1
Pick a gym near you.
The right gym for a first-timer is the one you'll actually reach. Close to home, close to work, or on the way between.
A ten-minute walk beats a forty-minute drive on a tired Thursday. Tell Apeks which gym is yours.
Never been? Good.
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Good. You've got nothing to come back from yet.
Apeks is built for comebacks, but everyone has a first visit. Here's how yours goes, from picking a gym to walking out thirty minutes later.
1Pick a gym near you.
2Pick a day.
3Tap Start at the gym.
4Stay thirty minutes.
5Plan next week.
YOUR FIRST VISIT
Five steps. About thirty minutes.
2
Pick a day, not a plan.
You don't need a program, a split or a diet. You need a day.
Pick a day you can keep. A Saturday morning you'll actually show up for beats a 6 am Monday you won't.
3
Tap Start at the gym.
Open Apeks and tap Start. It checks you're within 150 m of your gym, using your location only while the session runs.
No photos. No proof posts. That's the whole check-in.
4
Stay thirty minutes.
Walk on the treadmill. Try a machine with the picture on the side. Stretch in a corner. All of it counts.
Not sure what to do? Ask at the front desk. Plenty of gyms are happy to show a new member around.
5
Plan next week.
Same again: pick your days, go, stay thirty minutes. Miss one? Come back, and that visit earns extra credit.
Away a week or more? Apeks offers a short two-visit week to help you restart.
Thirty minutes is a visit.
Not an hour. Not a sweat-soaked hour. Thirty minutes at your gym.
THE NIGHT BEFORE
What to bring. Not much.
Tap each one as it goes in the bag.
0 of 5 packed
ONE MORE THING
Nobody's watching.
The fear of being watched keeps a lot of people out of gyms. Here's the honest version: most people at the gym are busy with their own set, their own playlist and their own reflection.
Apeks adds nothing for anyone to watch. Inside the app, nobody sees the days you miss. Your rank counts visits, never weight, never pace, never looks.
And if you miss your second visit?
Nothing resets. When you come back, that visit earns comeback credit. Some weeks you'll make every day you picked. Some weeks you won't. Apeks is built for both.
THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD
It says this. Everyone’s does.
Common thoughts, not quotes from anyone.
Notes to self
Everyone there knows what they’re doing.
I don’t know how half the machines work.
What if people stare?
I’ll go when I’m a bit fitter.
Thirty minutes. That’s all it asks.
A few questions.
Do I need to go to the gym already?
No. Pick a day you'd like to go. Your first visit counts after you tap Start at the gym and spend 30 minutes there.
Is Apeks a workout planner?
No. It helps you plan when to go; it doesn't tell you what to lift.
What if I feel lost on day one?
Then you're doing it right. Walk, stretch, try one machine, leave after thirty minutes. The visit counts the same.
Is Apeks free?
It's free during the test.
Tell me when it opens.
Apeks is in a small Android test with friends in Mumbai. Leave your email and we'll tell you when it opens.
Not downloadable yet.