WORKOUTS | CUSTOM WORKOUT | STAK PACKS | PLANNER | SETTINGS | FITBIT | SIRI | CHROMECAST
the sections below provide guidance on how to use Stak Fit as your personal fitness tool. we are always looking to improve the experience for our users so if you think we are missing key aspects of an all round fitness experience or that anything needs improving then please reach out to us by clicking on feedback in the top menu.
the Stak Fit home screen is where you can find all your workouts (we like to use “staks” interchangeably with workouts)
trainer is where you will find workouts designed by us to target specific areas of your body
random allows you to randomly generate a workout from our extensive free library
custom provides you with the ability to create your own workouts using any exercise we offer
if you’re struggling to complete any of these workouts, don’t give up or feel disheartened. Rome wasn’t built in a day! increase your rest periods between exercises and circuits or decrease the number of reps you’re doing, and go again. alternatively, if you feel a workout is too easy, try increasing the length of your exercises.
20+ free workouts designed by our trainers to target specific areas of your body over varying time lengths and intensity
includes a growing library of premium workouts which use alternative styles and bespoke equipment (see stak packs section for more details)
filter the trainer workouts for your needs and favourite workouts you like by tapping the star
each trainer workout preview provides a set of details:
workout name - gives you an idea of the target area
intensity - indicates how hard the workout will be
type - indicates whether the workout is part of our free or premium range
length - length of workout excluding the changeable rest times and changeable exercise times
calories - the expected calories burned by an average fit male
equipment - indicates any equipment required for the workout
tapping on a trainer workout will take you to the workout summary page unless the workout is part of a stak pack which has not been purchased, in which case you will be guided to the respective stak pack page.
the random workout generator builds you a workout based on your criteria using the free bodyweight and optional dumbbell exercises
choose any combination of target areas
select the length of your workout
select the number of circuits you want to do. remember, more circuits provide you with more recovery periods, which means you’re likely to be able to work out for longer and therefore burn more calories
choose which intensity groups you want your exercises to be chosen from
finally, press generate random stak to create your workout and preview it in the workout summary
your workout is still customisable after it has been created (see workout summary section below)
build the workout you want using all free exercises and all exercises purchased as part of stak packs
select ‘new custom stak’ to create a new workout
custom workouts can be edited by tapping their image (see custom workouts section)
custom workouts can be started by tapping their image and tapping GO! on the workout summary page
there is no limit to the number of custom workouts you create
workouts can be deleted by swiping left on the image and pressing delete
get others involved in your workouts by sharing them via messaging apps, email or social media. swipe left on your workout image, select share, choose where you want to share your workout and add any message you want
note, the shared workout gets written to a ‘tinyurl’ URL in order to reduce the size of the message. if you have Stak Fit downloaded then the URL will redirect to the app and present the workout. if you don’t have Stak Fit downloaded then the URL will take you to out website stakfit.com, where you can download the app
assign a workout name
add exercises by tapping on the add exercise button
change number of circuits by clicking the right/left buttons
re-order your exercises using the up/down buttons
save workout by tapping the save disk button
start workout by tapping the GO! button. this automatically saves the workout
share workout by tapping the share button
tap the burger menu to change your settings, turn shuffle on or off, delete your workout or make a copy of your workout
tap section names to open or close the section
tapping exercise name or circle adds or removes them from your workout. a tick indicates the exercise is in your workout
exercises with left (“L”) and right (“R”) options are both selected when either is tapped
your number of distinct exercises and total workout time are summarised at the top
tap an image to play a preview of the exercise
tap the filters to show exercises with specific intensities
tap the search glass button to present the filter which can be used to search specific exercises or target areas
good for previewing exercises when you’re not creating a new workout
tapping “+” takes you to a page showing all your custom workouts and which of those include the exercise. here you can add this exercise to any of your current custom workouts or to a new custom workout
tapping “+” on exercises from packs which have not been purchased takes you to the stak pack page containing those exercises
video previews that have a watermark over them are those which are part of stak packs which have not been purchased
at Stak Fit, we believe the key to staying motivated is variety. varying your workouts by targeting different areas, using alternative exercise styles and mixing up equipment will help avoid the common plateaus seen in results and subsequently, interest. the best way to achieve this is by not allowing your body to get accustomed to routine. at Stak Fit our main library of bodyweight exercises and workouts are totally free. we supplement these with affordable one-off purchases of packs of exercises and workouts focused on different styles and equipment, for you to choose the right fitness journey for you.
the market includes stak packs for exercises and workouts using alternative exercise styles and equipment, as well as our recommendations on equipment, clothing and nutrition to improve your fitness
the stak pack preview provides the price, the number of workouts which are acquired and the number of exercises which will become available to be added to custom workouts
tapping the price will purchase the stak pack. the price is a one-off cost for all workouts and exercises in that pack. we have no subscriptions at Stak Fit
tapping a stak pack preview or un-purchased trainer workout takes you to the specific stak pack (right) where you can see which workouts and exercises you are acquiring as well as providing a link to the kit
the planner enables you to track your progress over the month
when workouts are completed they are logged in the planner and the date changes colour
tapping on a date takes you to the day planner to review logged workouts and plans
the number of workouts, total time exercising and split between the main exercise types are presented for each month
if you connect to your Fitbit or Apple Health then steps and calories data for the month and for the specific workout periods are also logged
unlike other apps we don’t delete logged workouts more than a month old so you can revisit your stats from the past
logged workouts are presented in the day planner. tapping a logged workout takes you to a workout summary page which provides details of the completed workout
steps and calories data for the day and for the logged workouts are presented in the stats circles
tapping “+” or within the day calendar takes you to the add plan page to allow you to create fitness plans
tapping plans added to the day planner allows you to edit and delete them
add plans to your Stak Fit planner to help motivate yourself
choose the date, time, workout and how often you want to repeat
in “stak”, selecting any of the random workout target areas enables “length” and “circuit” to be selected
select when you want an alert to show and this will add local notifications to your phone to prompt you to workout at that time
plans can be edited, individually deleted or group deleted
enable whether exercises can be skipped during your workout
disable ‘expanded video’ to reduce video size in your workout and add a full workout progress bar as an extra visual aid
enable “pause music when alert sounds” so that rest alerts are more audible
enable “pause workout in background” to allow you to push Stak Fit to the background during a workout without it pausing your workout. this can be used if you want to be guided through your workout purely using audio, or if you want to change your music during your workout without causing your workout to be paused
rest between exercises should be the amount of time you allow yourself to get ready for the next exercise
rest between circuits should be the amount of time you need to recover before starting your next circuit
there are multiple options for audio alerts through your workout
to track steps and calories during your workout, connect your Fitbit or to Apple Health. note, if you have an alternative fitness tracker, you can connect it to Apple Health and Stak Fit can pick up the steps and calories data from there
enabling Siri allows you to control your workouts by voice
manage custom staks allows you to:
re-order the staks showing on the custom workouts tab
delete staks
edit your workout
manage exercises allows you to:
change the time that you perform an exercise for
deselect exercises from being used in the random workout generator
change the colour scheme to one of our four Stak Fit colours
share the app with friends
take another look at the onboarding tour
if you haven’t already, you can download all assets in one go
check out our privacy policy and website
we always want to hear your feedback - if you don’t want to do it through our website then feel free to email us
we really appreciate everyone who takes the time out to provide us with a rating and feedback
enabling Fitbit by tapping the switch or tapping the logo takes you to the Fitbit website for you to authorise Stak Fit to make data requests to your account
when Stak Fit is launched we make a request to Fitbit to update the steps and calories data for the current month and all days in it, as well as for the exact times that you performed your logged workouts. the data is presented in the planner, the individual day diaries and in the workout summary of logged workouts
additionally, pressing the refresh button on the Stak Fit planner will refresh the data
alternatively, if you have another fitness watch which is connectable to Apple Health then enabling it by tapping the switch or tapping the logo allows us to make requests to Apple Health for the steps and calories data
connecting to Apple Health also enables us to save all completed workouts in the Health app
you can connect both to Fitbit and Apple Health and choose which is the preferential source of steps and calories data
enabling Siri allows you to:
start workout
pause workout
resume workout
end workout
skip to next exercise
skip back to previous exercise
just follow the wording shown in the screenshot
if you own a Google Chromecast then you can cast your workout to your television so that you don’t have to follow it on a small screen
tap the Chromecast logo shown in the top right on the screenshot on the right
if no logo appears then there is no Chromecast detectable
if you can successfully connect to a Chromecast it should appear in the list on the left. tap it connect and the Stak Fit homescreen should appear on your television
start a workout in the app and it should appear on your television, similar to the image below
if you have “pause workout in background” disabled in your stak settings then you can now lock your phone and continue your workout just with the television
on completing your workout, disconnect from the Chromecast using Stak Fit by pressing the Chromecast logo button and tapping disconnect. otherwise, the Stak Fit will disconnect after a couple of minutes of inactivity
