KB POMO:
Kettlebells Through the Workday
The idea
A pomodoro timer breaks work into blocks with short breaks. KB POMO fills the breaks with one kettlebell set. Eight sets over eight hours means one set an hour, and the first rings the moment I open the app.
The header says where I am in the day: "Set 3 of 8 · Next in 42:10." Everything else on the screen is the set in front of me.
Setup
Setup asks four things: level, one bell or a pair, how many sets, and over how many hours. The app then shows the exact exercises it will use. I can change any of them or shuffle the list, and what I see is what starts.
Saved routines keep those choices. A routine can replay the same exercises every time or draw a new mix.
How it picks exercises
The library holds 50 exercises across three levels. Each workout opens with a full-body move as a warm-up, then cycles five movement patterns: hinge, push, squat, pull and core. Within a pattern it picks the move I have used least. Favorites come up about twice as often. Short days of four sets or fewer use only full-body moves.
With a pair of bells, it mixes single- and double-bell exercises.
One set
Each card has a demo video under two minutes. Thumbs down on a bad video shows the next of up to three picks, and thumbs up pins a good one.
Logging takes reps (or seconds for a hold) and bell weight, prefilled from last time. A timer runs during the set, and only timed sets go to Apple Health, because Apple rejects estimated workout data.
If an exercise doesn't suit my space or body, Swap lists moves that work the same pattern.
Finding an exercise
Search matches names, muscles, body regions, gym slang like "tris" and "delts," and typos like "tricepts." Any exercise can be logged as a one-off set.
Alarms, lock screen and watch
A reminder I can ignore doesn't work. Sets ring like an alarm through Apple's AlarmKit, with an Open button that jumps to the set. The lock screen shows the next exercise with a countdown. Home and lock screen widgets show the next set and the day's totals.
The watch app shows the current set, logs reps with the Digital Crown, and warns a minute early when the exercise needs the watch off, such as overhead presses and floor presses.
History
History lists each day with the weight I moved: reps × bell weight × sides × bells. A day opens to a stat grid, a timeline I can scrub, and bars by body region that filter the page. Tapping any set opens that exercise's progress chart, with the bell weight marked wherever it changed.
Export saves every set to a spreadsheet, and Apple Health gets one strength workout per day built from the timed sets.
Privacy
Data stays on the phone and watch. There is no account and no server. Privacy policy.
Status
Built in SwiftUI and tested on my iPhone, with 43 automated tests. Next: the App Store listing. The app will be free, with an optional tip jar.