Bazu Product Update: Redesigned Goals, Insights, Profile, and Apple Watch Sync

Active Workout

Live workouts are more resilient now, especially when a session gets interrupted or you are training with both iPhone and Apple Watch.

• Live Activity stays on your lock screen through the full rest period. Countdown, exercise name, and skip control stay visible without unlocking your phone.
• Session protection now recovers interrupted workouts automatically. If Bazu closes mid-session, your workout comes back on next launch with no sets lost.
• Two-way Watch sync keeps the rest timer in agreement. Adjust the timer on iPhone or Apple Watch, and both devices update instantly.
• Manual Sync with Watch is available for edge cases. If a device falls out of sync, you now have a direct way to refresh the connection.
• PR badges appear immediately mid-session. You no longer have to wait until the workout is saved to see that you hit a personal record.

For more on the logic behind Bazu's PR system, read how Bazu calculates personal records.

Goals

Goals now support more of the ways people actually train, not just classic weight and rep targets.

• Duration goals are here. Track targets for planks, dead hangs, carries, and other time-based work.
• Added-load goals are supported. Set goals like +45 lbs x 5 for weighted pull-ups, dips, and similar movements.
• Goal cards have been redesigned. Progress is easier to scan, and the card layout now feels more consistent with the rest of Bazu.

Insights

Insights got the biggest visual and interaction upgrade in this release. The goal is the same: make training trends easier to understand without turning your logbook into a spreadsheet.

• Progressive Overload now has a full view. Every exercise is grouped into Progressing, Maintained, and Needs Attention, so you can see where training is moving and where it has stalled.
• The Progressive Overload summary card is now on the Profile tab. You can check your overall status without opening Insights.
• The volume chart has been redesigned. Touch and hold to inspect exact volume, compare against the previous period with a trend badge, and review Total, Peak, and Active-Day Average in the stats strip.
• Session Frequency & Duration is now interactive. Tap any week to see a detailed callout.
• The calendar heatmap now uses a horizontal week layout. Training gaps are easier to spot, and you can shade the calendar by volume or set count.
• PR detection now scans up to 500 workouts instead of 30. Long-tenure users should no longer miss older best lifts.
• Workout history has been redesigned. Past sessions are easier to review, scan, and connect back to your current training.

If you want the training principle behind these views, start with Progressive Overload 101. For a practical way to use logged data, see how to spot PRs and training trends.

Apple Watch

Apple Watch support is cleaner, more legible, and more reliable.

• Rest timer legibility is improved. The countdown is larger, with easier tap targets during a workout.
• HealthKit duration now records accurately in Apple Health. Watch workouts should reflect the actual training duration.
• Duplicate workout entries on Watch reconnect are fixed. Reconnecting should no longer create extra workout records.

Performance

This release also reduces waiting in the places you open most often.

• Home tab loads instantly. Bazu now uses a cache-first load with background refresh.
• Profile tab is faster. Redundant Firestore reads have been reduced.

Bug Fixes

• Goals tab blank screen on first load is fixed.
• Stale or double-fired workout reminders are fixed.

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• Waleed