Goals

Goals are how you and your client agree on what they're working toward — and how you both watch progress along the way. They appear on the client's dashboard (for you) and on their portal (for them).

There are two kinds of goal in Assistant Coach, and they answer two different questions.

Which goal type do I create?

The one-sentence test:

• "Has she reached this number yet?" → Tracking Goal. There's a finish line — losing 5 kg, hitting a 100 kg back squat, reaching 15% body fat. The card shows a progress bar and a current value heading toward a target.

• "Is she doing this consistently?" → Habit Goal. There's no finish line, just a weekly bar to clear — averaging 8,000 steps a day, sleeping 7+ hours a night, training 4 days a week. The card shows a row of dots (one per week) and tells you when she's drifting.

You'll usually have both kinds running for a client at the same time. Tracking goals capture the result you're heading for; habit goals capture the behaviours that drive it. They're complementary, and the strategy for picking the right combination is covered in Setting Client Goals.

Reference pages

• Tracking Goals — Create finish-line goals (weight, body fat, exercise PRs, free-text), update progress, watch the bar move, end as completed or abandoned.

• Habit Goals — Create recurring habit targets (steps, sleep, water, workouts), read the dot row and status pill, step in at the right moment, end at the close of the goal window.

For the strategy behind goal-setting — how many goals at once, outcome vs process, realistic timelines, when to adjust vs push through — see the playbook page on Setting Client Goals.