Black and white photo of a Arnold Schwarzenegger posing shirtless in a gym with weightlifting equipment in the background.

Train Smarter
Live Longer

Backend

DevOps

Quality Assurance

Frontend

Project Management

We began with QA, but quickly became their full-stack partner. Guiding strategy, reworking architecture, and launching major new features. Our scope grew to include:

81%

Subscription Renewal Rate

4.6

App Store Rating

4.1

Google Play Rating

Awarded by

1st

Best Onboarding Experience

What began as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s fitness newsletter grew into The Pump, a full-scale app helping millions train smarter and stay consistent. But the journey wasn’t smooth. When they came to us, the MVP was unstable and the launch was at risk. We stepped in to turn things around — fast.

Core
Features

Pump app on iPhone showing a Straight-set deadlift screen with eight reps at 100 lbs.

Pump Club app Actions tab showing daily habit streaks for nature walks, reading, and sleep times.

Pump Club article "Arnold's 6 Rules of Success Speech" featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger at a podium.

Pump Club iPhone screen celebrating a completed Workout #09 with a three-week streak badge.

Pump Club comments panel with Arnold Schwarzenegger's pinned comment on a speech video post.

Pump Club admin dashboard showing the Powerlifting Program builder with phase and workout cards.

Goal-based Workout Programs

Habit Tracker for long-term consistency

Weekly Q&A with Arnold

Personalized Workout Calendar

Community feed for articles, comments & “Pumps” (likes)

Admin dashboard with Workout Uploader for faster content ops

Pump Club - Smartphone displaying an article titled 'Rules for Well Balanced Life' featuring a Arnold Schwarzenegger with folded arms.

The idea was simple: make fitness guidance from Arnold Schwarzenegger part of people’s daily routine.Executing it at scale wasn’t.We partnered with Pump Club to turn a promising product into a dependable platform that is built to perform, evolve quickly, and keep users coming back.

Daniel Ketchell

Co-founder @ Arnold's PUMP Club

“Thanks to Povio’s fast, reliable work, our app evolves constantly and our members have never been happier.

Engineering
Wins

Pump Club App screenshot - Workout screen titled Straight Set showing Deadlifts exercise with 2 sets of 6 reps and rest time after set of 2 minutes.

Pump Club - Workout progress card showing Workout #01 titled Foundation Continued: Bodyweight Intermediate Muscle Gain, with Phase 1 marked completed and a green progress bar partially filled.

Pump Club App screenshot showing 8 reps with 100 pounds weight, last reps 12 and last weight 125 pounds.

The Pump app showing completed workout details, a motivational comment from Arnold Schwarzenegger, reps and weight information, veggie and protein intake counters, and total lifted weight of 800 lbs.

Built to Scale

Introduced BullMQ and ECS containers to handle async tasks and traffic spikes with ease.

GraphQL, Done Right

Rebuilt the API layer using best practices to fix misuse and improve performance.

From Chaos to Clarity

Inherited unstable code. Refactored 80% and migrated to NestJS for long-term stability.

Content Ops, Optimized

Cut workout upload time from 5–6 hours to just 1 with a custom admin tool.

The Pump transformed how fitness content is delivered — evolving from a one-way email to a two-way conversation between Arnold and millions of users. From casual fans to dedicated athletes, users now have access to motivation, science-backed workouts, and a real sense of community — right in their pocket.