Repstra

How to create a workout

Build a workout from blocks — warm-up, main lift, circuits, even a full Hyrox simulation — with a drag-in exercise library and SOVARA slash-commands for the tweaks.

4 min readUpdated 21 July 2026

Workouts in Repstra are built from blocks, so one builder covers everything from a straight 5×5 to a 16-station Hyrox simulation with race distances.

  1. 1

    Start a new workout

    Go to TrainingWorkouts and click + New workout. Already have the session written down somewhere? Import from text/photo lets you paste or snap it and SOVARA structures it into blocks for you to review.

  2. 2

    Name it and add blocks

    Type a name — from that point the editor auto-saves as you work (you'll see Auto-saved ✓). Then add structure with the block presets: + Warm-up, + Main lift, + Accessories, + Circuit, + Interval, + AMRAP, + Timed, + Event Sim, + Zone Cardio, + Cool-down.

  3. 3

    Add exercises from the library

    The left-rail Library searches every exercise — filter All / Platform / Custom, or tap a muscle chip. Click an exercise to append it, or drag it onto a specific block. Each row takes Sets, Reps, Rest (s) and Tempo, and the button swaps in an alternate you've defined.

    Building for events? An Event Sim block takes stations with distances and reps — and + Hyrox template drops in all 16 stations at full race distances in one click. Zone Cardio blocks take an activity, duration and HR zone (Z1–Z5).

  4. 4

    Refine with SOVARA

    The slash bar above the canvas takes commands like /scale 1.1, /swap squat to lunge, /deload or /explain. SOVARA drafts the change and shows it as a diff for you to accept or reject — your programming, your call, always.

  5. 5

    Assign it

    Once saved, the header grows Assign to client → (schedule this workout) and Copy to client → (give them their own editable copy). Or drop it into a program — see building a program.

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The workout editor: a Hyrox event-simulation workout with the exercise library rail open

The editor on a Hyrox simulation — Event Sim block, library rail, SOVARA slash bar.

Tip
Build once, reuse forever: every workout you create is a template you can assign or copy to any number of clients. The second client costs you zero minutes.
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