I'm on TikTok and I See a Workout I Like. How Do I Save It?

You're on TikTok, a trainer runs through a dumbbell circuit you want to try, and you need to keep it before the feed moves on. You have two options: save the video with TikTok's bookmark, or save the workout with RepExtract. They do different jobs, so here's how each one works and which to use.

How do I save a TikTok video to Favorites?

TikTok's built-in save is the bookmark:

1. Open the workout video.
2. Tap the Save icon (the bookmark) on the right side of the screen. On some videos it's inside the Share menu instead, labeled Add to Favorites.
3. Find it later under Profile → the bookmark tab. Tap and hold a saved video, or use the tab's options, to group Favorites into a collection such as "Workouts."

This is the right move when you want to rewatch the video, remember the creator, or come back to a single form tip.

Why isn't a Favorite enough for a workout?

Because it saves a pointer to a video, not the workout inside it. Three problems show up the moment you try to train from Favorites:

• No exercise list. The moves, sets, and reps are inside the footage or the caption. At the gym you pause, scrub, and squint at on-screen text between sets.
• No status. Nothing separates workouts you've done from ones you meant to try, so the tab only grows.
• It can vanish. If the creator deletes the video or goes private, your Favorite disappears with it.

If you have a backlog of Favorites already, see how to organize your saved workout reels for a system that fixes all three.

How do I save the workout from a TikTok?

Share it to RepExtract. This keeps the workout as a plan you can read and follow, with the video's form cues preserved as short clips:

1. Tap Share on the TikTok

Tap the Share arrow on the right side of the video. TikTok shows a row of people, then a row of apps.

2. Choose RepExtract

Pick RepExtract from the app row. If it isn't there, tap Copy link and paste the link into the RepExtract app's Extract tab, or into the web tool on any device. The short vm.tiktok.com links TikTok copies work fine.

3. Let RepExtract read the video

RepExtract watches the movements, reads the on-screen text and the caption, and listens to the trainer's cues, so it catches exercises that are only said out loud or only listed in the caption. Most videos take well under a minute.

4. Save it to your library

You get every exercise in order, with sets, reps, rest, and a clip of each move. Name the workout, tap the body parts it trains, and it lands on your Want to Do shelf. At the gym, start a session from it and log your sets; finishing moves it to Done.

TikTok Favorites vs. RepExtract

Which one should I use?

Both, for different videos. Favorite the ones you want to rewatch: a form breakdown, a mobility flow you follow along with, a creator you want to find again. Share to RepExtract the ones you want to do: anything with a list of exercises and a rep scheme you'd take to the gym. The test is simple: if you'd need to pause and scrub the video between sets, it belongs in RepExtract.

The same two options exist on Instagram, where the bookmark files into Collections instead of Favorites. See how to save Instagram and TikTok workout videos so you actually use them.

The bottom line

To save a workout you see on TikTok, tap Save if you want the video, or tap Share and choose RepExtract if you want the workout. RepExtract turns the TikTok into every exercise, set, rep, and rest with a clip of each move, credited to the creator, in a library you can train from.