Fitsly · Coaching Glossary
Coaching Glossary
Plain definitions of the terms coaches use every day.
What is a branded coaching app?
The difference between custom branding and your own store listing, what each costs, and when it is worth paying for.
July 6, 2026
What is a coaching niche?
What a coaching niche actually is, the five ways to cut one, and the two tests that decide whether it will bring you clients.
June 11, 2025What is online fitness coaching?
What online coaching is, what clients get for the money, and how it compares to in-person personal training.
June 10, 2025What is asynchronous coaching?
Coaching delivered without a scheduled call, how it scales past a full calendar, and when it does not suit a client.
June 4, 2025What is a client check-in?
What a client check-in is, why coaches run one every week, and what belongs in it.
May 26, 2025What is TDEE?
Total daily energy expenditure explained, what it is made of, and why the calculator number is only a starting point.
May 13, 2025What is NEAT?
Non-exercise activity thermogenesis explained: why it falls during a diet and how to hold it up.
May 1, 2025What are macros?
Protein, carbohydrate and fat explained, with calories per gram and why coaches set a target for each.
April 25, 2025What is progressive overload?
What progressive overload actually is, the variables you can progress, and what each one costs a client in recovery.
April 24, 2025What is a macrocycle?
The longest training cycle defined: how long it runs, how it breaks into blocks, and when it is worth planning one.
April 22, 2025What is a mesocycle?
The 4-6 week training block explained, with a worked example and how it fits a client's year.
April 7, 2025What is EMOM?
Every minute on the minute explained: how to set the work-to-rest split, and what to do when a client misses the minute.
March 31, 2025