Press Start on the workout's day. A workout planned for a later day can be started too: LeCoach first asks whether to move it to today, or to keep it on its own day as well.
Before you start
You see the workout, today's weights per exercise (change them if you need to) and a few settings: warm-up on or off, shorter or longer rests, the coach voice, and Also recording on my watch. Then choose how you want to train:
Follow along: the figure shows each exercise and paces the reps, the coach counts, and the rest timer runs by itself.
Just log it: a list of sets to tick off at your own pace.
You can switch between the two during the workout.
During the workout
Before each exercise the coach says what's next and gives one form tip, then counts you in.
An exercise done one side at a time is done all on one side first, then a short break to switch, then the other side.
Tap (i) to see how to do an exercise, change the speed of the figure, skip a set or go back one.
During the rest you can correct the reps and weight of the set you just did. A new weight carries on to the next sets.
Took a call or closed the app? Your workout is kept on your phone, and Continue picks it up where you were.
The coach voice
The voice counts your reps, calls the rests and tells you what's next, in your language. It is made with AI. You can choose the voice, tones only, or silence.
Heart rate
Connect a chest strap or arm band before or during the workout. Your heart rate shows on screen, and your average and highest heart rate are saved with the workout and sent to Intervals.icu, so it can count your time in zones and your load. This works in Chrome or Edge on a computer, in Chrome on Android, and in the LeCoach app from version 1.3. If you record the workout on your watch as well, the watch's heart rate is used.
When you're done
You see your time, sets, reps, the weight you lifted and your heart rate. Then tell LeCoach How was the workout?: too easy, just right or too hard. Under More feedback you can add how you felt and your effort (RPE), and under Difficulty per exercise you can rate exercises one by one and see what changes next time. Leave the effort empty and LeCoach estimates it from your answers.
Saving marks the workout done, sets your numbers for next time (see How your strength workouts progress) and sends the workout to Intervals.icu. With Also recording on my watch on, LeCoach links your watch's activity instead, so nothing counts twice.
Something off?
The flag at the top of the player, or "Something wrong with this exercise?" under an exercise's steps, sends us a short note. It tells us which exercise and set you were on, so you only need to say what's wrong.