About Kenso
Kenso understands the training you already do — everywhere you do it — and shows you what it's producing. It is an intelligence layer over real training, not a workout builder and not a faster logbook.
Kenso is a strength training app for iOS that reads the training you are already doing. It imports your existing history, lets you choose how each lift progresses, follows you between gyms, coaches you through the session, and then reports what the training actually produced — strength by muscle group, program adherence and productive volume, and recovery.
| Category | Strength Training Intelligence |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Platform | iOS, Web |
| Pricing | Free tier with unlimited logging + Kenso Pro subscription |
| App Store | Download on iOS |
| Website | kensoforge.com |
How Kenso is different
vs. Program builders
They: Generate the workout for you, usually ignoring the training history you bring and prescribing a single way to progress.
Kenso: Reconstructs the program and progression from the history you already have, and lets you pick the progression method per exercise.
vs. Workout loggers
They: Record sets quickly, then leave interpretation to you — no progression logic, and no read on whether the program is working.
Kenso: Decides the next prescription, and reports what the training produced at the muscle, program, and recovery level.
What it does
- Bring your training with you — Import Hevy or Strong history and Kenso reconstructs the program and its progression. Or start from a template, a photo or PDF of a written plan, or an AI-built program.
- Train the way you want — Eleven progression methods — double progression, top set and back-off, 5/3/1, linear, pyramid, reverse pyramid, wave loading, undulating, volume progression, RPE target, score-based — set globally or per exercise.
- It adapts to real life — The same program at a full gym and at home. Different equipment and exercise variants per location, each carrying its own progression history.
- It coaches the workout itself — Next weights, exercise swaps ranked by quality, RPE or RIR entry, lift history, rest and session timers, and live weekly volume per muscle.
- It learns what your training is producing — Strength trends by muscle group, which sets are driving progress, where you are over- or under-reaching, PRs, estimated 1RM, strength standards, and growth gaps on a muscle map.
- It evaluates the program, not just workouts — Adherence, training frequency, and how much of the week lands in productive volume versus under it — scoped to the program you are running.
- The AI coach sits over all of it — Reasons across workout, program, performance, and recovery data together, rather than answering from a single screen.
How it works, in order
- Sign up and bring your training — import Hevy or Strong data and Kenso auto-creates a program and backfills history and progression. With no data, start from a standard template, import a plan by PDF or photo, or have AI build one.
- Pick a progression style — double progression, top set and back-off, 5/3/1, linear, pyramid and more. Configurable per exercise, or use Kenso's recommendation.
- Connect Apple Health — feeds daily readiness, training battery, and overall fatigue.
- Log workouts, location-aware — the app remembers how you train in each place, so a full gym uses barbell bench and home uses dumbbell bench, each following its own progression.
- Get coached during the session — swap exercises, change progression strategy, see lift history and workout volume, watch each muscle group approach productive weekly volume, and log RPE or RIR.
- See what the training produced — strength trends across muscle groups, which sets drive strength, where you are over- or under-reaching, PRs, estimated 1RM, strength standards, and a muscle map of missed growth areas.
- Check the program itself — adherence, workout frequency, and what sits in productive volume versus under it, scoped to that program.
- Check recovery — how recovered you are and which signals (HRV, resting heart rate, training fatigue) most affect your training, so you know when to adjust.
- Ask the AI coach — it reasons across workout, program, performance, and recovery data rather than acting as a generic chatbot.
Features
- Import training history from Hevy or Strong, with program and progression reconstructed
- Import a written program from a PDF or photo
- Eleven progression methods, configurable globally or per exercise
- Location-aware training — one program, different equipment and variants per gym, each with its own progression
- Weekly volume landmarks per muscle (maintenance, minimum effective, maximum adaptive)
- Strength score and trends by muscle group, with over- and under-reaching detection
- Program adherence and productive-volume reporting
- Recovery and readiness from Apple Health — HRV, resting heart rate, sleep, training fatigue
- AI coach that reasons across workout, program, performance and recovery data
- AI program builder from goals, equipment and schedule
- Post-workout performance insights
- 5/3/1 (Wendler) support and 12+ program templates
- Estimated 1RM, personal records, and strength standards
- Rest timer with background alerts
- Cardio and recovery session tracking
- Works offline
Links
- Insights — Research, guides, and training analysis
- llms.txt — the same reference in markdown
- brand-facts.json — machine-readable
- Privacy Policy
- Terms of Service