Tempo notation
3sec down
0pause
Xexplode up
0hold
Four characters govern every rep. 30X0 — three seconds down, no pause, explosive up, no hold. The bar moves the way it was written.
For the committed
Master the movement.
Oblige turns training into a skill tree — structured progressions that carry you, rung by rung, from where you are today to planche, front lever, and beyond.
Free · iOS & Android · Launching soon
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The skill tree
A skill tree for the human body.
Most training apps count reps. Oblige charts territory: every “superhuman” movement is the last rung of an ordered ladder, and every ladder starts within reach. Regression by regression, hold by hold — the path is explicit, and it is yours.
- Planche
- Front lever
- Handstand push-up
- Human flag
- Pistol squat
- Muscle-up
The instrument
Progress you can read like an instrument panel.
Serious movement work is precise work. Oblige speaks the coach’s full language — so what you perform is exactly what was prescribed.
Seven rep designs
- Standard
- To failure
- AMRAP
- Down series
- Time hold
- Drop set
- Pyramid
A set is not always “3 × 10.” Down-series after failure, timed holds, descending drop sets, explicit pyramids — each design has its own logic, its own timer, and its own log.
The library
A taxonomy, not a list. Every exercise carries its muscles in a hierarchy — file it under obliques, find it undercore — with difficulty, movement pattern, coaching cues, scalable variations, and same-muscle alternatives one tap away.
In session
Unilateral work is tracked side by side — the rest timer waits for both. Every set is logged as you finish it, offline-first, and if a station is taken you can swap to an alternative mid-session without losing the thread.
Noblesse oblige
The privilege of a body is the duty to keep it capable.
Not a streak. Not a challenge. A quiet, standing commitment — kept one session at a time.
How Oblige works
01
Pick a progression
Choose the movement you want to own. Oblige maps the rungs from where you are today.
02
Follow the workout
Each session guides you through every prescription — tempo, cues, and rests included.
03
Log and level up
Record every set as you go. When a rung is earned, the next one opens.
For coaches
Built like a coach thinks.
Oblige started as an authoring studio: seven rep schemes, tempo notation, ordered cues, and skill progressions as first-class objects — not text fields. If you program for others, we’re onboarding a small group of founding coaches now.
Doors open soon
Be first through the door.
Oblige is coming to iOS and Android, free. Leave your email and we’ll send one message — the day the doors open.
No spam. No streaks. One email.