Strength training after time off
PlateRamp is for somebody who trained with weights, stopped for a while, and is starting again. You tell it what you used to lift, how long you have been away and what plates you have; it works out a weight to start at, shows the reason next to every number, and steps you back toward your old working weights. It is in development and has not been released yet. This page exists so the privacy, terms and support pages below are reachable before it ships.
PlateRamp is built by Baker Ventures LLC, an independent software studio. It is an iOS app, it is in development, and it has not been released.
The problem it is for
You trained seriously for a year or more. You stopped for six months or longer. You are restarting this week, you still know your old numbers, and those numbers are the problem: every logger assumes you never stopped and shows you your last-ever set, which after nine months off is both the wrong weight and a bad feeling.
PlateRamp answers one question per lift per session — what goes on the bar today — and ramps you back from there.
How it works
Four questions at setup: pounds or kilos, how many whole months since you last trained consistently, how many years you trained before that, and the bar and plates you have. Then the lifts you used to do and what you used to get at them.
From that it produces a starting weight for each lift, with the reason written next to the number ("72% of the 185 you used to work with, week 1 of 11"), the plates per side for your own bar, and a ramp back toward your old working weights. The ramp counts weeks you actually trained, not weeks on the calendar, so disappearing for a month pauses the plan rather than sprinting ahead of you. Plate rounding is always downward, because during a restart the error that costs something is going too heavy.
The whole method is written out in plain language on its own screen, generated from the same constants the arithmetic uses, so the explanation cannot drift from the calculation.
What it is not
PlateRamp is not medical advice, not physical therapy, not coaching and not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, assess or rehabilitate anything, and it takes no pain, injury, symptom or diagnosis input anywhere — reps in reserve is the only subjective field in it. Every number it shows is arithmetic on figures you typed in. If you have an injury or a health condition, speak to a doctor before restarting. You decide what goes on the bar.
There is no feed, no profile, no sharing and no other users.
Where your data lives
On your phone. There is no account, no server, no analytics and no crash reporting, and the app requests no location, camera, microphone, photo, notification or Apple Health access. Deleting the app deletes everything with it. The full list is in the Privacy Policy.
Pages
- Privacy Policy — what the app stores, and everything it does not do
- Terms of Service — what PlateRamp is, what it is not, and the estimates statement
- Support — how to reach a person, and answers to the common questions
Questions and answers
What does PlateRamp do?
You tell it what you used to lift, how many months you have been away and how many years you trained before that. It works out a weight to start at for each lift, shows the reason next to every number, and steps you back toward your old working weights over a set number of weeks.
Is PlateRamp available yet?
No. It is in development and has not been released. This site is here ahead of release so the privacy policy, terms and support pages are ready when the app is.
How is the starting weight worked out?
From the lifts and reps you used to do, how long you have been away and how many years you trained before stopping. The app writes the whole method out on its own screen, generated from the same constants the arithmetic uses, so the explanation cannot drift from the calculation.
What happens if I miss a few weeks?
Nothing. The ramp advances on weeks you actually trained rather than on calendar weeks, so time away pauses the plan instead of leaving you behind.
Is PlateRamp medical advice or physical therapy?
No. It is not medical advice, not physical therapy and not a medical device. It takes no pain, injury or symptom input anywhere, and every number it shows is arithmetic on figures you typed in. You decide what goes on the bar.
Does PlateRamp collect any data?
No. There is no account, no server, no analytics and no crash reporting. Your setup answers and your logged sets are stored on your own device and never sent anywhere.
Why does it round the weight down?
Because during a restart the error that costs something is going too heavy. If your plates cannot make the exact number, the app picks the closest weight at or below it rather than above.
PlateRamp. “Strength training after time off.” Baker Ventures LLC, October 1, 2026. https://plateramp.bakerventuresstudio.com/