# Log your first workout

Updated: 2026-07-26
Canonical page: https://methodapp.net/docs/log-your-first-workout
Docs index: https://methodapp.net/docs

Start a scheduled session on iOS, record what you did, and save a completed record.

Once a program is active, the session you are meant to train shows up on your
calendar. Logging it is the last step of getting set up.

  1. **Open Calendar and start the session** Today's training day is at the top. Tap it, then start the session. If you
    are mid-session already, the resume bar at the bottom takes you back in.

  1. **Work through the exercises in order** Each exercise shows its planned sets. The logger displays what was
    prescribed alongside fields for what you did.

  1. **Record each set as you complete it** Enter reps and load, then mark the set complete. If the set went differently
    than planned, log the real result.

  1. **Review and save** After the last set, Method shows a review step for session notes and effort.
    Effort starts unset on purpose, so whatever you save is a deliberate answer.

## Things that trip people up first time

  Method pre-fills a load only when it has history to base it on, and only when
  smart loads are enabled with Advanced tracking. First time through, you enter
  it yourself. That becomes the history for next time.

  Add the exercise you performed to the session and log it there. Your history
  should describe the training that happened.

  Save anyway. Method warns you that work is incomplete and lets you decide
  whether the record is ready. A short honest session is good history.

> **Where it goes.** Saved workouts land in History. Calendar covers what is scheduled, History
>   covers what happened.