Steady 2.8: faster workouts

Steady 2.8 is about the small things that make a workout feel faster, clearer, and more responsive.

This release adds a new pre-workout overview before each session, a richer Streaks screen, more capable Apple Watch workout controls, and a round of in-session refinements around set logging, the workout keyboard, RPE, filters, progression review, and rest timer sound.

New Features

Pre-Workout Overview

Before you start a workout, Steady now gives you a quick overview of what you’re walking into: session number, targeted muscles, estimated duration, recent PRs, and progression opportunities.

It’s meant to answer the useful questions before the first set: how long this usually takes, what you’re training today, and which lifts are ready to move forward.

Richer Streaks

Streaks now has a redesigned history view with a yearly heatmap, clearer progress cards, and a dedicated goal editor.

The goal is the same as before: help you see consistency without turning training into a noisy game. The new view gives you more context when you want it, and gets out of the way when you don’t.

More Capable Apple Watch Workouts

Apple Watch workouts are more flexible now. Expand your set list from your wrist to edit, complete, undo, add, or delete sets without reaching for your phone.

This is especially useful during supersets, warm-ups, or any session where the next thing you need to adjust is already obvious from the Watch.

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Improvements

Faster Set Logging

Completing sets now feels quicker and more responsive, with smoother animations and better feedback.

This is one of those changes that matters because you hit it dozens of times in a workout. Set completion should feel instant, predictable, and quiet.

Redesigned Workout Keyboard

The custom input keyboard is smoother, easier to dismiss, and better at keeping the active set visible while you log.

Weight, reps, RPE, and duration all feel more consistent now, with cleaner transitions and less fighting for space on smaller screens.

Improved RPE and RIR Controls

RPE and RIR tracking got a clearer picker and more flexible display settings, so you can choose the effort view that matches how you think about training.

If you prefer RPE only, RIR only, or both together, Steady now handles that more intentionally across the workout experience.

Better Exercise Filters

Equipment and muscle filters now use icons to make browsing and narrowing exercises easier.

It’s a small visual change, but it makes repeated filtering faster because you can recognize the target or equipment type before reading every label.

Refined Workout Progression Review

Progression options are cleaner, more compact, and easier to scan during a session.

The review now feels more like part of the workout instead of a detour away from it.

Rest Timer Sound Polish

Rest timer sound controls are more predictable, with better handling for music, volume, and notifications.

The timer should be noticeable when you need it, without surprising you or fighting with whatever you’re already listening to.

Exercise Deletion in Reorder Mode

You can now remove exercises or full supersets directly while reordering your workout.

If you change the session on the fly, cleanup now happens in the same place as the reordering instead of forcing you through a separate flow.

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Fixes & Polish

• Smarter weight input handling across iPhone, Apple Watch, and Live Activity.
• Better duration-based logging for timed exercises.
• More reliable Apple Watch workout syncing and health tracking.
• Better Live Activity and Apple Watch updates when editing sets.
• General performance, stability, typography, spacing, and UI refinements.

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Update to 2.8 on the App Store and try the new pre-workout overview before your next session.

Stay Steady.