Guide
How to track strength progress
Progress is a trend across weeks, not the mood you were in when you left the gym. A chart helps only if the inputs are the same exercise, the same standard, and enough sessions to see a line.
Pick one number per lift
For a main lift, track the heaviest set that met your rep target, or the estimated max if you understand it is an estimate. Do not switch between 'best set' and 'best session tonnage' and then call the chart a mystery.
The one-rep-max calculator is for planning loads. The PR timeline is for sets you performed. Keep those ideas apart.
Volume is not strength
Volume (sets times reps times weight) goes up when you do more work, even if the top set did not move. That can be the goal in a hypertrophy block. It is not the same sentence as 'my squat is stronger.'
TrackYourLift's progress views separate those ideas: strength trends, volume, and the record of PRs. The gym progress page is the product tour. This page is how to read them.
Give a block four weeks
Two sessions is noise. A deload week will look like a crash if you stare at it. Judge a lift across the block you planned, then change one thing: the load, the reps, or the exercise. Not all three.
Why did my chart drop after I renamed an exercise?
History follows the exercise you logged. A new name starts a new series. That is correct, and it is why names should stay stable.
Should body weight be on the same chart?
Track body weight separately if you care about it. It is context for the lift, not the lift.