Need to track progressive overload — adding weight or reps over time — without maintaining a spreadsheet or downloading a gym app? This howtoany walkthrough uses a browser workout log so you can compare this week to last week from the sets you already lift.
If you want the broader progress picture (volume, streaks, history), see how to track gym progress without a spreadsheet. If you care about best-ever lifts specifically, see how to track personal records at the gym. If you are still building the habit of writing sets down, see how to keep a workout journal online. This guide is about progressive overload — raising the load session to session.
Why progressive overload needs a history, not a blank notebook
Progressive overload only works if you know what you did last time. A paper log can do that, but scanning old pages mid-session is slow. A browser log that keeps finished sessions can:
- Show last week’s weight and reps for the same exercise
- Keep weekly volume and full history without a spreadsheet sync at home
- Stay on your phone in the gym — open the site, log the set, move on
- Leave room to raise weight or reps when prior sets felt solid
MyRepLog’s free plan includes unlimited sessions, full history, weekly volume, automatic personal records, and top lifts per exercise.
Steps
Open MyRepLog. Go to myreplog.com in your phone or laptop browser. No app-store download is required.
Create a free account. Sign up with no card. Unlimited sessions and full history are free forever.
Log each set’s weight and reps. During the session, log the weight and reps for every set on each exercise. Use kg or lb, whichever you already train in.
Finish the session. End it so history and weekly volume save and you can compare this week to the last one.
Compare to last week. Look back at the prior session for the same exercise. When those sets felt solid, raise weight or reps next time — that is progressive overload.
What “raise when it felt solid” means
You do not need to add load every session. A practical rule: if last week’s target sets finished with good form and leftover reps in reserve, nudge weight up a small step (or add a rep) next time. If the sets were a grind, repeat the same numbers and earn a cleaner session before you push again.
MyRepLog does not invent a progression plan for you on the free plan — you decide the bump. History, weekly volume, and top lifts give you the numbers to decide. AI coaching and advanced strength analytics sit on MyRepLog Pro if you want them later; they are not required to track progressive overload.
Tips
- Keep exercise names consistent week to week so last session’s numbers are easy to find.
- Follow a program you already have, or browse training programs (beginner, strength, hypertrophy, fat loss, 3-day, and home training) and log against that structure so overload has a stable exercise list.
- Glance at exercise technique guides before a new lift so the first logged sets are worth building on.
- Add the site to your home screen as a progressive web app if you want an icon; you can keep opening it in the browser either way.
Open MyRepLog and log the next session so next week’s overload has something to beat.