A 30-minute strength workout that takes 30 minutes

A lifter testing Yield put it simply: "30 to 45 minutes is really the sweet spot ... if I can say to myself, hey, I can actually make this happen in a reasonable amount of time, then it is so much easier." A session that runs long isn't a bonus. It's the reason people stop trusting the plan, and eventually stop opening the app.

Why workouts run over

Most workout plans are sized by counting exercises and sets. Four exercises, three sets each, sounds like half an hour. The sets are the quick part, though. The rests take most of the time.

Take three sets of five barbell squats. The sets themselves take about a minute in total. The rests between them, plus walking over, loading the bar and setting up, can stretch that one exercise past ten minutes. Five heavy barbell exercises like that would take most of an hour on their own.

What Yield does instead

You pick how long you have

In your profile, choose 30, 45 or 60 minutes. It starts at 45. You can also just tell the coach, "I've only got half an hour today," and it changes the setting for you and confirms it.

Every plan is timed, rests included

When the coach proposes a session, the plan card shows how long it will take, such as "about 30 min". That time counts the rests and the setup, as well as the sets.

It's an estimate, and it says "about" for a reason. It can't know that someone else is on the bench you need.

The coach plans inside it

The coach plans to the session length you picked. The time estimate is on the plan card before you accept, so you can see for yourself whether the plan fits. If it doesn't, ask for a shorter one.

What fits in 30 minutes

A barbell squat, a dumbbell row, curls and a plank fit in about 30 minutes, and most of that time is rest. That's normal for strength training, and it's why a plan has to count the rests to fit your time.

The rests aren't padding, either. Read how Yield's rest timer works.

Try it

Yield Strength is a training app with an AI coach that plans each session from your history. It's in beta on TestFlight. Read what makes it different, or join the waitlist to try it.