An exercise is a movement you add to a workout from the builder. You then set it up set by set, to state the volume, the intensity and the instructions your athlete will see.
1. Adding an exercise
In the builder, click Add.
Choose Exercise.
Pick an exercise from the list, or create a new one.
The block appears in the build area and its edit window opens. The lower part of the window shows the exercise Instruction and, if it has one, its video or image. Both come from your library: you do not change them here.
2. The set table
The field at the top sets the number of sets. Each set is then a row in the table, which you adjust independently of the others. Two columns are there from the start.
Work: what your athlete has to do. Click in the box and open the menu to choose Rep, Duration or Distance. The choice applies to that set.
Recovery: the rest that follows the set. Leave the box empty and there is no rest.
Click Add an exercise to add another movement. A new set takes over the settings of the one before it.
📌 Good to know
In an EMOM block, the Recovery column does not appear. That is normal: in an EMOM, the rest is whatever is left of the interval once the work is done.
3. Adding columns
Three extra columns are available. Two buttons add them, and they do not do the same thing.
The + at the end of a row adds the column to that set only.
The Add button, at the top right, adds it to every set. It also offers Delete all, which removes the column everywhere.
Target
The Target tells your athlete what intensity to aim for. The menu offers Free, Load, RPE, RIR, Raw values and Cadence, then all your zones and metrics, sorted by category. A search field at the top of the menu finds a zone by name.
Free: a short text, write what you want.
Load: a weight.
RPE: a score from 1 to 10. Your athlete reads it as a wording, for example Easy 3/10.
RIR: the number of reps kept in reserve.
Raw values: a value and its unit, with no reference to a zone.
Tempo
The Tempo states how fast the movement is performed. It serves movement control, technical work and time under tension. Leave it aside if you do not need it.
Laterality
Lat. says how the work is split between the two sides. Four values: Alternate, Left, Right and Half and half.
4. Making the sets progress automatically
The Increment saves you from typing every set by hand when the progression is regular. Open the Add button at the top right, choose Increment, then enter the step.
With an increment of +1 rep on a two set exercise set at 20 reps, the first set stays at 20 and the second goes to 21. The table updates straight away: that is your signal the increment has been taken into account.
5. The comment
The Comment field lets you add instructions: posture to hold, key technical points, possible adaptations.
💡 Tip
The comment is visible to your athlete on their workout. It is the place for what does not fit into a figure.
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