Bazu Product Update: Apple Watch + Smart Rest Timer

Bazu on Apple Watch

The moment you start a workout on your iPhone, Bazu opens on your Watch. You see your current exercise, the set you're working, and your last session's numbers for context. Spin the Digital Crown to enter weight (2.5 lb steps) and reps, check off the set, feel the rest haptic — repeat. Your phone can stay in your bag.

What's on the Watch:

• Auto-launch on workout start. No fumbling, no manual open.
• Digital Crown input for weight and reps. Big tap targets for the check-off.
• Smart rest timer with haptic alert. Same logic as the phone, same accuracy on the wrist.
• Previous performance shown for context — last session's weight × reps, right where you'd want it.
• Finish workout from your wrist with a celebration confirmation.

It also picks up your settings automatically. Weight units, rest preferences, and Pro state all sync from the iPhone — set it once, it follows you.

Smart Rest Timer — calibrated, not fixed

A 90-second rest is right for some exercises and wrong for others. Heavy squats need more. Cable curls need less. The old timer used one number for everything. The new one knows the difference.

Four modes, configurable in Workout Preferences:

• Smart Minimum — uses the science-backed minimum rest for that specific exercise.
• Smart Offset — your preferred addition or subtraction on top of the minimum (e.g. +30s for everything).
• Smart Maximum — full recommended recovery, useful for heavier compound work.
• Fixed Universal — one duration for everything, if you prefer simple consistency.

The timer auto-starts the moment you check off a set. Quick +/− buttons let you adjust mid-countdown without resetting. Your choice saves and syncs across iPhone and Watch.

The practical upside: you stop leaving reps on the table from under-resting on compounds, and stop wasting time over-resting on accessories.

Goal Achievement Celebration

When you finish a workout that closes out a long-term goal — 315 × 5, finally — Bazu now surfaces a dedicated celebration screen the moment it's detected. Your achieved value, your target, the key stat from that session, and a haptic that's distinct from a normal workout finish.

The payoff arrives when it should: right after you rack the bar, not later when you happen to open the Goals tab. Completed goals also now show a gold trophy and "ACHIEVED" badge across Home and Goals, instead of a dimmed checkmark.

"Finish Anyway" — no more silent losses

Cut a session short for time, fatigue, or any other real-world reason and Bazu now shows you a confirmation sheet listing exactly which sets are still incomplete. Two clear options: go back and complete them, or finish the workout as-is.

No guessing, no silent data loss, explicit control over the decision.

Also in this release

• Apple Health accuracy — incomplete or discarded Watch workouts no longer create phantom records in Apple Health.
• Watch connectivity reliability — Watch–iPhone live sync is more robust under poor Bluetooth conditions, and transient send errors no longer drop the connection.
• Numbered exercise instructions — exercise guides now show clearer step-by-step "How to Perform" instructions when structured guide data is available.
• Exercise media fast load — images and videos load noticeably faster in the exercise detail view.
• Tap an exercise name in a routine to jump directly to the full exercise detail.
• Exercise detail layout stability — no more first-open jitter.
• Completed goals on Home — achieved goals no longer appear in "Active Goals" on the Home tab.

For more on how Bazu thinks about personal records, see how Bazu calculates PRs. For the training idea behind steady progress, see Progressive Overload 101.

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• Waleed