# 5/3/1 Weightlifting App

5 Hacker News commenters recommended 5/3/1 Weightlifting App and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Simple app for Jim Wendler's 5/3/1 strength program that people use for years, though it lacks more advanced training regimens.

## Why people recommend it

- Used for a year or more (2 comments): "Thank you for building this! I've been using the app for almost a year" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46308995)) "has been earning me ~$1000 a month for over two years now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46308887))

## What people warn about

- Lacks more advanced training regimens (1 comments): "My one complaint was that there weren't more sophisticated training regiments." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46311290))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Stronk.app](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stronk-app.md): 10 recommend
- [Hevy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hevy.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "5/3/1 Weightlifting App", https://hackerapproved.com/p/5-3-1-weightlifting-app/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).