Requests

For some static hold exercises like handstand, lever or planche progressions it can be useful to have a toal hold time goal and try to achieve that in as few attempts as possible. For example you want to hold a 30s handstand in max 2 attempts. This method of training can be useful if you want to increase your hold times and not always go for your 1RM. As of now you would have to keep track in the notes or create new exercises named "exercises 20 seconds". But in the second approach the app always tries to increase the number of reps, which is ultimately not the goal of this method.

I’m fairly new to the app and I think it’s great. Love the amount of customization and detail that’s available. And I especially like the skill tree. I do think that one thing that could push this app into being excellent (and addicting) is a Challenges/Achievements/Quests based on trending workouts or community selected ones. The current community tab is decent but only really shows recent workouts from members. Rather than just having recent workouts, having popular challenges along with what % of members have completed them I think would add a stronger social aspect and in turn increase adherence (and fun factor) to working out. Having a personalized goal and plan is great for long term results, but often I find that taking on a “challenge” as a community really gives the training more meaning. Strength challenges such as: completing 10 pull ups variants in 2 min. Endurance challenge such as: completing that celebrity workout that is definitely not the reason they lost packed on 20lbs of muscle in 3 months. Balance/mobility challenges such as: that weird but impressive table climb all the climbers were doing. Alright I’m not the most creative but the main concept of Challenges/Achievement Workouts that the whole community can participate in would be great. And if executed well, I could see it driving a lot of popularity to the app.

If you have to take time off for whatever reason (vacation, injury, deload, off season, on season, whatever), then it would be nice to have the app drop you back a little in intensity to ramp back into the workouts instead of just continuing from where you left off. My main sport is climbing and I have been using Calistree to get stronger for climbing, but also have some calisthenics goals. Every 2 or 3 months I like to stop my non-climbing exercise and focus on just climbing for a few weeks. I do this a few times a year. Sometimes it is planned and sometimes it is due to travel, illness, family, motivation, work, kids, etc. It would be nice to hit a "Resume" or "Re-load" button and ramp back into the program you were already doing. This is kind of like https://feedback.calistree.com/requests/p/mesocycles-and-deload-weeks , but more ad-hoc and less planned. I actually just got an email from Calistree saying it missed me. This feature could be tied to whatever sends that message also.

Hi Calistree team, First, thanks for the app. I use it regularly as a beta user and this is probably the most feature rich yet easier to use app I've tried alla round. And the great exercise library is top tier. Yet, I have one big pain point, and I think a single feature could fix it. THE PROBLEM Creating or editing a workout from scratch is slow. For every exercise I have to: Tap add Find the exercise Often dig into a progression tree, where I can only add the exercise right now to some workout place, not add it to my list to which I'll bulk add to a place. Optionally add it to a superset (and sometimes delete the existing superset first, because I can't extend a superset in one step) Adjust sets and rep range (which start with 2-3 sets of 10-40s when I often use 1 set of 30-60s for stretching) Then I repeat all of that for the next exercise. For a 20-exercise, 30-second stretch routine of about 10 to 12 minutes, this takes ages. The result is that I keep delaying creating or updating my routines, and sometimes I skip using the app altogether. THE PROPOSAL A text-based, scriptable way to build a workout: one exercise per line, with sets, reps, timers and supersets written in a short syntax. The app parses it and maps each line to your existing exercise library. Liftosaur already does this well with Liftoscript, and its docs are a good reference: https://www.liftosaur.com/doc/liftoscript Example of what I would type for a stretch routine: Cat Cow / 2x30s Child's Pose / 2x30s Pigeon Pose / 2x30s|10s Hamstring Stretch / 2x30s / superset: A Quad Stretch / 2x30s / superset: A And for strength work: Push Up / 3x8-12 / 90s Pull Up / 4x5 Plank / 3x1 60s|30s Syntax ideas worth borrowing from Liftosaur: Exercise / sets x reps, with rep ranges (3x8-12) Set timer and rest timer in one token (60s|30s), useful for holds and stretches superset: A to group exercises Comments (//) for exercise notes A progression ladder written inline, similar to Liftosaur's exercise variations (Push Up | Diamond Push Up | Archer Push Up). This maps nicely onto Calistree's progression trees. EXERCISES NOT FOUND If a line does not match a known exercise, the app should not fail. It could highlight the line and offer a quick search, or let me create a custom exercise in place, then continue parsing the rest. SUGGESTED UX An "Edit as text" toggle on any workout, so I can also export an existing workout to text, tweak it, and re-import it Autocomplete for exercise names while typing Inline validation with clear errors Paste support, so I can drop in a routine from notes or a message WHY IT MATTERS Much faster creation and editing, especially for long routines like mobility, stretching and warm-ups Easy to share, copy and version routines as plain text Opens the door to AI-assisted workflow: people could paste a routine generated by any AI tool straight into the app The same format could serve as the backend contract for a future in-app AI coach that generates or adjusts workouts Desktop use would be super fast and easy Happy to test an early version or give feedback on the syntax. Thanks for considering it!

This is such a great product. If someone already has a lifetime subscription and still wants to make a one-time contribution to the development effort, you should permit it.

Current notes situation: you can add notes in the exercise parameters when editing the routine, and those will be copied to the session notes section when you perform the routine. If no notes exist in the routine, it will check if the last time you did that exercise had notes attached and copy those to the new session. To give more flexibility, we're considering those changes: Separate Session from Routine notes: the Routine notes (in the exercise parameters) stay there and don't get transferred to the Session. When taking Session notes, those are only attached to that Session and don't get copied over to another one in the future. Add "exercise notes", which are personal notes attached to the exercise datasheet. The Routine notes should be shown above the Session notes field and clicking on them should open the exercise parameters for edition. Bonus: be able to quickly access the last session notes about the exercise in focus.

I'd like to see how my progress I've made with each individual joint. Currently in the search page - joint movement option shows the list of all the joint movement. But the level of each joint movement is not mentioned. I can check my individual joint movement level in each exercise's requirements for readiness page. Which is not comprehensive. And which also goes away once 100% readiness is achieved that exercise. My request is can you please add the levels of each joint movement achieved next to there names in the joint movements page.

Sometimes life gets in the way of regular training and when you get back to it, your level is not what it used to be. With the new Experience profile graphs (coming soon), if you're away from training for a while, that will automatically regress your level. But if you have a sudden drop in your abilities, for example due to an injury, there is no way to ask the app to adapt to that. Besides adapting to your reduced abilities, it could be useful to look back on your injury track record, see how long it took you to recover, identify patterns more easily, ...

Please add false grip in the hand positions parameter. With this simple option, exercises like false grip row wouldnt need to exist. This could also be applied to others grips, like narrow or wide grip, for pushups/pullups as example.

Apologies if this is already covered elsewhere. I did a search and didn’t see anything close to what I’m thinking. I’d love to see a wider variety of progression schemes, based on performance and feedback, incorporated into the app. For example, if someone is a novice, they can typically make progress (with calisthenics this is usually adding reps) from session to session. But if they are an intermediate, progress will be slower (it may take a week to a month to add reps/weight). It would be great if the app could identify someone’s training status based on how quickly they are able to progress, and then make intelligent progression/periodization decisions for them. Let’s say I’m using the free plan and one of my objectives is a one-arm push-up. Each session currently has me performing decline pushups with my feet on an elevated surface. For a few weeks, I’m making steady progress from session to session. Then, for two straight sessions I’m unable to add reps within the number of allotted sets. It would be great if the app could determine, based on my recent ability to make linear progression, that I’m a novice or advanced novice. Based on this history, it recommends a brief backoff in which my goal decline pushups reps are lower for a session (a novice-style deload). Then, it tries to keep me going with linear progression. If I continue to stall with linear progression, the app recognizes this and switches me to a weekly progression scheme, and so on and so forth. If the app could recognize a user’s training age based on their ability to progress, perhaps it could then recommend appropriate progression schemes and back-off periods. I’m no app developer, so I understand if this would be too difficult to program. I’m just throwing it out there! I absolutely LOVE this app and consider it the best option for home/calisthenics-based training. Thanks for all you do, Louis!