About mTORQUE

Training documentation with a scientific backbone — and a very practical goal.

mTORQUE is built to connect what happens in training with why it matters: strength work, endurance sessions, anatomy, structured plans and educational context in one local-first app.

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The person behind the app

From medicine to muscle research.

Michael Behringer was born in 1978 in Neuss, Germany. He studied medicine at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf from 1999 to 2006 and later received his license to practice medicine.

He completed a doctoral degree in medicine in 2010 and a doctorate in natural sciences in 2012. His natural-sciences dissertation focused on the biomedical principles of strength training in childhood and adolescence — a topic that already combined practical training questions with biological mechanisms of adaptation.

From 2007 to 2017, he worked at the Institute of Training Science and Sports Informatics at the German Sport University Cologne, where he led the muscle research group. During this period, he was also involved with the German Research Center for Competitive Sports, momentum.

After completing his habilitation in 2017, he joined Goethe University Frankfurt as Assistant Professor of Sports Medicine. Following several external calls, he first accepted an Associate Professorship in Sports Medicine in 2019 and later that year a Full Professorship of Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology. He currently serves as Vice Dean and Dean of Research at the Institute of Sports Sciences.

Why the name?

mTOR + Torque.

The name mTORQUE brings together two worlds that belong together in training.

mTOR points to molecular adaptation and cellular growth signalling. Torque stands for force, rotation, movement and the mechanical reality of training.

In simple terms: mTORQUE is about what happens inside the muscle — and what you actually do in the gym, on the bike or on the road.

What it is built for

More than a training diary.

mTORQUE documents strength and endurance training, but the goal goes beyond storage. The app is designed to make training more understandable.

That means structured logging, exercise references, anatomical context, QR-based plan import and educational companion content such as YouTube videos. The aim is not to replace coaching, but to give users a clearer view of their training and the principles behind it.

Design principles

Built for people who want to train — and understand training.

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Training first

Strength sessions, endurance workouts, heart-rate data and progress review are treated as parts of one training system.

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Education built in

Exercise references, anatomy and companion content help connect practical logging with the reasoning behind the training.

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Local-first data

Your training data should belong to you. mTORQUE is designed without account-first onboarding or unnecessary cloud dependency.

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Start with the training plans on the web or install the Android app from Google Play.

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