Multi-athlete workouts
Run a team workout in Metric Lift. Several athletes share one device, each with their own workout, sets and history.
Set one phone on a tripod, start a team workout, and let several athletes rotate through it. Each athlete keeps their own workout on the device, and every set saves to their own history.
Three to six athletes on one phone works well. With more than that, the rotation gets hard to manage.
Team workouts are part of Coach Mode in Metric Lift. They work on the Free plan with Coach Mode, with you and up to two athletes, and on Ultra Coach with your full roster. See Coach Mode overview.
Start a team workout
- Turn on Coach Mode under Account.
- On the home screen, tap Start a team workout.
- Tap Add an athlete and pick the first athlete.
- Pick a program, or add exercises.
The first athlete can now train as normal.
Add the next athlete
- Tap the athlete picture at the top of the workout.
- Tap Add another athlete.
- Pick the athlete, then pick a program or add exercises.
Switch between athletes
Tap the athlete picture at the top of the workout, then tap the next athlete’s name. The workout on screen changes to theirs. Record their set, then switch again.
Finish
When an athlete finishes and saves their workout, it goes to their history and they leave the team workout. The other athletes’ workouts stay open on the device until they finish too.
Test a group in Metric Jump or Metric Sprint
With Ultra Coach, pick each athlete in the switcher on the capture screen before their test. See Repeat runs for a group sprint session.
When it goes wrong
- An athlete has two workouts. Each device keeps its own open workouts. If an athlete has a workout open on their own phone and another on yours, Metric keeps both. Each one saves to their history as a separate workout.
- The Coach Mode switch will not move. Finish every workout in the team workout first.