Z2/4×4 Trainer
Chenfei Chu Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
Z2/4×4 Trainer is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Chenfei Chu. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated July 26, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 5 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jul 26
- 2026 · v1.0.2
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About Z2/4×4 Trainer
Z2/4×4 Trainer turns the two most effective endurance methods — easy Zone 2 base work and high-intensity Norwegian 4×4 intervals — into a simple daily plan built around YOUR heart rate. WHAT YOU GET • Daily and weekly Zone 2 prescriptions at 60–70% of your max heart rate to build your aerobic base. • Norwegian 4×4 sessions: four 4-minute intervals at 85–95% of max heart rate, with 3-minute recoveries — the protocol used to boost VO2 max. • Weekly health-maintenance and weight-loss targets to keep you consistent. • Personalized zones from your max heart rate (220 − age), which you can override if you know your true max. WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH • Pull in your heart rate, resting heart rate, active energy, body weight, and past workouts — or enter everything manually. Your choice. • Completed Zone 2 and 4×4 workouts are saved back to Apple Health so all your training lives in one place. IPHONE + APPLE WATCH • Plan and review on iPhone; train with your zones on your wrist. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • 100% on-device. No account, no sign-up, no server. • Nothing you enter or that we read from Apple Health ever leaves your device. • No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. • Your Health data is never used for advertising — ever. WHO IT'S FOR • Runners, cyclists, rowers, and anyone doing cardio who wants structure instead of guesswork. • Beginners building a base and experienced athletes adding VO2-max work. FREE + AN OPTIONAL ONE-TIME UPGRADE • Everything above is free: guided workouts on iPhone and Apple Watch, plans, zones, Apple Health sync. • One optional one-time purchase (Pro) unlocks the deeper coaching analysis: full readiness breakdown, overtraining guard, adaptive weekly progression, VO2-max trend, and CSV/JSON export. No subscription. Z2/4×4 Trainer is a fitness and training tool, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any disease. Talk to a healthcare professional before starting a new exercise program.
What’s new
Version 1.0.2 · Updated July 26, 2026
New in 1.0.2: • Training guide — a new section under Settings explaining why Zone 2 and the Norwegian 4×4 work, and what this app does differently. • Your call on hard days — when low readiness reduces a 4×4 to three intervals, you can now choose to run the full session anyway, on both iPhone and Apple Watch. • More accurate history — a reduced 4×4 now logs its real duration instead of the full session's, so your weekly minutes and streaks reflect what you actually did. • Redeem an App Store code for Pro from the upgrade screen. Questions or feedback? Email [email protected].
App privacy
The developer, Chenfei Chu, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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