VALDA is a strength-training app for people who follow a programme. Start a proven programme such as GZCLP or 5/3/1 and VALDA sets up your sessions and starting weights; Smart Import, part of VALDA Pro, turns a programme you already have into one. You log sets on your phone or watch, and it tracks your records and effort over time. Free cycle tracking (ValdaFREYA) is built in for women: choose female on your profile to switch it on.
Start any programme from the library free, 1 programme at a time. Logging and cycle tracking are free too.
Got your own programme? Paste it in with Smart Import, part of VALDA Pro. PRO
No ads. Never sold. Cycle tracking free, forever.
- No ads
Not now, not later. VALDA is paid for by people who choose Pro.
- Your data is never sold
Not to advertisers, not to data brokers, not to anyone.
- Cycle tracking, free forever
Every cycle feature is free. It's never put behind Pro.
- No hard sell
Start free. Pro is there when you want the deeper analytics.
Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We don't run ads, we don't sell data, and cycle data is never shared socially. A coach sees your cycle data only if you allow it, and then only a general pattern, never your dates or logs. You can turn it off whenever you like. Read the privacy policy
Pick your way in
Serious strength logging
Log every set on your phone, the web or your watch, run a structured programme, and see how hard each session really was.
- 29 training methods ready to start, with starting weights set up for you
- VALDA works out your next weights: free for your first 6 sessions, then with VALDA Pro
- Paste any programme and train it PRO
- A PR moment and share card when you set a record
- Your records library and estimated 1RM history PRO
- Free exercise library and 1RM calculator
Your cycle, next to your training
Free period and cycle tracking in the same app as your lifts, so your cycle and your training live in one place.
- Cycle tracking, free forever
- Flow, observations, contraceptive schedules, pregnancy mode
- Never sold, never shared socially
- Everything in ValdaFREYA
Coach between sessions
For personal trainers, sports teams and gyms. See what your athletes actually did, assign programmes, and keep up between sessions.
- Personal trainers: client by client
- Teams & clubs: one programme to the whole squad (partner pilot)
- Gyms: a member app the gym pays for
From a page of text to a plan you can train
Paste the text of a programme from a coach, a PDF or a forum post and VALDA turns it into a structured, loggable plan. Paste a well-known one like GZCLP or 5/3/1 and VALDA runs its own progression rules for you.
- Sets, reps, RPE, tempo and percentage-based loading
- Recognises 100+ well-known programmes
- Recognised programmes run their own progression rules
- Warm-ups generated for you
Smart Import is part of VALDA Pro (5 imports a month).
How hard was that session, really?
You log sets as normal. The Forge works out how hard each exercise really was against your own lifting history, adds it up into one number for the session, and shows you where that effort came from. No rating your sets, no guessing.
Every exercise gets an effort score
Back squat · 3 × 5 at 100 kg
7.3 effortKnownRomanian deadlift · 2 × 8 at 80 kg
7.6 effortSome dataWalking lunge · 2 × 10 with 20 kg
7.9 effortCalibrating
Worked out from every set: the weight, the reps and your own history with that lift (RCE: Rate of Computed Exertion). The band underneath shows how sure it is, from Known on lifts it has plenty of history for to Calibrating while it learns a new one. Heart rate from a watch sharpens it; without one, it still works.
The session becomes one Forge number
One scale for every session and every day. Harder sets count for more, longer sessions add up, and the scale climbs towards 50 without ever reaching it, so a big day still has somewhere to go.
See what drove it
Two sessions can land on the same Forge for different reasons. The shape shows where the effort came from: muscular work, cardio, volume or how long you trained.
Follow your load over weeks
Every session lights up the calendar. Three weeks building, then a lighter week: you can see it at a glance instead of guessing whether you're doing too much or too little.
Example session and weeks, for illustration. How The Forge works
On the ice, and in the gym
VALDA sponsors the Bristol Pitbulls ice hockey club, and the club is our partner for the team-coaching pilot.
Free to start. Pro when you want more.
Free
£0
- Workout logging, warm-up sets and the exercise library
- Tempo and RPE targets in your programmes
- Any programme from the library, or your own: 1 programme at a time
- Automatic progression for your first 6 sessions: VALDA works out your next weights
VALDA Pro
£5 a month
or £39.99 a year on the web
- Unlimited programmes
- Automatic progression for every session
- Unlimited workout history
- Unlimited watch-tracked workouts (VALDA SYNC)
The questions people actually ask
What is VALDA?
A strength-training app for people who follow a programme. You log sets on your phone, the web or your watch, and VALDA tracks your progress and effort. Free cycle tracking (ValdaFREYA) is built in for women: choose female on your profile to switch it on. VALDA is a UK strength-training app (valda.fit). It is not Velda and not the Valda lozenge brand.
Can I run GZCLP, 5/3/1 or StrongLifts 5×5 in VALDA?
Yes. They're in the library of 29 training methods, and starting one sets up your sessions and starting weights for you. You can start any of them on the free plan, 1 programme at a time. VALDA works out your next weights for your first 6 sessions free, then with VALDA Pro. A programme that isn't in the library can be pasted in with Smart Import, part of VALDA Pro.
What's free, and what's in VALDA Pro?
Free: Workout logging, warm-up sets and the exercise library; Tempo and RPE targets in your programmes; Any programme from the library, or your own: 1 programme at a time; Automatic progression for your first 6 sessions: VALDA works out your next weights; 30 days of workout history; 2 watch-tracked workouts (Apple Watch or Wear OS); Cardio and distance logging; The PR moment and share card when you set a record; Up to 3 groups in VALDAKIN; and every cycle-tracking feature, free forever. VALDA Pro adds: Unlimited programmes; Automatic progression for every session; Unlimited workout history; Unlimited watch-tracked workouts (VALDA SYNC); Your records library and estimated 1RM history; Progress analytics (VALDA PEAK), including cardio charts; Session coaching and the coaching overview; Deload checks; VALDA Forge: effort for every set, session and week; Smart Import: paste any programme (5 imports a month); VALDA FLEX exercise swaps; Unlimited VALDAKIN groups; See how your training lines up with your cycle — output and effort by phase.
Is there one app for serious strength training and cycle tracking?
Yes. VALDA logs your sets and reps, runs structured programmes with their RPE and tempo targets, and has cycle tracking (ValdaFREYA) built in. No second app and no exports.
Do I have to rate how hard every set felt?
No. You log the weight and reps as normal. Forge, part of VALDA Pro, works out how hard each exercise was from those sets and your own lifting history. If your programme sets an RPE, VALDA shows it as the target for the set.
Is the cycle tracker really free?
Yes, free forever. Period and flow logging, observations, predictions, contraceptive schedules and pregnancy mode are all free. Analysis of your cycle against your training is part of VALDA Pro.
Is my cycle data private?
It's encrypted in transit and at rest, and your flow, observations, notes, contraception and pregnancy details are additionally encrypted field by field. It is never sold, never used for advertising, and never shown in any social or group view.
Does VALDA work with Apple Watch and Wear OS?
Yes. You can train from your wrist: start a session on the watch (even with your phone switched off, once the watch has synced with it), log every set, and it syncs when the watch can reach your phone again. Free accounts include 2 watch-tracked workouts; with VALDA Pro, watch tracking is unlimited.
How much does VALDA cost?
VALDA is free to start, with no card needed, and cycle tracking is free forever. VALDA Pro is £5 a month or £39.99 a year on the web; App Store and Google Play prices are shown in each store.