Getting Started

From install to your first workout in a few steps.

  1. Install MesoLab from Google Play (iPhone coming soon). A short intro video plays first; you can skip it.
  2. Create your first mesocycle. Pick 4, 5 or 6 working weeks plus a deload, your training experience (New, Intermediate or Advanced) and your days per week.
  3. Choose a template or build your own. Templates fill each day for you; or pick exercises, which are graded and sorted best-first for each muscle. See Build Your Mesocycle.
  4. Set muscle priorities. Emphasise, Grow or Maintain each muscle.
  5. Train. Follow the suggested weights and the RIR target, tick each set, and press Start on the rest timer when you want it. See Log Every Set.
  6. Give feedback. After each workout, rate pump, soreness and workload. That sets next week's volume. See Training That Adapts.
  7. Back up. Your workouts are saved on your phone, so export a backup regularly from Settings.

New to RIR or mesocycles? Read the Training Guide.