Help centre

Real answers, grouped by what you are trying to do. Tap a question to open it. If what you need is not here, email us β€” every message is read by a person, usually the one who built the thing you are asking about.

The three we are asked most

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I am a coach and I do not appear in search

Almost always an empty bio. A profile becomes publicly visible once it has one β€” add yours in the Profile tab and you are listed.

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My chart is empty or has no trend

A chart needs one entry of that measurement, and a rate of change needs two readings at least a day apart.

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I cannot sign in

Usually a mistyped email or password β€” β€œForgot your password?” sends a code. If the app asks you to sign up, your login is from the other app: sign up to use it here too.

Getting started

Which app do I install?
Two apps, and they are not interchangeable. MyFitsy is for people who train. MyFitsy Coach is for trainers. If you do both, one login works in both apps: sign up in the second one with the same email address, Apple ID or Google account.
I signed in and it asks me to sign up
Your login is from the other app. The screen says β€œSign up as a client” (or β€œas a coach”): sign up to use the same account here too, or tap Cancel. Nothing is added until you sign up.
Can I switch my account from client to coach?
There is nothing to switch. Sign up in the other app with the same login and your account is both: your own training stays in MyFitsy, your coaching is in MyFitsy Coach.
What do I fill in first?
Clients: your height, gender and training goal, in Edit profile. Height and gender shape your body figure and the body-fat estimate; your goal is what any coach you connect to will programme for. Coaches: your bio, before anything else β€” see below.

Finding a coach, and being found

How do I find a coach?
Open the Trainers tab: coaches nearest you come first, and you can filter by speciality, language, price or rating. When you find one you want, tap Apply. They accept or decline, and nothing of yours is shared until they accept and you are connected.
I am a coach and I do not appear in search
The usual cause is an empty bio. A profile only becomes publicly visible once it has one, which stops half-finished profiles being the first thing a client sees. Add a bio in the Profile tab and you will appear. Check too that your profile is set to public and that your account has no active suspension.
How do I invite a client I already train?
From the Clients tab. Find on MyFitsy sends an invitation to someone who already has the app, and they accept it there. Invite by link sends anyone else your public page, which shows them how to install MyFitsy and find you. Consent is required both ways, so nothing moves until they agree.
Can I work with a coach in another country?
Yes. Search covers 196 countries and connections are not tied to location. Each of you can also use your own units, so nobody is converting kilograms by hand.
Where is my shareable profile link?
Your public page is myfitsy.com/@yourhandle. A client viewing your profile can share it straight from the app, and you can change your handle in your profile settings β€” the old address stops working when you do.

Programmes and training

How does Today decide what to show me?
It shows the first day of the plan you have not done yet. Miss a week and it picks up where you stopped β€” there is no streak to break and nothing to reset.
How do I log a workout?
Tap Start on Today. Each set shows its target and what you did last time. Record what actually happened, set by set, and finish the session β€” weights and reps, or time and distance for cardio.
Can I skip a day?
Yes, deliberately β€” there is a skip option. It moves the plan on just like a completed session, and it is recorded as a skip rather than hidden, so your coach can tell the difference between a skipped day and a light one.
I have finished today. Can I do the next session now?
Yes. Once a day is complete, Today offers to start the next one straight away rather than making you wait until tomorrow.
Where do I see what I did last month?
Your workout history is a list of dates. Tap any one and it opens that session exactly as you logged it, every exercise and every number.
Can I write my own programme?
Yes β€” up to ten of them, running one at a time, using the same builder a coach uses. A coach you train with can read them while you work together, but cannot edit, assign or delete them.
I do not know what to train. Can the app decide?
Answer four questions β€” your goal, where you train, roughly how experienced you are and how many days a week β€” and it writes you a full programme. Every day of it is yours to change afterwards. It is a starting point chosen from ready-made plans rather than an assessment of you: nobody has looked at you, and it does not ask about injury or illness, so read it through before you start and check with a doctor if you are unsure.
How do I know what an exercise is?
Tap it. Movements taken from the library β€” 412 of them β€” carry a short animation of the exercise being performed, which plays right there in the session. An exercise your coach typed by hand or imported, rather than picking from the library, will not have one.
Is there a timer?
Two. The rest timer counts down between sets using whatever rest the exercise specifies. There is also a stopwatch on the workout screen that counts up, for anything you want to time yourself β€” a plank, a circuit, a run on the treadmill.
How do I build and assign a programme? (coaches)
Programs tab β†’ add days, then exercises within each day. Typing the first letters of an exercise offers ones you have used before, with the video link you attached last time. Assign from a client's screen or from a group, choosing the start date and which day they begin on.
How do I import a programme I already have? (coaches)
Programs tab β†’ Import. Photograph the pages, choose photos or a PDF, or paste the text β€” up to ten pages, in order. The first time, the app asks before anything is sent to be read. You can leave the screen while it works: a notification takes you to the programme when it is ready. Read it through and edit anything before you assign it.
What does an import cost? (coaches)
One credit, however many pages it has. If the import fails, or no programme can be found in what you uploaded, the credit comes back automatically. Your balance is on the Profile tab, with Buy credits beside it.
I assigned a new programme and the old one is still running
That is deliberate. Assigning does not cancel anything, so a client can be on a main plan and a supplementary one at once. To stop the old one, open the assignment and tap End.
My client cannot see the programme I assigned
Check the coaching relationship has been accepted β€” a pending request shares nothing β€” and that the assignment is still active rather than ended.

Scheduling

How do I book a session? (coaches)
Tap an empty slot in the day grid to book at that time, or use the add button and pick any date. Choose a client or a group, set the duration, and write a note β€” the note shows on your block and on their session.
How do I repeat a session weekly?
Turn on the weekly repeat when booking and choose a preset run of weeks, or type any number you like up to a year. Every occurrence is a real session, so you can move or cancel one without disturbing the rest.
I need to move one session in a series
Change it and the app asks whether you mean that occurrence only, or it and every later one. Pick whichever applies.
It says the booking clashes
You already have a session overlapping that time. It is a warning rather than a block β€” there is an override for when you genuinely want two at once.
Can I book my own sessions as a client?
Sessions are booked by your coach and appear in your calendar automatically, with a notification if one moves or is cancelled. Message your coach to arrange a time.
A session is missing from my calendar
Check you are looking at the right week, and that it was not cancelled β€” a cancellation sends a notification, so look in your activity feed.

Measurements and progress

How often should I measure?
Every week or two is plenty, and measuring the same way each time matters far more than measuring precisely. Same time of day, same tape tension, same point on the limb.
My chart is empty
A chart needs at least one entry of that measurement β€” add one on the Body tab.
Why does it not show a rate of change?
A rate needs two readings at least a day apart. When they cover only a short stretch, it is shown marked β€œest.”
How accurate is the body-fat figure?
It is an estimate from your measurements, height and gender, not a clinical reading. Use the direction of travel and ignore the decimal place.
How do I set a goal for my whole body?
Progress β†’ Goals β†’ Set a body goal. Every box starts at your latest measurement; change the ones you want to reach, pick a date and save.
How do I switch to pounds and inches?
Settings β†’ Units. It changes every number in the app immediately and nothing needs re-entering. You and your coach can each use your own.
How do I share a goal?
Use the share button on the goal. It makes a picture with a written summary, in your own units, and you choose whether your body figure goes on it.

Messaging

Who can I message?
Anyone you have a coaching relationship with, current or past. The list is limited to your connections on purpose. Your coach can also put you in a room with other people they train, and in there you can talk to everyone present.
What is a group room, and who can see what I write in it?
A conversation a coach sets up with several of their clients in it. Everyone in the room sees everyone else β€” names, pictures and messages β€” which is the whole point of a room and is different from a training group, where members never learn who else is in it. You can leave a room at any time from the people icon at the top.
Someone in a room is behaving badly
Open the room, tap the people icon at the top, then tap that person β€” you can report them or block them from there. Blocking works both ways immediately: neither of you sees the other's messages afterwards.
I sent something by mistake
Press and hold your own message and take it back. It disappears for everyone in the conversation. You can also clear a whole conversation out of your own list, which changes only your view β€” the other person keeps their copy.
How do I send a photo or a video?
Use the attachment button in the message composer. Tap anything you receive to open it full-screen. Attachments are private to the people in that conversation, not public like a profile photo.
My photo or video will not upload
Check the file is under 50 MB β€” a long clip is the usual culprit, so trim it or record a shorter one. Also check the app has permission to reach your photo library, and that you have a connection.
Will I get notified on my phone?
Yes, and there is a switch in Settings if you would rather not. Either way everything is kept in your in-app activity feed.

Your account

How do I change my password?
Settings β†’ Change password, in either app.
I have forgotten my password
Use the reset link on the sign-in screen and follow the email it sends you.
Can I change my email address?
Not in the app. Email support and we will sort it out.
Someone is behaving badly. What do I do?
Two separate things, and you can do both. Blocking is instant and entirely yours: open their profile, tap Block, and they can no longer message you or connect with you. They are not told. Reporting sends it to a moderator, who can warn or suspend the account. You are offered the block straight after filing a report.
How do I block someone?
Open their profile β€” coach or client β€” and use Block. It ends any coaching relationship between you, cancels sessions still to come, and stops all new messages in both directions. A coach you block loses sight of your measurements and workouts entirely, past ones included. Messages already sent stay in your history. The other person is never told and cannot tell.
How do I unblock someone?
Settings β†’ Blocked accounts, then Unblock. It does not restore the coaching relationship or the cancelled sessions β€” those need arranging again, by consent.
What is the difference between blocking and ending a coaching relationship?
Ending the relationship stops the coaching: their programmes for you end, and they keep only your measurements and workouts up to that day. It does not stop them messaging you. Blocking does β€” and it removes even what they had.
Tell me more about reporting
Report them from their profile. Pick a category and describe what happened β€” a reason is required, because a bare flag cannot be acted on fairly. Reports go to a moderator, not to the person you reported, and outcomes run from a warning to a permanent suspension.
How do I stop working with a coach?
End the relationship from their profile. Their programmes for you end. When coaching ends, your former coach keeps your measurements and workouts up to that day and sees nothing newer, and no longer sees your profile or the programmes you wrote. Your history, measurements and goals stay in your account, because they are yours.
How do I delete my account?
Settings β†’ Delete account. You have 30 days to change your mind: sign in during that window and tap the keep-my-account button your profile shows β€” signing in alone is not enough. Full detail on the deletion page.
How do I get a copy of my data?
Email support@myfitsy.com from the address on your account. Access, correction and erasure requests are all covered in the privacy policy.

Billing

What does it cost?
The coach app is free, with no client limit. Credits are needed only for importing a programme with AI. The client app is two weeks free, then $4.99 a month. The exact figure at checkout varies a little by country with local tax. See Pricing.
What are credits? (coaches)
What pays for importing a programme with AI in the coach app. One import uses one credit, however many pages it has, and a failed import gives its credit back automatically. Credits come in packs of 1 and 10, bought in the app through the App Store or Google Play, which show your price before you confirm. They do not expire.
How do I cancel?
Wherever you subscribed β€” in your Apple ID subscription settings on iPhone, or in Google Play subscriptions on Android. Cancelling stops the renewal and you keep access until the period you have paid for runs out.
What happens to my data if I stop paying?
Nothing is deleted. Your measurements, workout history and goals stay readable, and adding new entries resumes when you subscribe again.
Do you take a cut of what I pay my coach?
No. That money does not pass through MyFitsy β€” you pay your coach however the two of you arranged, and they keep all of it.

When something is not working

The app will not load
Check your connection first, then close and reopen the app. If it persists, sign out and back in. Reinstalling is safe β€” nothing is stored only on your phone.
I cannot sign in
Check the email address and password first β€” β€œForgot your password?” sends you a code. If the app asks you to sign up instead, your login is from the other app: sign up to use it here too.
My programme has disappeared
A programme ends when your coach ends it, when a coaching relationship ends, or when it is deleted. Deleting a programme never deletes the workouts logged on it β€” check your history.
I bought credits and they are not showing (coaches)
Close MyFitsy Coach and open it again with a connection β€” a purchase that was interrupted is added the next time the app starts. If it still has not arrived, email support with the date of the purchase.
Still stuck?
Email support@myfitsy.com. Tell us which app, which phone, and what you were doing when it went wrong β€” it saves a round trip. Every message is read by a person.

Elsewhere

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Frequently asked questions

The longer list, covering how the platform works rather than how to do a particular thing. Read the FAQ β†’

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Reporting and safety

How to report abuse or objectionable content, and what happens next. Reporting β†’

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Deleting your account

What is erased, what is kept, and how the 30-day grace period works. Account deletion β†’