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Adding custom exercises and video demos

Add your own exercises with searchable details and attach video demonstrations.

Halim
Written by Halim

Alongside the built-in library, you can add your own exercises and attach video demonstrations, including footage you have recorded yourself. Each exercise has a set of details that make it easier to search, filter, and prescribe.

Adding a custom exercise

  1. From the left-hand menu, open Exercises, then select Add exercise.
    From the left-hand menu, open Exercises, then select Add exercise.
  2. Fill in the exercise details described below, then save.
Fill in the exercise details described below, then save.

Exercise details

  • Name is what the exercise is called in your library and in the builder.
  • Description is where you note how the exercise should be performed.
  • Aliases are shorthand names such as “BB Flat Bench Press.” Aliases are searchable, so you and your team can find the exercise by its shorthand.
  • Muscle group lets you filter the library by the area an exercise trains.
  • Exercise type is another way to filter your library.
  • Default load unit is the unit used when you prescribe the exercise, for example kilograms, pounds, or body weight.
  • Default rep unit is useful for exercises measured differently, such as a cardio exercise on the treadmill. It is not needed for standard gym lifts.

Adding or swapping a video demonstration

  1. Open the exercise and scroll down to the video section.
    Open the exercise and scroll down to the video section.
  2. Swap the existing video for a different one, or replace it with a video you have recorded yourself. A demonstration can be a YouTube link.
    link.

As long as an exercise has a video attached, that video appears in the program builder, so your client sees the demonstration when the exercise is prescribed.