New in Polaris · Training
Out of ideas?Coach knows your history, and builds you something that fits today.
Standing in the gym with no plan? Ask Coach. It already knows what you've lifted for weeks, your goal and how you slept, so it builds today's workout from your own history, checks it before you see it, and saves it in Training, ready to start.
Invite-only. We review each request. No auto-approve.
“If the app had that, I would pay for it.”
He was in the gym, out of ideas, and Coach already knew his past days, weeks and months. Two days later it was live.
What it does today
Live in Polaris on the web, and in the iPhone app from its next build. Three things, all in Coach chat.
Built from your own weeks of lifting.
Say "I'm out of ideas, what should I do today?" Coach reads the sets you've logged in Training, your goal, how you slept and what's still recovering, and writes today's session: exercises, sets, reps and your own loads. Tell it "20 minutes, dumbbells only" or "for Saturday" and that lands in the build too.
Checked against written rules before you see it.
Every workout is checked in code against written, evidence-graded programming rules: sets that stop short of failure, rest that matches the lift, no hard sets on a muscle you trained hard yesterday, weekly volume inside the range for your goal. A workout that breaks a rule never reaches you.
A 5K-to-marathon plan into your calendar.
Say "I want to run a 5K in three months" and Coach lays out the weeks around your strength days, behind one confirm. Too short a runway and it says so. Ask "What am I neglecting?" and it ranks the muscles you've been missing, then builds toward the gap.
How it keeps you safe
Your loads come only from what you've actually lifted in the last eight weeks. A lift you've never logged gets reps and an effort cue, never a made-up weight. And nothing is saved until you confirm.
What it looks like
The Create card in Coach
One ask, one reply: the workout with sets, reps and Sam's own loads, then the card. Nothing is saved until he confirms.
Saved in Training, ready to start
After one confirm, the workout sits at the top of Sam's list, marked as Coach's, with his own loads already filled in.
Sam is fictional, and so are his numbers. Everything under "today" works in Polaris now.
Watch it happen
A short film of Coach building a workout on the spot, with Sam, a fictional member.
Film · coming soonWhere this goes
Coach that builds for you on the spot is the first step. The next ones, in the order we're building them:
- Next
Changes it on the fly.
"The squat rack's taken." "My shoulder hurts today." "Cut it to 20 minutes." Mid-workout, Coach edits the session behind one confirm, and a swap keeps the same muscle without carrying a load across equipment.
- Then
One workout a day, a tidy list.
Ask twice and Coach offers the morning's workout back. Workouts you never started tidy themselves away, and "clean up my workouts" proposes merges you confirm.
- Then
Learns how each session felt.
One tap after each exercise: easy, a couple left, nothing left. The next step up waits for it, and an easier day cuts sets, not weight.
- Later
Blocks over weeks.
A Coach-built block of three to six weeks that progresses, and eases off, on evidence rather than a calendar.
Anything else? Just ask Coach.
Is this Alpha right for you?
Who it's for
You have a goal you're serious about, whether you're starting over or already training. You may have a full plan, a partial plan, or simply a clear place to start. You want help turning the whole picture into consistent action.
Who it's not
- People hunting a generic workout or meal generator
- People who want to collect data and leave it there
- Anyone who needs a human coach as the product
- Anyone using an Android device
Request Alpha access
Tell us who you are, what you're working toward, and that you're okay with a short TestFlight setup.
Is Alpha really free?
Yes. Free for as long as Alpha runs.
No card, no trial that turns into a bill. You can stop or delete your account any time.
Why free? You're early. Polaris is still being built, and your feedback shapes what it becomes. You get Coach first; we get honest answers. That's the whole deal.
What comes next: every Alpha member moves into the Beta. Polaris will be paid eventually, likely around $29.99 a month, with founding-member pricing for early members. You'll never be charged unless you choose to sign up.
Alpha requirement
Alpha runs on iPhone, with Apple Health syncing through the Polaris app.
- Apple Health on your iPhone
- TestFlight installed, then Polaris from our invite
- Sign in with Apple and enter your invite code
A few extra steps while we're in TestFlight. The app walks you through Apple Health once you're accepted, and the Polaris app is required for this Alpha cohort. Request Alpha access to get started.
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