# Lift Camera: The powerlifting camera Prop up your iPhone and film a squat, bench or deadlift set. When you stop, the reps are counted and the clip is trimmed. Playback shows the bar path, a line for the lift’s standard and each rep’s bar speed. Download: https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/id1842745808?pt=128177804&ct=ai_md&mt=8 ## How it works 1. **Pick the lift.** Squat, bench or deadlift. The camera page tells you where to put the phone for each one. 2. **Film the set.** One tap to start, one to stop. Pauses, reracks and a second walkout don’t end the recording. 3. **Watch it back.** Playback opens with the reps counted, the dead time trimmed and the guides drawn on every rep. ## Features ### Counts the reps for you Lift Camera follows the plates on the bar and your joints, counts the reps of the lift you picked, and trims the dead time before and after the set. Lift videos you import from Photos get the lift recognized as well. - Lifts: Squat, bench, deadlift - Trim: From the unrack or first bar movement, 1–5 s margin - Import: Lift videos from Photos ### Depth, elbows and lockout, against the IPF rules A dashed reference line marks each lift’s standard: knee‑top height for the squat, the bench surface for the bench press, an upright line through the ankles for the deadlift. It lights up when the app sees you reach it. Under each rep on the timeline, a filled dot means it got there and an outline means it didn’t; reps the app can’t judge get no dot. A reminder, not a ruling. The lines come from your joints, so a side view is the most accurate, and joints hidden behind plates are estimated. - Squat: Hip crease below the top of the knee - Bench: Both elbows down to the top of the shoulders - Deadlift: Knees and hips locked ### Bar speed from the plates, no sensor Calibrated plates come in known diameters, so the app turns their movement into meters per second. Each rep’s mean concentric velocity sits above it on the timeline, and while the bar is rising the newest rep shows its speed live. Sets where no plate is recognized show no speed. - Red, blue: 450 mm - Yellow: 400 mm - Green: 325 mm ### Bar path, skeleton and joint angles The bar path is drawn white on the way down and in your theme color on the way up. Squats and deadlifts get a skeleton on the side facing the camera; filmed from the side, it also shows knee and hip angles wherever the joints are clearly visible. - Down: White - Up: Theme color - Angles: Knee, hip ### Hold to slow it down Press and hold the video to watch from that moment at a quarter of the speed. Hold the timeline and it jumps there first. Let go and it plays on at normal speed. - Speed: 0.25× - Sound: Muted while slow ### Two sets side by side, rep by rep Pick another set of the same lift. Both videos start each rep together, and the one that finishes first waits for the other. Both sets’ bar speeds sit over one shared timeline. - Aligned: Rep by rep - Speed: Both sets ### Every set, logged by day Sets are grouped by day and numbered as warm‑ups or working sets for each lift. Weight carries over from your last set of the lift, and RPE from your previous set of the same lift that session, so most sets only need a quick check before you save. - Day summary: Squat 140 kg 3×8 @8 - RPE: 6–10 in steps of 0.1 ### No account. Nothing uploaded. Videos are saved to your Photos library. Your training data stays on your iPhone and is also written into the video file, so it travels with the video. The app has no server, no ads and no analytics. - Account: None - Server: None ## Lifts - [Squat on camera: reps, depth and bar speed](https://liftcamera.catchingnow.com/squat/): Film your squat on iPhone. Lift Camera counts the reps, draws a line at knee‑top height that lights up once your hip crease drops below it, and shows each rep’s bar speed. - [Bench press on camera: reps, elbows and bar path](https://liftcamera.catchingnow.com/bench-press/): Film your bench press on iPhone. Lift Camera counts the reps, lights the bench line once your elbows reach the top of your shoulders, and draws the bar path and each rep’s bar speed. - [Deadlift on camera: reps, lockout and bar speed](https://liftcamera.catchingnow.com/deadlift/): Film your deadlift on iPhone. Lift Camera counts the reps, lights an upright line through your ankles once your knees and hips lock, and shows each pull’s bar speed. ## Who it’s for - **Training alone.** Nobody to film or count for you. Lean the phone at the suggested angle, do the set, check it before the next one. - **Getting ready for a meet.** Watch squat depth, bench elbows and deadlift lockout the way the rulebook describes them, set after set, weeks before you step on the platform. - **Coaching lifters.** Put two sets side by side, rep by rep, and see where the bar speed starts to drop. - **Training by RPE and speed.** Rate each set and keep its bar speed next to it, on the day and a month later. - **Going through old videos.** Import sets you filmed with the Camera app. The lift is recognized and the reps counted the same way. ## Details - Format: 4:3, portrait or landscape - HDR: 10‑bit HLG HEVC on iPhones that offer it - Frame rate: 30 or 60 fps - Lens: 1× or 0.5× - Units: kg or lb, steps of two of your smallest plates - Theme colors: 7 - Languages: English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, Deutsch, Français, Svenska, Polski, Русский - iPhone Duo: Controls on the side rail of the outer screen; one column of tiles when open ## FAQ ### Do I need a sensor or a special barbell? No. Lift Camera only uses the iPhone camera. Bar speed comes from the size of the plates on the bar. ### Which lifts does it count? Squat, bench press and deadlift. You pick the lift before filming; for imported videos the lift is recognized automatically. ### Where should I put my phone? Squat: at hip height, about 45° off the front, with your whole body and the bar in view. Bench: at bench height, straight from the side, with the top of the bar path in view. Deadlift: at knee height, straight from the side, with the plates not hiding your body. ### Does it judge my lifts? No. It reminds you where the IPF Technical Rules (in force from March 2026) set the standard for squat depth, bench elbows and deadlift lockout. The lines are worked out from your joints; a side view is the most accurate. ### How is bar speed measured? From how far the plate moves and how long it takes, scaled by the plate’s diameter, which the app reads from its color: 450 mm for red and blue, 400 mm for yellow and 325 mm for green calibrated plates. Choose bumper plates in Settings and every plate counts as 450 mm. Sets where no plate is recognized show no speed. ### Where are my videos and data kept? Videos go to your Photos library. The training log stays on your iPhone and is also written into each video file. There is no account, and the app itself uploads nothing. ### Can I use videos I already filmed? Yes. Import them from Photos; you don’t have to give the app access to your whole library. The lift is recognized and the reps counted, and the original video stays as it is. ### Does it work in landscape? Yes. Turn the phone sideways and it films in landscape 4:3; playback shows it the right way up. ### Which iPhones does it run on? 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