Strong Pro
Log workouts, templates, sets, rest timers, and personal history locally
The core loop is small enough for a capable coding agent to produce a useful local version in one sitting. For Strong Pro, log workouts, templates, sets, rest timers, and personal history locally. The hard boundary is mobile polish, widgets, watch app, cloud sync, and exercise database, plus hardware data, content, coaching, and trust.
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What you give up
- mobile polish, widgets, watch app, cloud sync, and exercise database
- wearable hardware data
- coach network
- clinical validation
- large content library and social network
Why people still pay
People still pay for Strong Pro because people pay for polished mobile capture, trusted content, hardware integration, and coaching rather than the basic logbook. The recurring cost buys sensor permissions, data quality, notifications, safety language, accessibility, sync, privacy, content review, and support, not just the visible interface.
Your build guide
The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.
Before you start
- Runtime and tools: TypeScript, React and a Node server with SQLite for a single small workspace.
- Before starting: A local Node runtime, writable data directory, sample records and a documented backup/restore path.
Use these project rules and optional skill references alongside the prompt. Review each skill before adding it to your agent; the AGENTS.md export includes the same guidance.
Project rule — domain: Store Exercise, Template, Session, Set and Unit; preserve the unit per set and distinguish planned from completed sets, bodyweight entries and edited records.
Project rule — scope and recovery: Provide descriptive trends rather than medical advice or restrictive goals. Rest timers recover from persisted timestamps, and deleting a template must not erase completed workouts.
Project rule — acceptance: Change an exercise from pounds to kilograms and edit a prior set; display correct units/history without pretending the user's load suddenly doubled.
Project rule — delivery: document real setup commands and permissions; do not claim a build, accuracy level, performance result or security certification that has not been demonstrated.
Recommended skill: vercel-react-best-practices — keep the proposed React work/review views responsive and avoid unnecessary rendering or data-fetch waterfalls. Follow the maintainer's installation instructions and match its requirements to the chosen runtime.
Recommended skill: web-design-guidelines — review keyboard access, focus, validation, error recovery and the readable work/review interface or HTML report. Follow the maintainer's installation instructions and match its requirements to the chosen runtime.
Implementation plan
Phase 1
Pin the working slice and create its example input: Log workouts from reusable templates, record sets/reps/load and rest timers, and inspect personal history with portable export. Confirm setup: A local Node runtime, writable data directory, sample records and a documented backup/restore path.
Phase 2
Implement persistence and write-time invariants before decorating the UI: Store Exercise, Template, Session, Set and Unit; preserve the unit per set and distinguish planned from completed sets, bodyweight entries and edited records.
Phase 3
Connect the working view to real saved state. Use migrations and server-side validation; expose saved, pending and failed states. Keep each write atomic and reject stale edits using a revision number.
Phase 4
Expose the app-specific limits and recovery path in context: Provide descriptive trends rather than medical advice or restrictive goals. Rest timers recover from persisted timestamps, and deleting a template must not erase completed workouts.
Phase 5
Walk through this concrete acceptance case and preserve its exported evidence: Change an exercise from pounds to kilograms and edit a prior set; display correct units/history without pretending the user's load suddenly doubled. Finish the README and backup/restore instructions; report unfinished capabilities explicitly.
Build the following focused alternative to Strong Pro. Implement the focused workflow below first; the verdict is not evidence of a completed or production-certified build. WORKING SLICE Log workouts from reusable templates, record sets/reps/load and rest timers, and inspect personal history with portable export. SETUP AND ARCHITECTURE Use TypeScript, React and a Node server with SQLite for a single small workspace. Prerequisites: A local Node runtime, writable data directory, sample records and a documented backup/restore path. Before integrating anything, record actual versions and permissions, plus model files or provider limits only where used, in the README; make unavailable dependencies visible rather than simulating success. DOMAIN MODEL AND INVARIANTS Store Exercise, Template, Session, Set and Unit; preserve the unit per set and distinguish planned from completed sets, bodyweight entries and edited records. IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT Use migrations and server-side validation; expose saved, pending and failed states. Keep each write atomic and reject stale edits using a revision number. Provide an input/setup view, the main work view, and a review/export view appropriate to this workflow. Preserve the last saved state if a job or save fails. Include empty, loading, permission-denied, partial and retryable-error states. Log identifiers and error categories without secret values or unnecessary private content. APP-SPECIFIC BOUNDARY AND RECOVERY Provide descriptive trends rather than medical advice or restrictive goals. Rest timers recover from persisted timestamps, and deleting a template must not erase completed workouts. ACCEPTANCE SCENARIO Change an exercise from pounds to kilograms and edit a prior set; display correct units/history without pretending the user's load suddenly doubled. Also reopen the app after an interrupted operation, confirm the saved record/export remains inspectable, and document the recovery action. These are implementation acceptance requirements, not a claim that this guide has been tested. DELIVERY Deliver a runnable repository with migrations or project-format versioning, a non-sensitive example, environment/permission setup, the exact manual acceptance steps, and a backup/export-and-restore walkthrough. Implement the working slice before optional integrations; list any deferred paid-product capabilities honestly. Do not add capabilities outside the working slice just to resemble the original product. PROJECT RULES FOR AGENTS.md Keep the domain invariants above executable at the write boundary. Propose scope changes before adding providers or permissions. Never fabricate source evidence, publish results, identity matches or successful delivery. Preserve user originals and require an explicit confirmation for destructive changes or external publication.
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Strong Pro pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| free | $0/user | $0/user | Unlimited saved workout history and 3 custom workout templates |
| strong pro | $4.99/user | $2.50/user | Unlimited routines/templates plus all Pro features$29.99 billed annually; a 6-month option costs $19.99 (about $3.33/month). |
| strong pro lifetime | — | — | Lifetime PRO access$99.99 one-time; app stores may still show lower legacy offers. |
free tierFree plan: unlimited saved workouts and 3 custom workout templates.
billingmonthly + 6-month + annual + one-time Lifetime
hidden costsNo Family Sharing. App-store legacy offers can show $3.99 monthly, $23.99 annual, or $79.99 Lifetime; buying a paid plan can forfeit any unused trial period.
pricing sources checked 2026-08-14 · pricing source ↗
Questions about Strong Pro
Can you build your own Strong Pro with AI?
The verdict is yes for the scoped workflow. The core loop is small enough for a capable coding agent to produce a useful local version in one sitting. For Strong Pro, log workouts, templates, sets, rest timers, and personal history locally. The hard boundary is mobile polish, widgets, watch app, cloud sync, and exercise database, plus hardware data, content, coaching, and trust.
What does the Strong Pro build prompt cover?
The prompt starts with this scope: Log workouts from reusable templates, record sets/reps/load and rest timers, and inspect personal history with portable export. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: mobile polish, widgets, watch app, cloud sync, and exercise database; wearable hardware data; coach network. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.
How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?
Start with the Strong Pro prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.
How long will this Strong Pro project take?
The catalogue estimate is multi-day for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.
What would I give up by replacing Strong Pro?
mobile polish, widgets, watch app, cloud sync, and exercise database; wearable hardware data; coach network; clinical validation; large content library and social network. People still pay for Strong Pro because people pay for polished mobile capture, trusted content, hardware integration, and coaching rather than the basic logbook. The recurring cost buys sensor permissions, data quality, notifications, safety language, accessibility, sync, privacy, content review, and support, not just the visible interface.
What price is this guide comparing against?
The recorded Pro plan is $4.99/mo (monthly), checked 2026-07-31. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.
What can I use instead of building Strong Pro?
wger: Workouts, sets, timers and charts on your own server; setup day counts as cardio. LiftLog: Sets, timers, plans and charts live on the phone instead of behind a lifetime unlock. FitNotes: A no-ad Android lifting log that has been doing the basic job for years. Compare all listed options at https://howtovibecodeit.dev/strong-pro/alternatives. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.