Liftspan: Strength Over 40
Dave Newman Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Liftspan: Strength Over 40 is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Dave Newman. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated September 22, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 49 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Sep 22
- 2026 · v1.04
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About Liftspan: Strength Over 40
A strength coach for a body that's past its peak. Every strength app is built for a 25-year-old. Liftspan is built for the rest of us: the 40, 50, and 60-year-olds who still want to get stronger, and who want to keep training for the long haul. It's the coach that knows you're not 25, tells you exactly what to do every session, and adapts around the joints you tell it about. You never guess again. Liftspan builds and adjusts your program for you. Reps climb inside your range, then the weight goes up. It tells you what to lift and moves the load when you've earned it. No spreadsheets, no wondering if you're doing enough. Chosen around your body. Every movement in the library carries a joint and lower-back rating. Tell it your shoulder or your back is a problem and those lifts stop being offered, replaced with a named alternative that trains the same muscle. Load jumps get halved. Blocks deload sooner. It's not a warning you dismiss; it's a different plan. And the joint filtering is free. The app works around what you tell it. (It's not medical advice, see below.) Tell it how you feel. Type "shoulder's cranky and I slept badly" the way you'd say it, and today's session reshapes: overhead work swaps out, a set comes off, the load eases. Just for today; tomorrow your program is back. Train wherever you are. Full gym, home gym, hotel, bodyweight, dumbbells only, bands only. Switch mid-week and every weight you've worked up to carries across. A streak that fits lifting. Weekly, not daily, because past fifty, recovery is what limits progress, not motivation. Rest costs you nothing, and one missed week is shielded. Proof you're actually getting stronger. Estimated 1RM on every lift, every all-time best recorded the moment you hit it, and your weekly hard sets measured against what the science says. See the line move. Your whole strength story carries across every block and syncs to every device you own, so the record of your work is always right, everywhere you train. Ranked against your own decade. The leaderboard groups lifters by age band, because a board that mixes 25 and 60 measures birthdays, not effort. Bring your history. Already on Strong or Hevy? Import your CSV and your sessions and working weights come across (never above what you've actually lifted). And it exports right back out, so your training is never hostage here. Free to start. Free forever: log every workout, a safe starting plan that works around the joints you tell it about, your streak and badges, the age-banded league, and full export. No ads, no session limits, nothing ever deleted. Pro is the coach in full: the daily check-in, intelligent progression that keeps moving the weight as you earn it, unlimited swaps and the whole library, every training environment, the progress screen that proves you're getting stronger, and your training synced to every device. Try Pro free for 30 days. Lifting, for the long haul. — Not medical advice. If something hurts, stop, and talk to your doctor before starting a training program. Liftspan Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. • Monthly: $7.99/month • Annual: $59.99/year • Includes a 30-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms: https://liftspan.fit/terms Privacy: https://liftspan.fit/privacy
What’s new
Version 1.04 · Updated September 22, 2026
Show up every day, not just lifting days. - Daily streak. Log anything you did today (a walk, yoga, a bike ride, or "something else") and your flame stays lit. Lifting days count automatically. - Streak calendar. Six weeks of your days at a glance: lifts, movement, freezes, and the honest misses. - Freezes. Bank a full training week and earn a freeze that covers a missed day. Pro earns and holds double. - Streak partners. Invite a friend and keep a shared streak together. You see whether they logged today and how long you've kept it going as a pair. Nothing else. - Nudges and notices. Nudge a partner who hasn't logged yet, and see when someone accepts your invite. - Swipe between tabs. - Rest timer in the Dynamic Island (Pro). Start a rest and the countdown lives in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen. - The League is retired. Your streak, XP, and levels stay.
App privacy
The developer, Dave Newman, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Liftspan: Strength Over 40 | – | Free | September 22, 2026 |
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| Calorie Counter - MyFitMate | 4.7 / 5 (3) | Free | Sep 20, 2026 |
| PRGRSS – Training. Simply. | – | Free | Sep 4, 2026 |