# Planning your app

## 1. Who will use your app? (Who is your app's target user?)
The app's target user is a person who struggles with planning what exercises to do in the gym.


## 2. What need or problem will your app solve? How do you know this is really a need for your target user? How does the target user currently deal with the problem?
This solves the problem that my current workout tracking app costs money (or I have to watch annoying ads while I'm trying to log information). Currently, I just turn off my data and internet when I'm in the gym to override the app and keep the ad from loading, but this means I don't get notifications from my other apps and I can only listen to the music I have downloaded. Currently, I just do the same exercises over and over, and it gets really boring, or I waste time searching for new workouts that I don't ever try. Eliminating the mental load of choosing a specific workout will help me (and others) be more likely to actually go to the gym.

## 3. How will your app's design meet the need you have identified?
I will create a bank of exercises sorted by what muscle group they target and that have attributes for weight, reps, sets, or time. I will have a path that allows the user to add their own exercises as well. I will support returning a random exercise based on the muscle group it works. I will also support updating the recommended weight, reps, time etc for each exercise.
If time permits, I will support returning different kinds of themed exercises (ex: back and biceps, push and pull days, etc)

## 4. How could your app possibly cause harm? (For example, could someone get hurt if data leaked or if someone used the app inappropriately?) What steps will you take to ensure that nobody is harmed by your app?
This data will not store any personal information, so it is unlikely to cause harm. Since the exercises are independently added by me and the user, there is no worry with copyright from downloading information from the internet.