Steady 2.7: 400+ exercises and more

Steady 2.7 is here — and the exercise library just got a serious upgrade.

This is the biggest content release Steady has ever shipped. Over 400 new exercises, each with its own image, plus a handful of features that give you more control over what you actually see in the library and how you swap things on the fly. There’s also a fresh look for appearance settings and a few Watch refinements I’m especially happy with.

✨ New Features

Expanded Exercise Library

The library now covers a much wider range of movements, equipment, and muscle groups — over 400 new exercises in total, each with its own image.

If you’ve ever scrolled the library looking for a specific variation and come up empty, this should fix most of those gaps. Cable variations, machine alternatives, unilateral work, less common accessory lifts — they’re in there now.

Gallery View for Exercises

The library now supports a two-column card view alongside the existing list. Tap the new grid button in the filters bar to switch between them.

When you’re browsing for ideas — or you just remember a movement by what it looks like more than what it’s called — the gallery is a much faster way to find it.

Equipment Preferences (Pro)

Hide exercises for equipment you don’t have access to. Go to Settings → Exercises and toggle any equipment type off — those exercises disappear from the library while remaining fully accessible in your routines and workout history.

If your home gym doesn’t have a cable machine, you don’t need cable exercises cluttering up your search. If your commercial gym doesn’t have a hack squat, hide it. Your library, tuned to the gym you actually train in.

Exercise Alternatives (Pro)

Every exercise now comes with suggested alternatives you can swap in on the fly.

The squat rack is taken. The cable column is busy. Your shoulder isn’t loving overhead press today and you want a horizontal substitute. Open the exercise, pick an alternative, keep moving. No editing the routine, no breaking your flow.

Custom Muscle Targets

You can now set your own weekly set-range targets per muscle, or stick with Steady’s recommended adaptive ranges. Clear Under / In / Over indicators show where you stand at a glance.

The defaults work for most people, but if you’re prioritizing a lagging body part — or pulling back on volume during a deload — being able to dial in your own ranges per muscle makes the weekly view actually reflect your plan.

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🚀 Improvements

Smith Machine

Smith Machine is now its own equipment type, separate from Machine, with its own weight increment setting.

A small change with real downstream effects: you can now filter for Smith-specific variations, hide them entirely if your gym doesn’t have one, and dial in the right increment without it spilling over to plate-loaded machines.

Faster, Sharper Exercise Images

Exercise images load faster, look sharper, and now support transparent backgrounds that blend cleanly into any theme.

Overhauled Appearance Settings

Theme, dark mode, routine card style, exercise image style, and color palette now live in one place with visual pickers. Choose between Standard and High Contrast exercise images to suit your style.

The previous appearance settings had grown organically over time and it showed. This is the cleanup that screen needed — every visual choice in one place, with previews so you can actually see what you’re picking.

Refined Apple Watch Experience

More reliable workout start, smoother full-screen rest timer presentation, and better handling of connection hiccups throughout your session.

The Watch app shipped in 2.6 and has been improving every release since. This round is mostly about the small things you only notice when they go wrong — start reliability, transitions, recovery from a momentary disconnect.

Per-Set Custom Adjustments

Advanced Custom Adjustment now lets you choose distinct weight, reps, or duration for each set instead of applying a uniform offset across the exercise.

Pairs nicely with per-set targets — pyramid schemes, drop sets, or any session where each set has its own plan.

Per-set targets in action: each set in the same exercise can carry its own weight, reps, or duration.

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🛠 Fixes & Polish

• Superset exercises now cycle through in order.
• Quicker cold boot, and faster initial data loads when opening History, Trends, and Measurements.
• General performance, stability, and UI refinements throughout.

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Update to 2.7 on the App Store. Browse the new library, set up your equipment preferences, and let me know what you find.

Stay Steady.