Iron Years

Strength training, after forty.

Twenty minutes, a living-room floor, and a strength programme written for women over forty. It reads what you lift and sets your next weight for you.

Coming soon to the App Store, for iPhone.

Today: the next session, with a note from Ruth on what is changing and why.
Your session for today
During a session: a rest timer, the next exercise and the weight to lift.
It talks you through it
Progress: how each lift has moved since the first week.
Progress in strength

What it does

Your week, built for you

Two, three or four days, with dumbbells or without. Fourteen movements, each with a moving demonstration and a way to make it easier or harder. Miss a day and nothing is lost — your next session is simply the next one.

It reads what you lift

Log each set: the weight, the reps, how it felt. The app holds a weight until it is settled, then adds a little — sooner if everything felt easy.

Ruth, your AI assistant

Ask why today's weights are what they are, or how your week is going. With your permission she uses Claude, made by Anthropic; without it, she answers from your phone alone. She is not a doctor.

Food, if you want it

Scan a packet or type in anything without one — it starts at a sensible portion, so there are no sums. Add your measurements for daily targets to lose weight steadily, stay as you are, or build muscle.

Easy to read

Larger text from the start if you want it. The app follows your iPhone's text size, Bold Text, Reduce Motion and VoiceOver.

Your data is yours

No adverts and no tracking. Download a copy of everything, or delete your account and all of it, from inside the app.

Before you start

If you have a health condition, are recovering from an injury or are unsure whether strength training is right for you, talk to your GP first. The app opens with a short notice on training safely.