Max Effort Day helps you test and improve your estimated strength for a specific exercise. Your performance during these sets helps refine your estimated strength and improve future workout recommendations.
Table of Contents
How Max Effort Day Works
How to Know It's a Max Effort Day
How to Hide Max Effort Day
FAQ
How Max Effort Day Works
When an exercise gets a Max Effort Day, its sets are restructured into a few lighter ramp-up sets followed by two AMRAP sets at your full working weight. On the AMRAP sets, you push for as many quality reps as possible. This is what lets Fitbod recalibrate your strength.
Your working weight is based on your Estimated Strength, which is the projected 1-rep max from your past workouts, which is used to recommend weights, sets, and reps across your program. Learn more about Fitbod Metrics + Records.
How to Know It’s a Max Effort Day
On your workout screen or the exercise detail page, you’ll see a “MAX EFFORT DAY” label for any applicable exercises. You’ll also notice that the last two sets are marked as AMRAP (“+ reps”), indicating you should perform as many quality reps as possible.
⚠️ Max Effort Days are automatically generated. It cannot be manually initiated.
How to Hide Max Effort Day
- In the Max Effort Day heading, select "..." icon.
- Select Hide Max Effort Day.
FAQ
Why didn't I get a Max Effort Day?
Max Effort Days appear periodically based on your training history, so it's normal not to see one every workout. If you were expecting one, here are the most common reasons it didn't show up:
- You have Focus Exercises enabled. While you're working through Focus Exercises, Max Effort Days are paused. Your workout follows its structured progression instead.
- You recently maxed out the same exercise. Fitbod spaces them out so you're not going to failure two sessions in a row.
- An exercise is brand new to you. Fitbod needs some history with it before scheduling a Max Effort Day.
- A similar exercise in the same workout already has one. You'll only get one Max Effort Day per muscle in a given workout.
- It's a band, superset, or circuit exercise. These aren't eligible for Max Effort Days.
Can I disable Max Effort Days?
No, but you can hide it on an exercise-by-exercise basis.
Can I initiate a Max Effort Day?
No, the app assigns Max Effort Days based on your training history and usage pattern.
Do other exercises I've done during a workout affect Max Effort exercises that are recommended later in the workout?
Sometimes. If an exercise in your workout already has a Max Effort Day, Fitbod generally won't add another one for a similar muscle in the same workout. Fitbod also considers your overall training over time when planning future workouts.