Gym consistency rarely fails because of one bad week — it fails because a single missed session gets treated as proof the whole habit collapsed. Daychain gives you two task types built for this: a count task if you think in sets and reps (log '4 sets' or '60 reps' and the day completes once you hit the number), or a duration task if you think in time (log workout minutes toward a daily or weekly target). Neither forces you into a same binary 'did I go or not' box that erases how much you actually did. For the chain mode, Balanced is the natural fit: it keeps the daily accountability of a real chain but grants a small number of automatic skips each week, so a genuinely sore, sick, or overbooked day doesn't read as a broken link. Save skip credits for the rest day you already know is coming — a deload week, a flight — and keep repair credits in reserve for the day you meant to train and simply forgot to log it. Over months, your chain segment history becomes a record you can point to: the six-week run last spring still counts, even if this run only started three weeks ago.
Gym Consistency: Tracking Reps, Sets, and Minutes
Log workouts as count (sets and reps) or duration (minutes), and let Balanced mode protect one missed gym day a week without breaking your chain.