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Your Own Exercise Demo Videos

Clients follow movements best when the person coaching them is the one demonstrating. Assistant Coach lets you attach your own recorded video to any exercise in your library — so when a client opens that exercise in their workout, or taps the link in a plan PDF, they see you showing the movement in your own words, not a stranger's YouTube clip.

Why coaches use this​

  • It looks professional. Your plan already downloads as a clean, branded PDF. Now the demo link opens your video too, start to finish — no unrelated channel, no "recommended videos" afterwards.
  • It works in any language. If your clients aren't comfortable in English, a demo in their language removes the biggest barrier to following a program correctly.
  • You record it once, use it everywhere. Attach the same video to several similar exercises (for example, a few dumbbell variations) — no need to re-record or re-upload.

How to add a demo video​

  1. Open an exercise in your exercise library (or while building a workout plan).
  2. In the Demo video section, choose Add your own video and select a video file (MP4, up to 500 MB).
  3. Save. That's it — the video is now attached to the exercise.

Prefer a link you already have? Choose Add a YouTube link instead. Each exercise uses one source at a time: adding your own video replaces a YouTube link, and vice versa. Whichever you pick is what clients see.

Reusing a video across exercises​

Once you've uploaded a demo, it stays in your library. On another similar exercise, choose Use a video you've already uploaded and pick it from the list — the same recording now covers both exercises.

Where your clients see it​

  • In their workout, on the exercise screen — they tap Watch demo and it plays right inside the app.
  • In your plan PDF, next to the exercise — the Watch demo link opens your video. Your client signs in (the same account they already use) and it plays.

You don't set any of this up per client. Attach the video to the exercise once, and it appears everywhere that exercise is used.

Recording tips​

  • Keep it short and clear — a few clean reps from a helpful angle is plenty.
  • Film in portrait if clients will mostly watch on their phones.
  • Speak the cues you'd give in person — setup, the movement, and the one or two things to watch for.

Managing your demo videos​

All your demo videos live in one place: open Resources and look under Exercise demos. There you can see each video, how many exercises currently use it, and remove any you no longer need.

Two things worth knowing:

  • Removing a video from one exercise leaves the file in your library and on any other exercises still using it.
  • Deleting a video from your library removes it from every exercise that used it — including past workouts and plan PDFs you've already shared — and those exercises simply show no demo until you add another. So delete only when you're sure you're done with that recording.