Overview

Take your training to the next level with Fitbod’s Weekly Set Targets, personalized goals designed to help you build muscle, stay consistent, and make measurable progress.

Whether your focus is hypertrophy, strength, or simply staying on track, Weekly Set Targets give your workouts structure and purpose. These targets are calculated based on your fitness goal, workout history, and training preferences.

Our team analyzed millions of logged workouts and found that training volume, specifically the number of working sets per muscle group per week, is one of the most important drivers of progress. Using this insight, we developed a smart volume model that automatically generates weekly set targets tailored to your unique fitness journey.

What Are Weekly Set Targets?

Weekly Set Targets are a feature in Fitbod that help you stay on track with your training by recommending the optimal number of working sets per muscle group each week. These targets are designed to support muscle growth (hypertrophy) and consistency, based on exercise science and your personal fitness profile.

How Are Targets Calculated?

Your weekly set targets are automatically generated using a model that considers:

Your fitness goal (e.g., hypertrophy, strength)
Workout frequency (how many days per week you plan to train)
Workout duration (how long each session is)
Training experience level
Gender and body composition (if provided)
Focus areas and previous workout volume

⚠️ Important Note: Targets are expressed in working sets per muscle group per week. Only sets that train a muscle as a primary target count toward your goal. Secondary muscles are not included in the calculation.

Where to Find Your Targets

Open the Fitbod app.
Select the Targets Tab.
Scroll down and select Push Muscles, Pull Muscles, or Leg Muscles to see a more in depth view of individual muscle groups.

Tracking Progress

Your progress updates as you log workouts.
Each set completed for a primary muscle group counts as one set toward that muscle’s weekly target.
You can view your completion percentage for each group and overall.

Example: If your weekly target for chest is 12 sets and you’ve completed 9, your progress will show 75%.

Additional Notes

Weekly targets reset based on your selected start-of-week day (e.g., Sunday or Monday). You can request to change by contacting our Support team at support@fitbod.me.
Cardio exercises (e.g., running, cycling) do not count toward set targets, even if they primarily target certain muscles like quads.
Targets are recalculated in real-time. If you change your settings mid-week, your targets and progress may update accordingly.

Targets / FAQ

Can I edit my targets?

Currently, you cannot manually edit your weekly set targets. However, the ability to customize targets is a highly requested feature and is under consideration by our Product Team. If you'd like to see this feature in the future, please vote for the idea in our Feature Request Board.

You can influence your targets by adjusting your:

Weekly workout frequency
Workout duration
Fitness goal in your Gym Profile

These changes will automatically recalculate your targets.

Why don't my workout always hit the targets?

At this time, Fitbod’s workout algorithm does not guarantee that following the suggested workouts will fully meet your weekly set targets. This is a known limitation, and improvements are being explored to better align workouts with your goals.

In the meantime, you can:

Manually add exercises to target undertrained muscle groups
Adjust your training split or targeted muscle groups

Do bodyweight exercises contribute to targets?

Yes, bodyweight exercises can contribute to your Weekly Set Targets, but with some important caveats.

Bodyweight exercises will contribute to your Weekly Set Targets if they meet the following conditions:

The exercise targets a muscle group that is part of your current Targets.
The exercise is logged with sets and reps (even if no weight is added).
The muscle group is listed as a primary target for that exercise.
For example, doing push-ups (which primarily target the chest and triceps) will count toward your chest and triceps set targets.

There are a few scenarios where bodyweight exercises might not contribute to your Targets:

If the exercise only targets a secondary muscle group, it will not count toward that muscle’s set target.
If the exercise is not logged (e.g., skipped or deleted), it won’t be included in your set count.
If the exercise is custom and not assigned to a muscle group, it won’t be tracked in Targets.

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