You can personalize your training to fit you. The coach only needs a few details to create your optimal plan. These settings make up your training profile.
Important upfront: Nearly every change to any of the parameters below triggers a recalculation of the plan. If you make adjustments mid-week, sessions already completed in the current week may be overwritten.
Recommendation: Make changes at the start of a new training week whenever possible.
But don’t worry—we won’t change your plan without telling you. If you make a change, you’ll be informed whether a recalculation is required.
In-app path: Training tab → three-dot menu (top right) → Training Profile
Training Experience
How much resistance-training experience do you have? The more experienced you are, the more free-weight compound lifts (deadlift, squat, bench press, etc.) will be included. Your available equipment also heavily influences which exercises are ultimately suggested. You can of course swap any suggested exercise.
We distinguish the following categories:
Training Days
How many times per week can you make it to strength training? You can select up to 6 sessions per week, or—if you have a fixed weekly rhythm—specify the exact days you want to train.
The number of available training days directly affects how your training is split and which split you can choose.
It’s intentional that 7 sessions per week are not offered, so there is at least one rest day to support recovery.
If you still want to train every day and your recovery allows it, simply end the training week after 6 days and start the new training week on the seventh day.
If you spontaneously have time for an additional session, we recommend a similar approach: complete all planned sessions, end your training week after the last workout, and start a new one. You can add the extra training day; over time it will balance out again.
Example: You typically train 3 days/week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and this week you want to add a fourth session on Sunday. End your week on Saturday, generate the new plan, and change training days from 3 to 4. On Sunday you can do the first session, then continue your usual rhythm (Monday, Wednesday, Friday).
More background: Choosing the right training days (training frequency)
Training Time
How much time do you want to invest per session? Together with training days, this sets the framework for your plan. The algorithm fills your available time with the necessary volume and selects rest intervals based on several parameters: Adjusting rest times
If your available training time isn’t fully utilized, you’re likely at the limit of your optimal volume: Optimizing your training plan within your time
Tip: Plan training time and training days realistically so you can stick to them long-term.
Split
How should your training plan be structured?
If you’re unhappy with your current split and want a new stimulus, adjust it here. If you’re unsure which split to choose, you can let the coach decide—or read this helpful article:
If you can’t find your desired training split, it’s most likely due to the number of training days. For more information, see this article:
Muscle Focus
Are there muscles you’d like to prioritize or exclude entirely? Set that here.
More on this:
Adjusting muscle focus in the MyFitCoach app
Strength Focus
Do you enjoy lifting heavy? With Strength Focus enabled, you’ll be offered more exercises in the 5–8 rep range.
For more information, read this article:
Activating Strength Focus in the MyFitCoach app
Equipment
What do you train with—or want to train with? You already answered this during onboarding. If your gym adds new machines or you decide to train at home again, you’ll find the adjustments here.
For detailed information:
Adjusting available equipment
Excluded Exercises
Are there exercises you can’t perform—or simply don’t like? Maybe you’re injured and can’t perform a certain movement pattern. Exclude specific exercises or entire movement patterns and they will no longer appear automatically in your plan.
For more information, read this article:
How do I exclude exercises or movement patterns?
Deloads
If your body needs a break, it will take one! To avoid longer time off due to injury, schedule regular deloads to reduce accumulated, unrecovered stress. You can choose the timing freely; the algorithm suggests a deload roughly every 4 weeks.
For more information, read this article:
What are deloads—and why are they important?
Any questions?
Our support team is happy to help: support@myfitcoach.de