RELEASE NOTES
Release notes
Every release of the website is recorded here: version, release date and what is new or improved. Versions stay in the 0.9 series until V1.0 is formally released.
This English text is an AI-assisted translation pending human review; the Chinese version is authoritative.
Release notes added
- “About” now has website release notes: the version, date and new features of every release are recorded there.
Program guides matched to program type
- Program pages now only show guides that apply to that kind of program: bodyweight programs no longer show gym-only guides, while dumbbell and gym programs include the load-basis guide.
- When swapping an exercise, only equipment your profile confirms is pre-ticked; you tick the rest yourself, so a bench or pull-up bar is never assumed.
Program guides, equipment check for swaps, demo video playback
- Program pages gain a “Guides” section covering seven topics — choosing, warm-up, logging, load basis, rest and missed sessions, progress and the end of a cycle — with a link back to the program from each guide.
- Swapping an exercise now starts with “Which equipment can you use right now?”; substitutes that need missing equipment say what is missing and cannot be picked. Duplicate entries are removed.
- Exercise pages and the workout screen can play reviewed demonstration videos (Chinese captions, no autoplay). Videos will be published in batches; none are live yet.
- For the beta we count how many people go from viewing a program to joining, a first workout and training again within 7 days. Only counts are kept — no loads, notes or workout content — and they are deleted with your account.
Program Q&A shows the version it refers to
- After a program is updated, featured answers and your own questions about an older version are marked as referring to that older version.
- Behind the scenes: exercise substitutions are now reviewed, published and withdrawn in the staff tools.
Fix for exercise status on program pages
- Fixed a “withdrawn” label next to some exercises on program pages: after an exercise is revised, programs and workouts use its current reviewed version.
Compare, print and share programs
- Compare up to three programs side by side: goal, level, equipment, days, session length and cycle.
- Print a whole program or save it as PDF, including every week, training day, progression notes and FAQ.
- Share a public program link (it never includes your workout records).
- Offline saving and multi-device sync are more reliable: workouts survive going offline, refreshing or closing the page, and two devices logging at once no longer lose or duplicate sets.
Live at musclecn.com
- The site moved to a mainland server and went live at musclecn.com; the beta address redirects automatically.
- Page images and video covers use smaller formats, so pages load faster.
Left/right logging and comparison
- One-sided exercises can be logged per side, with a left/right comparison page.
- Clearer content-status notes on English pages; overseas news now has English summaries.
Training preferences, adjustment suggestions, comeback reminders, pose photo review
- Save training preferences (equipment, days per week, session length and more) for “Help me choose” to filter programs.
- After the weekly report you get bounded next-step suggestions within the reviewed program; they only prefill your next workout after you confirm.
- With notifications on, you get one reminder after 10 days without a workout.
- Upload posing photos privately for a judge's review; photos are never public.
Plate calculator, drop sets and our method
- Barbell exercises on the workout screen show which plates to load on each side for a target weight.
- Drop sets can be logged (not counted as working sets; volume still counts).
- New “Our method & AI” page explaining how content is made and reviewed and where AI is used.
Install on phone, self-service account, more content
- Install the site to your home screen (PWA) and turn on workout reminders.
- Sign in with an SMS code; export your data or request account deletion yourself.
- New calorie estimator, daily streaks and leaderboard, and glutes as a body part.
- Bodybuilding films gains archival films and recommended official channels; the exercise library gets its first general substitutes; the academy grows to 15 articles.
First beta
- Program centre: filter programs by goal, equipment and days, then start each training day and log set by set, with recovery after refresh or going offline.
- Exercise library with step photos, academy articles, bodybuilding films and overseas news.
- “Help me choose” with AI, on-the-spot substitutes, a read-only weekly report, workout posters and program Q&A.