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Your two coaches

The training coach and the diet coach.

Forma has two coaches: a training coach and a diet coach. Each works from your own numbers and does its own job. Neither needs the other.

When to use it

Read this page when:

  • you are new to Forma and want to know what the two coaches are before you change anything;
  • you want to know whether you must use both. You do not;
  • you want to know what each coach does with your numbers;
  • you have heard that the coaches can notice things together, and want to know what that means.

What each coach does

The training coach

The training coach plans your sessions: which lifts, how many sets, what weight, and when to rest. It progresses your weights over time, calls rest days, and watches your recovery and any injury you log. Its work appears on the Train tab.

The diet coach

The diet coach sets your daily calorie and protein target, runs the weekly check, and spots food patterns. It uses your 7-day average weight, not a single weigh-in. Its work appears on the Fuel tab.

Both coaches work from what you log: a session, a meal, a weigh-in. Neither asks the other for permission, and neither stops working because the other is off.

One coach, or both

Forma starts with both coaches on. If you want only one, you can choose in two places:

  • during setup, tap "I only want the eating coach" on the training-days page, or "Only want one coach?" on your plan;
  • any time, open Settings > Coaches and use the switches.

Each coach does its own job with its own data. Sessions, progression and rest days belong to the training coach. Targets and the weekly check belong to the diet coach.

Only when both coaches are on, and both have data, can they also notice things together. For example: you ate little in a week of heavy training. Neither coach could tell you that alone. These extras never replace either coach's own findings, and nothing waits on them.

Step by step

  1. Open Forma.
  2. Log your days as usual: a meal, a set, a weigh-in.
  3. Read the top card on Today. It shows what matters most right now: a check-in, a session to start, a weigh-in to add, or a coach finding.
  4. Prefer only one coach? Open Settings > Coaches and turn the other off.

Good to know

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