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User-defined custom data fields per set in self-hosted strength trackers (band single/doubled, anchor distance, bench angle), not just a workout-level note

other real project •• multiple requests

Lifters who self-host their training logs in wger want to record structured data on each individual set, like whether a resistance band is single or doubled, distance from a cable anchor, or bench angle, rather than stuffing it into one free-text note per workout. Per-set reps already work, but there are no user-defined custom fields, and four separate users have asked for set-level or per-exercise annotation over the last six months. The value is logs that actually capture the variables band, cable, and calisthenics lifters need to reproduce a set.

builder note

Per-set reps already work (wger combines repeated exercises into set rows), so do not ship another notes box. The gap is user-defined columns per set, like band doubled or anchor distance, which is a small schema and UI feature, not a rewrite.

landscape (2 existing solutions)

wger, the leading FOSS self-hosted strength tracker, logs per-set reps and weight plus workout-level notes, but structured, user-defined per-set fields have no home there. The proprietary cloud apps that come closest are not self-hostable.

wger Self-hosted strength tracker. Per-set reps and weight are loggable (the maintainer notes you can split a set by re-adding the exercise) and notes exist at the workout level, but per its features page and the open issues there are no user-defined custom data fields per set such as band single or doubled, anchor distance, or bench angle.
Hevy Proprietary cloud app with per-set RPE, set types, and exercise notes, but it is not self-hostable, and these users specifically want the capability inside their own self-hosted log.

sources (3)

other https://github.com/wger-project/wger/issues/2391 "There are several data-points I'd like to be able to log for each set" 2026-06-17
other https://github.com/wger-project/wger/issues/2157 "I would like to be able to annotate individual sets within an exercise" 2026-01-04
other https://github.com/wger-project/wger/issues/2183 "Add a Blank Space in every exercise for Notes e.g. Seat Position" 2026-01-24
fitnessstrength-trainingself-hostedwgerdata-logging