Chikarachikara

A strength tracker that does the arithmetic.

Set up routines, log your sessions set by set, and let the app handle the part people do badly in a notebook: when to add weight, what you lifted last time, how much work you have actually done.

Accounts are made by hand. There is no sign-up and no pricing, so you will need an invite.

The Chikara dashboard: what to train next, this week's volume, and today's food
One

The plan progresses itself

Set a rep range and a step. Clear the range and next session's weight is already higher, across every routine that movement appears in. Last session's numbers sit beside each set while you work, and the session saves as you type.

  • Bodyweight exercises count your own weight
  • Linked exercises share one load across routines
  • Every weight increase the plan earned is kept on record
Logging a set, with the goal and last session's numbers above the fields
Two

A coach that proposes, never acts

Ask for changes in plain language. Powered by Claude, the coach answers with a specific diff you confirm or reject. Nothing is applied behind your back.

My shoulder's bothering me. Swap the overhead work in Upper body A.

Two changes. The landmine press keeps the pressing pattern below shoulder height, and the lateral raise comes out until it is comfortable. Everything else stays.

ProposalUpper body A
Overhead press3 × 8 · 45 kg
+Landmine press3 × 10 · 30 kg
Lateral raise3 × 12 · 8 kg
Applies to Upper body A only. The cycle keeps its shape.
A coach conversation with a proposal to confirm or reject
Chat about a routine, design a one-off session for today, or ask a general question about your training.
Three

Numbers that admit what they don't know

Volume is measured, so it is stated plainly. Calories are an estimate, so they are labelled as one, and without a weigh-in they are not shown at all. No invented data and no confident zeroes.

4,200kg this week
12day streak
Last weigh-in82.4 kg · 3 days ago
CaloriesEstimate · 2,480 kcal

“A rough figure from your weight, the time, and the kind of work — not a measurement.”

Where to get it

Chikara is small and invite-only. Everything below is real and working; none of it is self-serve.

Ask for an invite

Tell us how you train. Invites go out in small batches.