HOLDLINE Get early access

Straight answers

What it does, and what it deliberately does not.

A tracker that tries to be everything logs nothing well. Here is the line, drawn on purpose, so you know before you download whether this is your app.

It does on purpose

  • Time static holds to a tenth of a second
  • Track seven skill families across forty-seven stages
  • Log the basics too, sixty-nine of them, from pull-ups to calf raises
  • Ask about sleep, energy and joints before you pull
  • Show which muscles a week of training actually loaded
  • Work with no signal, in a basement gym, on a plane

It does not also on purpose

  • Count calories or track what you eat
  • Tell you when you are ready. It measures, you decide
  • Have a feed, followers, likes or a leaderboard
  • Replace a coach or a physiotherapist
  • Serve rehabilitation. It is not a medical device
  • Send your training anywhere, because there is nowhere to send it

Frequently asked questions

What does it cost?

Nothing during the beta, and the first hundred people on the list keep it free for life. After that there will be a paid tier, and the skill tracking itself stays in the free version. A tracker whose core idea sits behind a paywall cannot show you why it is worth paying for.

How do I track my progress?

Every set you log is stored with everything that makes it comparable: the seconds you held, the reps, the load, the band and the stage you were on. From that the app draws your hold-time curve, marks your best and shows the ladder you are climbing. Nothing is estimated.

Can I switch between exercises during a session?

Yes. A session is not locked to one exercise. Move between a skill and the basics as you go, and each entry keeps its own kind of count: seconds for holds, reps for dynamic work.

Can I create my own workout?

Yes. Build a template from any exercises you like, reorder it, duplicate it and reuse it. It holds the list of exercises, not target sets and reps, because what you should lift today is your call and not the app's.

Does it have a timer?

A built-in one, and it is the centre of the app. It measures the hold while you are in it, with a countdown first so you can film yourself and still start at zero, and a correction of one second either way after you stop.

Can I choose the equipment I train with?

Yes, and it is part of the set. Floor, parallettes, parallel bars and rings are not the same hold, so the app records which one you used instead of pretending they are interchangeable. Same for dumbbells, cables and machines on the basics.

Can I see my history?

All of it. Every session stays, with its sets, its readiness check and the muscles it loaded. You can look at one week, one month, one year, or one exercise across all of them.

Do I need an account?

No. There is no sign-up, no email and no password inside the app. It opens and you log.

Where does my training data go?

Onto your phone and nowhere else. There is no server behind this app. You can write a backup file whenever you want one somewhere safe, and that file is yours and readable, so there is nothing to be locked into.

Does it work without signal?

Completely. Gym basements have no reception, and a tracker that hangs while saving does not get used during training. Everything is written locally the moment you tap.

Android?

Coming soon. iPhone comes first, because that is where testing starts and one platform done properly beats two done halfway. Sign up and you will hear when Android is ready.

Why fifteen seconds and not twelve or twenty?

Because fifteen clean seconds at bodyweight is the mark used in practice, and it is a long time when nothing is moving. Try the button above and see how far off your guess was. It is a reference, not a rule the app enforces: HoldLINE measures the hold, and you decide when a stage is yours.

Do bands count?

They count, and they are logged as what they are. A band that helps you hold the shape is doing part of the work, so that hold is not the same number as an unhelped one. A band that fights you is overload, and overload builds the skill. Two roles, never added up into one.

When does the beta open?

To a small group first, and the mailing list hears before anything is public. One email, nothing else.

Beta

Built by someone who has been on the bar for ten years.

HoldLINE comes out of training practice, not a product workshop. The fifteen second line, the band rules and the readiness check are how the progression actually works, written down. The beta opens to a small group first.