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Automatic Rest Timer

Hevy offers a customizable and automatic workout rest timer to monitor your rest between sets and exercises.

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an overview of multiple completed sets during a live workout and the automatic rest timer in Hevy

How the Workout Rest Timer Works

The automatic rest timer is available for any exercise you add to a live workout or while building a routine (reusable workout template).

The timer appears near the top of each movement, just below the custom note section. Tap on it to adjust the rest period––anything from five seconds to five minutes. The selected rest period applies to the specific exercise and is triggered once you mark a set as completed.

For instance, setting the timer for three minutes on the bench press will trigger a 3-minute countdown each time you complete a set for that movement.

Once it counts down to zero, Hevy notifies you it’s time for the next set.

You can set different rest periods for all the movements in a workout, such as longer recovery between heavier sets and shorter rest periods while doing isolation exercises near the end of your session.

The timer is optional, so you can keep it turned off for certain activities––for example, when doing movements back to back in a superset or circuit or if you prefer to recover intuitively. It’s there if you need it.

You can also change your rest periods for saved routines and while logging a workout. For instance, you can add 15 seconds of rest at a time if you feel more tired than usual at the end of a set. Conversely, you can shorten the timer by 15 seconds at a time if you feel more energized or are pressed for time.

The Benefits of an Automatic Rest Timer

Monitoring your rest between sets allows you to keep the momentum going, avoid resting unnecessarily long, and be more productive with your time at the gym. Just look at these comments:

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If strength is your primary goal, it ensures you’ve rested long enough to maintain your performance set-to-set.

Hevy’s rest timer makes it effortless because you can set your preferred rest period for every activity while building routines and simply adhere to them during training. Instead of wondering if you’ve rested long enough, you can spend your energy on what truly matters: pushing hard on each set.

You can also set a default rest timer in the settings (Profile tab > Settings gear icon > Workouts > Default Rest Timer). This means that each time you add an activity to a workout, be it a live session or a routine, that will be the default rest timer, which you can adjust when needed.

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5/5

Best workout tracking app

This is by far my favorite workout tracking app. You can tell that the creators work out themselves because they know how important it is to be able to label drop sets, failure sets, supersets, etc. It allows me to track everything I need. When if it’s been a while since I did an exercise I can easily take a look at my history.

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I have been using this app since January. I love it. It’s the thing that had kept me in the gym this year because it helps me see results. I love how it syncs with my watch and I can input the weight and reps on my watch or phone. I appreciate that it supplies workouts for different splits so I don’t need to pay for a trainer. I love how it holds the last rep and weight from the previous time I did the exercise.

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5/5
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My focus now is on building functional strength to avoid injuries as I age. Coming back to lifting as an adult with moderate gym anxiety, the Hevy app has helped me track progress on my weights and allowed me to make intelligent choices about increasing the amount I’m lifting. I really appreciate the illustrations and animations that help me learn new movements.

Select your preferred recovery duration for an exercise. Then, as you mark a set on that movement as completed, the timer will begin its countdown and notify you when your rest is over.
Yes, you can set a different rest period for each activity in a workout, ranging from five seconds to five minutes.
You can tap the rest timer on any activity and scroll to the ‘off’ position. Marking sets as completed for that movement will not trigger a countdown.
Yes, you can tap the rest timer on the movement to adjust it for all sets or use the -15 and +15 buttons to remove or add 15 seconds based on how you feel after a given set.
Yes. Navigate to the settings (Profile tab > Settings gear icon > Workouts > Default Rest Timer) and scroll to ‘off.’ The rest timer will be in the ‘off’ position when you add movements to a workout, but you can change that while building a routine or logging a workout.