How Oreuma works
What Oreuma does after a break
Oreuma gives you a lighter workout when you've been away, and you can see exactly how much lighter. These are the rules the app follows, so you know what your first session back will ask of you, and the ones after it.
By Bjørn Lundell, founder of Oreuma · 18 October 2026
Your first session back
Oreuma looks at how long it has been since your last finished workout and picks one of five starting points. The longer the break, the smaller and gentler the session.
| Time since your last workout | What changes |
|---|---|
| Up to 7 days | Your usual session. |
| 8 to 14 days | About four fifths of the usual volume and a longer warm-up. |
| 15 to 30 days | About two thirds of the usual volume, exercises one step easier than your level, and no jumping. |
| More than 30 days, or your first session | Half the usual volume, the easier exercises at your level, no jumping, and always a cooldown. |
Volume here means the amount of work in the session: rounds and time spent working. After more than a week away, the playful athletic moves mixed into each session are limited to low-impact ones.
The sessions after that
One easy workout doesn't undo a long break, so Oreuma doesn't jump back to full sessions after the first one. It moves up one step every two finished workouts.
| How long the break was | Finished workouts until full sessions |
|---|---|
| More than 30 days | 7 |
| 15 to 30 days | 5 |
| 8 to 14 days | 3 |
If you stop again partway, a break of two weeks or less pauses the climb without sending you back to the start. A longer break restarts it from the step that matches the new break, so 20 days off puts you partway up and 60 days off puts you at the bottom.
Your level never drops because of a break. A level-3 returner is still level 3, gets level-3 exercises back partway through the climb, and full sessions at the end of it.
What you choose each day
Before each workout Oreuma asks what feels right today: Light, Steady or Extra. Light is one short block, Steady is the usual two blocks, and Extra adds a round. Sessions run roughly 10 to 30 minutes.
The choice changes how much you do, never how hard the exercises are. Feeling energetic gets you more of the same movements. While you're still climbing back after a break, even Extra stays lighter than a normal Steady session.
What you tell it
- After each workout you can say it was too easy, about right, or too hard. Too hard makes the next session one step easier. Too easy twice in a row moves you up a level, up to the top of three.
- Limitations. If you mark knees, wrists, shoulders or lower back, Oreuma leaves out exercises that load that area and swaps in ones that don't.
- Training elsewhere. If you've been exercising outside the app, tap Last strength on the home screen and pick No real break, 1–2 week break or Long break. Oreuma sizes your next session from that answer instead of its own records, then goes back to its records once you finish a workout. Long break gives you the 15-to-30-day session. Partway through a comeback, your answer can make a session easier but never harder.
Reminders
Oreuma sends no daily reminders. If you've allowed notifications and ten days pass after a finished workout, it sends one at 17:30: “Got 10 minutes? Today's comeback session is ready.” If you haven't come back by day 24, it sends one more: “Today's session is easy on purpose. Nothing that'll leave you sore tomorrow.” Then it stays quiet until your next workout. Neither message mentions how long you've been away.
When another app will suit you better
- You want to run. A running plan such as the NHS Couch to 5K is built for that. Oreuma is bodyweight strength and movement at home.
- You train with weights or machines. Oreuma uses no equipment.
- You're on Android. Oreuma is only on iPhone for now.
- You want a person in your corner. Oreuma is an app. It doesn't replace a coach, or a physiotherapist after an injury.
- Streaks keep you going. Then keep using them. Oreuma has none, on purpose.
If you have a heart or lung condition, are pregnant or recently gave birth, or are coming back from an illness, injury or surgery, check with your doctor or a physiotherapist before you start. Stop if something hurts sharply, and get help if you feel chest pain, faintness or unusual breathlessness.
Oreuma does the sizing for you
Oreuma is an iPhone app for getting back into exercise after a break. It builds a short bodyweight home workout each day, sized to where you are, with no streaks and no account. The first 7 days are free, no card needed.
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