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Templates: create, save, reuse

Save a workout structure as a template and reuse it across sessions.

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Templates are saved workout structures. Build a workout once, save it as a template, reuse it next time.

What’s in a template

A template captures the workout structure:

  • Exercise list and order
  • Working sets, target reps, planned load
  • Rest timers per exercise
  • Per-set targets (velocity, RPE, stop conditions)
  • Warm-up vs working set distinction
  • Optional notes

It does not capture actual recorded data from past sessions.

Creating a template

Three paths:

From scratch: Templates → New template. Add exercises, configure targets, name and save.

From a built workout: at the end-of-workout screen, tap Save as template.

From a past workout: open the session from History → menu → Save as template.

Editing a template

Templates aren’t frozen. From the template list, pick a template → Edit. Add, remove, or reorder exercises, change reps, loads, rest timers, targets. Save.

Changes apply the next time you start a workout from the template. Workouts already in progress or in history aren’t retroactively changed.

Starting a workout from a template

  1. New workout → From template.
  2. Pick the template.
  3. Optionally adjust loads for today.
  4. Tap Start.

Adjusting loads at start lets you follow percentage-based programmes without rebuilding the template every week.

Repeat from history

If you’d rather not save templates, just redo a past session:

  1. History → pick a past workout → Repeat workout.
  2. The new workout pre-fills with the same structure and loads.
  3. Adjust before starting if needed.

Naming templates

Names are searchable. Patterns that work:

  • By day: “Monday — Squat”, “Wednesday — Bench”
  • By focus: “Heavy Lower”, “Volume Upper”, “Speed Squat”
  • By block: “Block 1 — Hypertrophy”, “Block 2 — Intensification”

Velocity targets in templates

Set per-set velocity targets when building the template — every session inherits them. Examples:

  • Speed work: target mean velocity ≥ 0.8 m/s, stop the set if any rep drops below.
  • Strength work: target mean velocity ≥ 0.5 m/s.
  • Hypertrophy: target velocity loss ≤ 25% across the set.

Sharing templates

Two flows:

  • Direct link — share with anyone via a universal link. See Sharing templates via direct link.
  • Coach to athlete — push to an athlete’s account from Coach Mode. See Sharing programs with your team.

Deleting templates

From the template list, swipe or long-press → delete. Deleting a template doesn’t affect past workout history that ran against it.

Limit

No cap on Pro accounts. Free accounts are limited to 3 templates. See Subscriptions: Pro, Coach & Family.

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