diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd03a4e..23d34d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here.
 - Fixed: progress made on the watch now updates open iPhone screens live. The
   phone applies a watch-forwarded workout to its cache directly on receipt, instead
   of waiting on an `NSMetadataQuery` event that a same-process file overwrite
-  doesn't reliably emit.
+  doesn't reliably emit — and the exercise detail screen now observes these updates,
+  so its set grid advances in real time without leaving and re-entering the screen.
 - Starting a workout on the iPhone now launches the Apple Watch app straight into
   the session via HealthKit (a one-time Health permission); the watch holds an
   `HKWorkoutSession` to stay active while you train and releases it when the
diff --git a/Workouts/Views/WorkoutLogs/ExerciseView.swift b/Workouts/Views/WorkoutLogs/ExerciseView.swift
index 19cd8e5..a74998c 100644
--- a/Workouts/Views/WorkoutLogs/ExerciseView.swift
+++ b/Workouts/Views/WorkoutLogs/ExerciseView.swift
@@ -63,6 +63,20 @@ struct ExerciseView: View {
             refreshDocIfNeeded()
             progress = log?.currentStateIndex ?? 0
         }
+        // Reflect external changes (e.g. a set completed on the watch) live. Each edit
+        // rewrites the whole workout file, so the cache always holds the latest — pulling
+        // it in can't revert a newer local tap.
+        .onChange(of: workout.updatedAt) { _, _ in
+            absorbExternalUpdate()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Pull an externally-changed workout into the working copy so the set grid and plan
+    /// update without leaving and re-entering the screen.
+    private func absorbExternalUpdate() {
+        let fresh = WorkoutDocument(from: workout)
+        doc = fresh
+        progress = fresh.logs.first(where: { $0.id == logID })?.currentStateIndex ?? progress
     }
 
     @ViewBuilder