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What Katado believes about training, and how to get the most out of it. For older posts, see the archive.
Your First Gym Session: A Calm Guide
No one tells you that the hardest set of a first workout is walking through the door. Here's a quiet, practical way to run your first session — what to pick, what weight to start with, and how to leave wanting to come back.
Read →From Watching to Doing
Millions of people watch fitness content every day. Almost none of it becomes a workout. This is the gap Katado exists to close — and why we think a workout should be something you can do, not just something you watch.
Read →How to Pick Your Next Weight
You hit your reps last time — so what goes on the bar today? A practical guide to the between-sessions progression decision: linear jumps, double progression, and autoregulation by RPE, plus a simple rule you can run in ten seconds.
Read →Why We Left Streaks Out of Katado
Streak counters are the default motivation trick in fitness apps — and the research shows they cut both ways. Here's why Katado tracks your training without a streak to protect, and what quiet consistency looks like instead.
Read →How to Use RPE Effectively (and Where It Came From)
A short history of Rate of Perceived Exertion — from Gunnar Borg's heart-rate scale to the reps-in-reserve system powerlifters use today — and a practical guide to rating your sets without fooling yourself.
Read →Welcome to Katado
Why we built a free, no-friction workout logger you can open in a browser and start using in two taps — no download, no account, no paywall on your own data.
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