How do I let my clients log freestyle workouts?

To let a client build and log workouts of their own, enable freestyle workouts in their training settings. Once enabled, they'll get a Freestyle Workout card in their app's Progress tab where they can build a workout and log it from their phone.

Enable freestyle workouts for a client

1. Click Clients in the left sidebar and open the client's profile.
2. Open their General area, then go to the Workout settings section (under Training).
3. Find the Freestyle workouts block. The description reads: "Can this client create their own workouts? This will allow them to build and log freestyle workouts from the mobile app."
4. Tick Allow the client to create their own workouts.
5. (Optional) In Exercise library access below, choose which libraries they can search from when adding exercises:
   • Search from system exercises — Fitsly's built-in exercise library.
   • Search from your custom exercises — exercises you've created.
   • At least one library must be enabled, or they won't be able to add exercises to a freestyle workout.
6. Click Save Changes. You'll see "Training settings have been updated."

What the client sees once enabled

After you save, the client sees a new Freestyle Workout card on the Progress tab in their app. The card is hidden until you enable the setting.

How clients build a freestyle workout

1. The client opens the Progress tab.
2. They tap the Freestyle Workout card. The Freestyle Workouts page opens, headed "Create your own workout" with a count of any freestyle workouts they've already saved.
3. They tap Create Workout at the bottom.
4. On the New Workout page they:
   • Enter a Workout name.
   • Tap Add exercise to pick from the libraries you've enabled.
   • Adjust sets, reps, rest, and time on each exercise.
   • Drag exercises to reorder.
5. They tap Save workout. They see "Workout saved" and return to the Freestyle Workouts list.

How clients log a freestyle workout

1. From the Freestyle Workouts page, the client taps a saved workout. The Workout options sheet opens with four actions:
   • Start workout — begins logging the workout right now.
   • Edit workout — change the exercises and sets.
   • Edit details — update the name and duration.
   • Delete workout — permanently remove it.
2. They tap Start workout and complete it through the standard workout flow, logging weights, reps, and time as they go.

Completed freestyle workouts feed into the same history as your assigned workouts — they show up in Workout History and Exercise History, count toward the streaks shown on Progress, and feed into Personal Bests.

Disable freestyle workouts for a client

1. Open the client's Workout settings section.
2. Untick Allow the client to create their own workouts.
3. Click Save Changes.

Once disabled, the Freestyle Workout card disappears from the client's Progress tab. Any freestyle workouts they've already saved or completed remain in their history — they just can't create new ones until you re-enable the setting.

Things to watch out for

• The setting is per-client. Enabling it for one client doesn't enable it for others. Update each client's profile individually.
• The client needs to have at least one exercise library enabled (system or your custom). If both are off, the Add exercise flow has nothing to show and they can't build a workout.
• Freestyle workouts are tied to the client's account. They aren't shared back into your workout library and they aren't visible in your Workouts page.
• Editing a saved freestyle workout doesn't change any logs already recorded against it.
• Logging a freestyle workout uses the same flow as logging a workout you assigned. Sets, reps, and weights still feed into the client's history and personal bests.