Exercises are the building blocks of training on Kanvie. You will encounter them while logging activity in your diary, creating your own workout, or learning new movements from workouts shared by others. Each exercise gives you clear guidance, accurate calorie estimates, and practical context to help you train smarter.

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What Is an Exercise?

An exercise on Kanvie represents a specific movement, for example:

• Running
• Squats
• Bench Press

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Customizing an Exercise

When you add an exercise to your diary or include it as a step in a workout, you can configure:

1. Time-Based Amounts

If the exercise is duration-based, you can set:

• Seconds
• Minutes
• Hours

Kanvie uses the duration alongside your personal metrics to estimate calories burned.

2. Set-Based Amounts

If the exercise uses sets and repetitions, you can add up to 5 sets, each with:

• Amount of repetitions in the set
• Amount of weight used in the set (kg/lb). This is only available for certain exercises. Want to change your weight unit? Learn more about measurement units.

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What You See on the Exercise Detail Page

1. Calories Burned

Kanvie estimates calories burned based on:

• The exercise selected
• The repetitions / sets or duration you choose
• The intensity you choose
• Your biometric data

You can learn more about how we calculate burned calories here.

2. Muscles Worked

Every exercise shows you the primary and secondary muscle groups used. For example:

Primary: Glutes

Secondary: Hamstrings, Lower Back

This helps you build balanced workouts, avoid training fatigue and understand how each movement affects your body.

3. Your Exercise History

By tapping History, you can see a log of the last times you've added this exercise to your diary, including the duration or sets and the effort you selected. By tapping an entry, you can either log it again as is, or paste it's amount into the current context window.

4. Popular Workouts That Use This Exercise

If you want inspiration or alternatives, you can tap Workouts to see community-created workouts that include that specific exercise.