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Turn a coach on or off

Use only training, only eating, or both.

Forma has two coaches and you choose which ones you use: the training coach, the diet coach, or both. The switches are in Settings > Coaches. Turning a coach off hides it. Nothing you logged is deleted.

When to use it

  • You want session plans but no calorie targets, or targets but no session plans.
  • You want to keep logging while the coaching goes quiet for a while.
  • You turned a coach off earlier and want it back.

Step by step

  1. Open Settings: tap the gear at the top right of Today.
  2. Tap Coaches.
  3. Switch Training coach on or off, and Diet coach on or off.

During setup

You can also choose the first time you open Forma. The training-days page has "I only want the eating coach", and your plan has "Only want one coach?". Whatever you pick there, you can change it later in Settings > Coaches.

What each choice changes

  • Both on. Today shows both areas, and the coaches can also notice things together, such as eating little in a week of heavy training. Settings > Coaches also shows how they help each other.
  • Diet coach only. You get calorie and protein targets. Because the diet coach cannot match your training days, the target stays the same every day and is based on how active you usually are. The Train tab goes.
  • Training coach only. Sessions, progression and rest days all work. There are no calorie or protein targets. The Fuel tab goes.
  • Both off. Forma is a plain log. Weigh-ins, history and backup still work. There are no targets, session plans, reminders or messages, and Today offers to turn a coach back on.

In every case: turning a coach off hides its tab, its messages, its reminders, its widget rows and its lines on Today. Your logs, history and backups are untouched.

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