How to use Auto Coach

Let your coach help adjust the coming weeks when training or life changes. Choose how much control you want to keep.

At a glance
How to use Auto Coach
  1. 01Set your limits
  2. 02Choose the control mode
  3. 03Review the changes

A quick overview. Follow the steps below in the app.

Step by step

  1. Switch Auto on from its widget on the home screen.
  2. The first time, tap Set up Auto coach. It reads your training, asks only what it can't work out, then builds a plan for you to check. Nothing is saved until you say so.
  3. Choose a mode: I'll apply, Ask me or Full auto. Read what each allows before picking.
  4. Suggestions arrive as cards, in the bell and on the Auto page. Each shows what the session was and what it becomes.
  5. Tap WHY ⊕ to see the reason. Tap BASED ON ⊕ to see the evidence.
  6. Tap Yes to make the change. Undo sits on the confirmation.
  7. Tap No if it doesn't suit you. It asks why in one tap, and your answer teaches Auto.
  8. Set hard rules under How to coach me → My limits & rules. Tag each rule Must follow (never broken) or Aim for.
  9. Add a mini goal under My goals, such as a long session, weekly volume or sessions per week by a date. Auto builds towards it in safe steps and marks those sessions with 🎯.
  10. Talk to it in plain words: “I only have half an hour today”, “my knee hurts”, “leave this week alone”.
  11. When your plan runs short, the bell asks Build forward? Say yes and it extends after your last session, leaving existing ones alone.

Try this

“I'm tired and have a busy week. Keep Friday free and help me adjust the next few weeks.”

Where it goes wrong

  • Feeling railroaded. Your mode decides how much Auto can do. Saying Yes to suggestions never gives it more power; only your settings do.
  • “Auto changed something I edited!” A session changed in the last week, by you or by Auto with your yes, gets no new ideas. Only a new pain report or a poor check-in can override that, and only to make it easier.
  • Teaching it nothing. The box under the cards takes lasting lessons in your own words, such as “never touch my long run”. Auto reads them before every suggestion.
  • Mentioning pain casually. Say something hurts and Auto stops adding training until you say it's better. If you didn't mean it, say so.

Check it worked

  • Check the calendar after any change.
  • Use Undo if a change isn't right.
  • Update your limits when your week changes.

What would you like to do next?

do a daily check-in

move or copy a training session

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