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Barbell Genie

Load the bar with the plates your gym actually has.

Built for mixed kilogram and pound gyms, garage gyms, CrossFit boxes, and lifters who are tired of guessing.

  • Mixed kg and lb inventories
  • Visual plate loading
  • Closest achievable weight
  • Works entirely on-device
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Barbell Genie showing a 20 kg bar in dark mode, a 20 kg bar loaded to 224.3 lb using 25 kg, 25 lb and 10 lb plates on each side

Your gym, once

Enter the rack you actually have.

Counts are individual plates, not pairs — four 20 kg bumpers is four. Pick your bars, add anything off the standard list with Add a custom plate or Add a custom bar, and it is saved for next time.

  • Kilogram, pound or mixed inventories
  • Custom plates and custom bars
  • As many gyms as you train at
Barbell Genie inventory setup showing units, barbells with an option to add a custom bar, and per-plate counts

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