Exercise library
Every exercise in GainGames
The exercises built into the app, grouped by the main muscle they train. Helper muscles get half credit toward your weekly volume.
On every exercise
What you see for each exercise
Open any exercise in the app and everything about that lift is in one place.
- Muscles workedThe main muscle and every muscle that helps.
- Your recordsYour best set, an estimated one-rep max, and your best weight at every rep count, as a strength curve or a grid.
- Your historyEvery session you've done it, week by week, with warm-ups and PR sets marked.
What you can add
- Notes and cuesForm cues, technique notes, what to watch for.
- LinksSave a video or an article with a title, and open it from the exercise.
- A goalA target weight and reps, with a progress bar and an optional deadline.
- A favoriteStar it and it sorts to the top of your library.
Your own exercises
Don't see yours? Add it.
Any exercise you add works like the built-in ones: its own PRs, history, goals and volume.
- NameWhatever you call it, like Landmine Press or Pause Bench.
- Main muscleOne of the 15 muscle groups. It gets full credit.
- Helper musclesAny others it works. They get half credit.
- EquipmentBarbell, dumbbell, kettlebell, cable, machine, bodyweight or other.
- Measured byReps, time or distance.
In the app, go to Programming, then Exercises, and tap +. You can also add one from Add Exercise during a workout.
Chest
- Barbell Bench Press Barbell Helps: TricepsFront Delts
- Cable Flyes Cable
- Dips (Chest) Bodyweight Helps: Triceps
- Dumbbell Bench Press Dumbbell Helps: TricepsFront Delts
- Dumbbell Flyes Dumbbell
- Incline Barbell Bench Press Barbell Helps: Front DeltsTriceps
- Incline Dumbbell Flyes Dumbbell
- Incline Dumbbell Press Dumbbell Helps: Front DeltsTriceps
- Machine Chest Press Machine Helps: Triceps
- Pec Deck Machine Machine
- Push-Ups Bodyweight Helps: TricepsFront Delts
Back
- Barbell Rows Barbell Helps: Biceps
- Cable Rows Cable Helps: Biceps
- Chest-Supported Row Dumbbell Helps: Biceps
- Deadlifts Barbell Helps: HamstringsGlutesTraps
- Dumbbell Pullover Dumbbell Helps: Chest
- Dumbbell Rows Dumbbell Helps: Biceps
- Face Pulls Cable Helps: Rear Delts
- Lat Pulldowns Cable Helps: Biceps
- Pendlay Row Barbell Helps: Biceps
- Power Clean Barbell Helps: TrapsBackGlutesHamstrings
- Pull-Ups Bodyweight Helps: Biceps
- Rack Pulls Barbell Helps: Traps
- Seated Cable Rows Cable Helps: Biceps
- Straight-Arm Pulldowns Cable
- T-Bar Rows Barbell Helps: Biceps
- Trap Bar Deadlift Barbell Helps: QuadricepsGlutesHamstringsTraps
- Zercher Deadlift Barbell Helps: HamstringsGlutes
Side Delts
- Behind-the-Neck Overhead Press Barbell Helps: Front DeltsTriceps
- Cable Lateral Raises Cable
- Lateral Raises (Dumbbell) Dumbbell
- Machine Lateral Raises Machine
- Upright Rows Barbell Helps: Front DeltsTraps
Rear Delts
- Cable Reverse Flyes Cable
- Face Pulls (Rear Delt) Cable
- Rear Delt Flyes Dumbbell
- Reverse Pec Deck Machine
Front Delts
- Arnold Press Dumbbell Helps: Side DeltsTriceps
- Front Raises Dumbbell
- Overhead Press (Barbell) Barbell Helps: TricepsSide Delts
- Overhead Press (Dumbbell) Dumbbell Helps: TricepsSide Delts
- Push Press Barbell Helps: Front DeltsTriceps
Biceps
- Barbell Curls Barbell
- Cable Curls Cable
- Concentration Curls Dumbbell
- Dumbbell Curls Dumbbell
- Hammer Curls Dumbbell Helps: Forearms
- Incline Dumbbell Curls Dumbbell
- Preacher Curls Barbell
Triceps
- Cable Overhead Extension Cable
- Close-Grip Bench Press Barbell Helps: Chest
- Diamond Push-Ups Bodyweight Helps: Chest
- Dumbbell Overhead Tricep Extension Dumbbell
- Dumbbell Skull Crushers Dumbbell
- Overhead Tricep Extension Cable
- Skull Crushers Barbell
- Tricep Dips Bodyweight Helps: Chest
- Tricep Pushdowns Cable
Quadriceps
- ATG Split Squat Dumbbell Helps: Glutes
- Barbell Back Squat Barbell Helps: Glutes
- Bodyweight Squat Bodyweight Helps: Glutes
- Box Squat Barbell Helps: Glutes
- Bulgarian Split Squats Dumbbell Helps: Glutes
- Burpees Bodyweight Helps: Quadriceps
- Front Squat Barbell Helps: Glutes
- Goblet Squats Dumbbell Helps: Glutes
- Hack Squat Machine Helps: Glutes
- Leg Extensions Machine
- Leg Press Machine Helps: Glutes
- Reverse Lunges Dumbbell Helps: Glutes
- Sissy Squat Bodyweight
- Step-Ups Dumbbell Helps: Glutes
- Walking Lunges Dumbbell Helps: Glutes
- Zercher Squat Barbell Helps: GlutesBack
Hamstrings
- Back Extensions Other Helps: GlutesBack
- Good Mornings Barbell Helps: Glutes
- Lying Leg Curls Machine
- Nordic Curls Bodyweight
- Romanian Deadlifts Barbell Helps: Glutes
- Seated Leg Curls Machine
- Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift Dumbbell Helps: Glutes
- Stiff-Leg Deadlifts Barbell Helps: Glutes
Glutes
- Cable Kickbacks Cable
- Glute Bridges Bodyweight
- Hip Abduction (Machine) Machine
- Hip Thrusts Barbell
- Kettlebell Snatch Kettlebell Helps: GlutesHamstringsTraps
- Kettlebell Swing Kettlebell Helps: GlutesHamstrings
- Sumo Deadlifts Barbell Helps: QuadricepsHamstrings
Adductors
- Hip Adduction (Machine) Machine
Calves
- Donkey Calf Raises Machine
- Leg Press Calf Raises Machine
- Seated Calf Raises Machine
- Standing Calf Raises Machine
Abs
- Ab Wheel Rollouts Other
- Cable Crunches Cable
- Hanging Leg Raises Bodyweight
- Planks Bodyweight
- Reverse Crunches Bodyweight
- Russian Twists Other
- Weighted Decline Crunches Other
- Windshield Wipers Bodyweight
Forearms
- Dead Hangs Bodyweight
- Farmer's Walks Dumbbell Helps: Traps
- Reverse Wrist Curls Barbell
- Wrist Curls Barbell
Traps
- Barbell Shrugs Barbell
- Cable Shrugs Cable
- Dumbbell Shrugs Dumbbell
Full credit goes to the main muscle, half to each muscle it helps.
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Want it built in?
Ask for an exercise or a new muscle group and we'll look at adding it to the library for everyone.
