Gym profile
A gym profile in Alpha Progression is a saved configuration of the equipment and weights available at a particular training location. It tells the app what can actually be used in a commercial gym, home gym, hotel gym, or another setup. This is a product-specific meaning, not a public profile for a gym or a social-media account.
The profile’s equipment selection affects which built-in exercises appear when browsing the exercise database, adding an exercise, or looking for a replacement. It also limits the exercise pool used by the plan and workout generators. Custom exercises remain visible regardless of the equipment selection. Individual built-in exercises can also be whitelisted or blacklisted: a whitelist keeps an exercise available even when its usual equipment is deselected, while a blacklist hides it even when the required equipment is present.
A gym profile also stores available weights. Weight ranges can be defined by a minimum, maximum, and interval, and several ranges can be combined for equipment such as a dumbbell rack. For barbells and similar equipment, the bar weight and the available plate sizes and quantities can be configured instead. Alpha Progression supplies default settings in kilograms and pounds, so these values only need to be changed when the real gym differs.
These settings affect more than exercise filtering. Progression recommendations can use the available increments instead of suggesting an unselectable load. The plate calculator can determine which plates produce a target weight, and the warm-up calculator can choose loadable preparatory weights. Weight and length units can be overridden for equipment within a gym and again for an individual exercise; the most specific setting takes precedence.
Every user configures an active gym. Alpha Progression Pro unlocks multiple gym profiles, each with its own equipment and weights. This is useful for a main gym, home gym, workplace gym, or travel location. Switching the active profile lets relevant exercise selection and recommendations reflect the place where the workout is performed.
The configured load remains a practical label rather than a standardized measure of resistance. Two machines with the same stack number can feel different because of their mechanics, and exercise history should be interpreted carefully after changing equipment or locations.