How does Effort Check work in Handler?

Step by step

1. Log your first two working sets as usual. Warm-up sets don't count.
2. When the rest screen asks “How did that set feel?”, select Too Easy, Solid, Hard But Good or Maxed Out.
3. Tap Continue.
4. If a change is proposed, you see your current target next to the suggested one. Tap Apply & Update Next Set or Keep It the Same.
5. Check your remaining sets, then log them as usual.

What each answer suggests

Handler uses a 2.5 kg grid. In pounds, displayed rounding varies by screen. On an assisted machine the direction flips: Too Easy means less assistance. Suggested rest stays between 30 seconds and 5 minutes.

When it doesn't ask

• Once per exercise. It won't ask again on set 3 or set 4.
• Not on warm-up sets, and not in Quick Gym workouts.
• Not while you have an open pain report. Pain goes through its own check.
• Supersets use a separate group check after the first round.

Limits

• It won't add an extra set, and completed working sets stay as you logged them.
• Handler can't see the bar, so the suggestion is only as good as your answer.
• Known issue: after Keep It the Same, the remaining sets can still change. Check them before your next set.

Other apps do a version of this

Alpha Progression Pro also changes set targets during a workout, from your logged reps and an optional reps-in-reserve number, once an exercise has history. Handler asks in plain words instead of a number.