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Mirror From Another Day

The most common manual-plan task is *"write Tuesday like Monday"*. Mirror lets you do that with one tap instead of re-building from scratch.

When the Mirror button appears:

The button is contextual — it shows up only when both conditions are met: • The day you're on is empty (no exercises yet, or only a placeholder row) • Some other day in the same template has at least 3 exercises

When either condition isn't met, the button is hidden. A "Mirror" button on a day that's already full is noise; one on a day where there's nothing to copy yet is misleading.

How it works:

1. Click Mirror in the day header (next to the + Exercise button). 2. A modal lists every other day in the template that has populated exercises, grouped by week. 3. Pick a source day. Click Mirror exercises. 4. The picked day's exercises copy into yours instantly. Each cloned row gets a fresh internal ID, so editing one doesn't affect the source.

What gets copied:

• Exercise name + library reference (so the video, type, and default log mode all carry over) • Sets, prescription (reps/time/distance), notes • Wt, RPE, RIR, TUT, Rest values • Group label (superset bracket, when supersets ship in v1.9) • Section label (Strength / Accessories / etc, when section headers ship in v1.9) • A trailing empty placeholder is appended so you can keep adding new exercises after the cloned set

What is NOT copied:

• The source day's name (your day keeps the name you gave it) • Logged-against client data (this is a template-builder feature, not a workout-history feature) • Pre-existing exercises in the target day (mirror replaces them — the spec assumed an empty target)

Cross-template mirror (planned, not in v1):

Currently mirror only sees days within the template you're editing. A planned follow-up will add a second tab: "From recent template" — your last 5 saved templates, so you can reuse a Strength block from a different program. If you'd find that valuable, mention it on the in-app feedback chat.

Common workflow — periodised hypertrophy:

1. Write Day 1 (Push) thoroughly: 6-8 exercises, sets/reps, notes, RPE. 2. On Day 4 (Push, deload week), hit Mirror → pick Day 1. 3. Reduce the set counts (3×8 → 2×6) using Compact mode shorthand. 4. Done in 30 seconds. Without Mirror, this is 5+ minutes per repeated day.

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