Fitness Common Questions

We’ve compiled answers to the most frequently asked questions about Fitness.

Bevel’s Apple Watch app currently records strength workouts only. To record running, cycling, or other cardio activities, use the Workout app on your Apple Watch.

You can also ask Bevel Intelligence to generate a Cardio Routine. Tap Start on Apple Watch to send it to your watch now, or Schedule for Later to plan it for a future date. When you’re ready to exercise, open the Workout app on your Apple Watch and start the custom workout.

Cardio Load remains in a Calibrating state until Bevel has at least 10 qualifying cardio training days within the past six weeks, along with enough recent activity to establish your baseline. Multiple workouts on the same day count as one training day. Cardio Load may return to Calibrating after a break from training.

If you recently started:

• A sufficiently recent history of qualifying cardiovascular training has not yet been established

• The metric may appear inaccurate until calibration completes

For Muscular Load, each individual muscle needs to be worked at least 10 times within the past 6 weeks to establish a personalized baseline.

For Muscle Freshness, each individual muscle needs to be loaded at least 3 times within the past 6 weeks to establish a personalized baseline.

HRR is only calculated when:

• Your workout reaches Zone 4 or higher

This ensures the data reflects meaningful cardiovascular effort.

Heart Rate Recovery (HRR) Classification

The watch app mirrors your phone layout.

• Any changes on your phone → reflected on your watch

To delete an activity:

• Open the activity

• Tap the top right menu → Delete

Note:

• This only removes it from Bevel and Apple Health

• It will still exist in other third party apps

It depends on how the activity was logged.

• Activities logged manually in Bevel using Log Activity or Strength Builder can be edited, including the distance and duration.

• Activities imported from external integrations (such as Apple Health, Garmin, or other connected services) cannot be edited in Bevel.

We use your set's weight, reps, and Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE), which indicates how close you were to reaching failure.

We use an RPE-based formula when:

• You did 1–12 reps, and

• The set was RPE 7–10

This formula adjusts for both:

• Reps: more reps at the same weight suggests a higher 1RM.

• Effort: a higher RPE suggests a higher 1RM, since you were closer to failure.

For example, 100 lb for 8 reps at RPE 9 estimates a higher 1RM than 100 lb for 8 reps at RPE 7.

We use the Epley formula when:

• The set was below RPE 7, or

• You did more than 12 reps

Epley uses only weight and reps: Estimated 1RM = weight x (1 + reps / 30)

We use Epley for easier or higher-rep sets because RPE adjustments can make those estimates unrealistically high. Reps are capped at 20, and RPE is capped between 1 and 10.

Bevel only uses your full body weight for exercises where your entire body weight is being supported, such as pull-ups or hangs.

For exercises like push-ups, only a portion of your body weight contributes to the movement, and the exact percentage can vary based on factors such as your body position and the exercise variation. Since Bevel cannot accurately determine how much of your body weight is being used, body weight is not included for these exercises.

On your Apple Watch, tap the clipboard icon in the top-right corner to view Today’s Activity.

From here, you can:

• View your activities for the day.

• Start an activity directly from your Apple Watch.

• View and start Strength Routines that are Up Next. Only upcoming Routines appear here; Routines that have been completed or skipped will not be shown on your Apple Watch.

No. Fastest-time PRs only count for continuous efforts. If you pause at any point during the workout, it won’t count as a PR.

We currently sync cadence when available, but we do not sync other running dynamics from Garmin, Google Health, Fitbit, or Oura.

Running dynamics that are not currently available from these sources include:

• Vertical oscillation

• Stride length

• Ground contact time

When deleting an activity, you can choose how broadly you want the deletion to apply:

• This activity only: Deletes only the selected activity. Any upcoming activities in the series will remain unchanged.

• This and upcoming activities: Deletes the selected activity and all future activities in the series. Previous activities will remain.

• All activities: Deletes every activity in the series, including past, current, and upcoming activities.

Muscle Freshness estimates fatigue in each muscle group based on your recorded training, training history, and estimated recovery over time. It doesn’t directly measure soreness or muscle repair.

Soreness and fatigue don’t always track together. You may feel sore when estimated fatigue is low, or feel fine while fatigue remains from recent training. Unrecorded activities can also affect how you feel.

Use Muscle Freshness alongside your warm-up, performance, and how your body feels. Check the specific muscles involved in your next workout, since high overall freshness can still include fatigued muscle groups.

Recovered means Bevel estimates relatively low remaining fatigue based on your recorded training and estimated recovery over time. Soreness can still be present, so this status alone doesn’t mean you should train harder.

If that muscle feels unusually sore, weak, or uncomfortable, consider a lighter session, training different muscle groups, or allowing more recovery time.

These statuses describe estimated fatigue remaining from recent training, which you may not always feel as soreness.

• Fatigued means some estimated fatigue remains. Consider reducing the intensity or volume for that muscle group, depending on your planned workout and how you feel

• Depleted means estimated fatigue is high. Give that muscle group more recovery time before another demanding session

These statuses can follow higher effort, more sets, or repeated sessions involving the same muscles. Use them alongside your warm-up and performance to guide adjustments to your training.

Cardio Load and Muscular Load help you understand your recent training demands relative to your longer-term workload. Muscle Freshness estimates how much fatigue remains in each muscle group.

Start with the personalized statuses and ranges for both load metrics, then check freshness for the muscles your planned workout will use.

• If a load status indicates excessive training, consider reducing that type of workload and allowing more recovery

• If your load statuses are balanced but specific muscles are Fatigued or Depleted, adjust the work for those muscles or focus on other areas

• If your load statuses support your plan and the relevant muscles are Recovered, use your warm-up, performance, and how you feel to guide the session

Low load or high freshness alone isn’t a reason to train harder. While a metric is Calibrating, Bevel is still establishing its baseline, so avoid using that estimate alone to increase your training.