Inside the App

How Ryval Works

Everything you need to know about tracking workouts, competing against yourself, and building a better training habit.

Fitness Score

A single number from 0 to 1,000 that reflects your weekly training quality. It updates in real time as you work out and resets each week—so you always have a fresh target.

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Good evening,
Lee
647 ▲ 38 vs last week
Volume
187/250
Activity
145/200
Consistency
168/200
Coverage
98/150
Competition
49/200
Volume
up to 250 pts

Total training load from strength sessions—sets, reps, and weight lifted. Heavier and higher-volume workouts earn more.

Activity
up to 200 pts

A blend of active minutes and calories burned. Rewards both duration and workout intensity throughout the week.

Consistency
up to 200 pts

How regularly you show up. Every day with at least 15 minutes of training counts toward your consistency target.

Coverage
up to 150 pts

Rewards well-rounded training. Hit all major muscle groups, train body parts more than once, and maintain regular cardio.

Competition
up to 200 pts

Your win rate from You vs You challenges. Beat your past self to earn points. If you don't compete, these points redistribute across the other four.

Beginner0–199
Active200–399
Fit400–599
Strong600–799
Elite800+
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Coverage Scoring

Rewarding variety over repetition

Ryval Create Workout screen showing blue muscle map and exercise selection

Train the Whole Body

Coverage rewards you for training a variety of body parts rather than repeating the same muscles every session. It has three sub-components.

Group Coverage
UP TO 70 PTS

Train as many of the 7 major muscle groups as possible each week. More groups covered means more points earned.

Double Hit
UP TO 50 PTS

Train muscle groups on two or more separate days. Hitting a body part twice shows serious commitment to growth.

Cardio Sessions
UP TO 30 PTS

Regular cardio sessions throughout the week. Running, cycling, rowing, or any cardio activity counts toward this target.

The 7 Muscle Groups

Chest
Back
Shoulders
Arms
Quads
Posterior Chain
Core

Arms includes biceps and triceps. Posterior chain includes hamstrings and glutes. Full-body exercises count toward all seven groups.

Personalized to You

Training frequency — if you train 2 days/week, you need to hit fewer groups than someone training 5+ days.

Age — targets are slightly reduced for users over 50 to reflect realistic training volume.

Sex — female users get a slight shift toward cardio weighting in the sub-component balance.

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You vs You

Your past self is your next opponent

Compete Against Yourself

Every workout creates a ghost—a record of what you did last time. Your next session becomes a race to beat it.

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Upper Body Push
23:45
You vs You
♥ BPM
142
Cardio zone
🔥 CAL
312
6.2 cal/min
👻 Ghost: 298 cal +14 ahead
0:00 8:00 16:00 24:00
Bench Press
Set 3 of 4
END SET
01
Pick Your Opponent

Before starting, choose who to compete against: your last session, your personal best, the average of your last 5, or any past workout.

02
See the Ghost

During your workout, a ghost line shows your opponent's heart rate alongside yours. Track calorie pace, intensity, and volume against the ghost in real time.

03
Compete Live

Real-time badges show whether you're ahead or behind. For strength: volume and sets. For cardio: calories and intensity. For mixed: a combined score.

04
Get Your Scorecard

After finishing, a detailed scorecard shows how you compared—with percentage improvements across every metric. Wins count toward your Fitness Score.

IV

Heart Rate Monitoring

Any standard BLE monitor, zero brand lock-in

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Heart Rate Monitor
CONNECTED
Polar H10
142
BPM
Cardio Zone
🔋 Battery: 85%
Done
Disconnect

Real-Time Heart Rate

Connect any Bluetooth heart rate monitor for live tracking during workouts. Your heart rate data powers calorie calculations, intensity scoring, and ghost comparisons.

Any BLE Monitor

Works with any Bluetooth heart rate monitor that broadcasts the standard Heart Rate Service—Polar, Wahoo, Garmin, Coospo, and more.

Background Capture

Heart rate keeps recording when you lock your phone or switch apps. A native foreground service maintains the BLE connection so you never miss a beat.

Live HR Chart

A real-time heart rate chart scrolls during your workout, showing your current BPM alongside your ghost's heart rate for visual comparison.

Accurate Calories

With a connected HR monitor, calories use the Keytel (2005) formula—factoring heart rate, age, sex, and weight for research-backed accuracy.

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Workout Tracking

From first rep to weekly recap

Track Everything

Create custom workouts, log every set in real time, and track cardio with distance, pace, and calories. Everything builds toward your weekly goals.

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Upper Body Push
Strength
18:32
Bench Press Set 3 of 4
✓ Set 1 80kg × 10
✓ Set 2 85kg × 8
✓ Set 3 85kg × 7
Rest: 1:32
START SET
Next
Incline DB Press
3 sets
Finish Workout
Custom Workouts

Build workouts from a library of 200+ exercises across strength, cardio, and mixed categories. Set target sets, reps, and weights for each exercise.

Live Set Logging

One-tap set tracking: Start Set, perform your reps, End Set. Adjust reps and weight inline. Rest time is auto-calculated between sets.

Cardio & GPS

Log cardio with duration, distance, and calories. Enable GPS for outdoor activities like running and cycling to capture route, pace, and distance.

Progress Analytics
  • Muscle heatmap with volume distribution and recovery
  • Body composition charts via Health Connect
  • Weekly trends for calories, active minutes, workouts
  • Fitness Score history showing weekly progression
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Settings
Data & Privacy
All Data Stored On Device
Workouts, heart rate, GPS, and scores never leave your phone.
📥 Download My Data
📤 Restore From Backup
🔄 Auto-Backup
🗑️ Delete Account
🔒
Social features are opt-in. Only workout summaries are shared with accepted friends—never raw heart rate or GPS data.

Privacy First

Your workout data lives on your device. No ads, no data sales, no uploads unless you choose to share.

Local Storage

Workouts, heart rate, GPS tracks, scores, and body composition are stored in an on-device database. Nothing leaves your phone unless you choose to share or export it.

Backup & Restore

Manual and automatic backups save your entire database as a JSON file. Restore from any backup to recover your data on a new device.

Optional Social

Social features are opt-in. Sign in with a magic link to add friends, share workouts, and challenge each other. Only workout summaries are shared—never raw heart rate or GPS data.