows the list of all the joint movement. But the level of each joint movement is not mentioned. I can check my individual joint movement level in each exercise's requirements for readiness page. Which is not comprehensive. And which also goes away once 100% readiness is achieved that exercise. My request is can you please add the levels of each joint movement achieved next to there names in the joint movements page.

Sometimes life gets in the way of regular training and when you get back to it, your level is not what it used to be. With the new Experience profile graphs (coming soon), if you're away from training for a while, that will automatically regress your level. But if you have a sudden drop in your abilities, for example due to an injury, there is no way to ask the app to adapt to that. Besides adapting to your reduced abilities, it could be useful to look back on your injury track record, see how long it took you to recover, identify patterns more easily, ...

Please add false grip in the hand positions parameter. With this simple option, exercises like false grip row wouldnt need to exist. This could also be applied to others grips, like narrow or wide grip, for pushups/pullups as example.