Starting with a discovery phase

User research

This was done by a mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods.

I collected responses from a survey that was completed by fitness enthusiasts. The respondents were mainly women between the ages of 20-40. I also talked to a small amount of people that regularly perform some kind of exercise to learn about their routines

What I wanted to know:

• What are peoples' fitness routines, what do they do, how often and why

• What do people track in their routines

• What works and what doesn't work in their current tracking/planning solution

• What fitness apps have they ever used and how did they feel about them

Initial insights:

• Using different apps to track steps, calories, heart rate etc.

• Body measurements are being tracked by other apps as well

• Workout routines for gym users are usually scribbled on a piece of paper or notes app on the phone

• People working out from home usually use Youtube workouts and the only way they track this is through Youtube history

• Sometimes it’s hard to start a workout at home with no defined plan

• Difficult to decide what to exercise next and what body part when not remembering what exercises the person did recently

• Gym users keep track of the weight of the equipment used in their heads and don’t remember how they progress over time

  
  

Competitive Analysis

☝🏻Opportunities

• Create a multi-purpose app - For workout planning in advance and logging individual exercises to track sets/reps/weight of equipment

• Make the signing-up process easy and quick

• Keep a clean and minimal UI design that will represent the brand identity

👩🏼 Who are my target users?

Planning phase

User flows, sketches and low-fidelity wireframes

Based on the user research, I started translating the conceptual ideas into a tangible and user-friendly application. Before diving into high-fidelity designs, I began the process with planning.

By creating user flows, I outlined how users would interact with the app.

Following the creation of user flows, I sketched the initial design concepts.

With the sketches as a foundation, the next step involved the creation of digital wireframes. However, upon continuous iterations, the final designs have changed slightly.

High Fidelity Designs

It's all about tracking and planning your workout routines…

☝🏻 Home - All at a glance - See what you have scheduled for today as well as other days and see the overview of your past activities

☝🏻 History - See the log of your past workouts to track your progress over time. Each item has a thorough details

☝🏻 Stats - Access a detailed breakdown of your exercises to track your development and personal best achievements

☝🏻 Log - Record details of your workout in real-time, including exercise types, sets, repetitions, and weights used

☝🏻 Plan - Planning your workout routines in advance to ensure all the information is ready when required

Once your activity is planned, you can start logging your sets/reps/weights if needed

Style guide

Alignment and Grid

User testing

I tested the prototype on 3 users to identify any obstacles that could impact the usability of the product. I drafted a script with research goals, the questions I wanted to ask, and tasks for the users to complete.

This was a moderated session so I was able to observe the participants and how they interacted with the prototype and I asked the users to think out loud. I followed up with additional questions after each task was completed to understand what was easy and what wasn’t as clear.

What I wanted to know:

• Is it friction free for the user to create an account and sign in?

• How would users start planning their workout week

• How would they log their workout if using weights

• How would they check their workout history and overall progress

After receiving valuable feedback I made a few changes

☝🏻 Identified problems

• 3 out of 4 participants were not able to find statistics for each exercise which were under the ‘View all’ button.

• 2 participants also mentioned that they feel like there should be an option to filter each month so they don’t have to scroll if they wish to check data from the past.

☝🏻 The solution

I split the history screen into 2 sections and only displayed one month at a time with drop down to filter month and year

☝🏻 Identified problems

The save button on top of the screen was difficult to reach

☝🏻 The solution

Moving the save button as a primary action on the bottom of the screen while keeping the 'Add exercise' button as a secondary action

I also removed the background colour just to make it look better

Project Summary

As it was one of my first projects that I designed when I transitioned into UX, looking back there are a lot of things I would change and improve. So I'd like to revisit and redesign this concept to make it even better experience and product.

What were the challenges?

• The lack of experience with no team around to provide feedback

• Difficulty in finding participants for user interviews and testing

• Limited knowledge of prototyping

  
  

Next steps

• Identify any pain points this concept has

• Refresh the UI

• Create a design system with revised visuals