Most training apps are good at recording what you already did. trnr is built around the harder question: what should you do next? That is where coaching comes in, and trnr gives you two ways to answer it. Let an AI coach build your plan in minutes, or connect with a real, verified coach who runs your training from your own data. Here is how each path works, and what it looks like if you want to coach athletes yourself.

Two ways to get coached

Option 1: The AI coach, free to start

Tell the AI coach your goal, your target race date, and how many days a week you can train. It builds a structured, periodized plan around that and lays it out on your calendar, so you always know today's session and what is coming next. Want to change the approach, add mileage, or move your long run to Sunday? Regenerate or edit the plan and keep going. No waiting, no scheduling, and no cost to get started.

Option 2: A real, verified coach

Sometimes you want a human in your corner. Browse the Find a Coach directory, filter by sport and price, and connect with a coach whose experience fits your goal. Every coach is verified before they appear, and their profile shows their specialties, credentials, and bio, so you know exactly who you are working with before you commit.

What being coached looks like

Whichever path you pick, the coaching sits on top of your real training:

  • Your plan lives on your calendar, with today's workout and tomorrow's preview front and center.
  • Every activity you log, run you upload, and form analysis you record feeds the same view your coach sees.
  • A human coach can leave notes on specific workouts, activities, or runs, so feedback always lands in context.
  • Your fitness trend, stats, and personal records update as you train, for both you and your coach to follow.

Athletes stay in control

Connecting with a coach gives them read access to your activities (including private ones), your plans, logs, and notes, and lets them assign new plans. You have one active coach at a time, and you can leave the relationship at any point from your profile. The AI coach needs none of that. It simply works from the goals you give it.

Want to coach on trnr?

trnr is also where coaches run their whole roster. Coaching is an opt-in role, not a separate account. Open the coach directory, find the Become a Coach section, and apply with your specialties, experience, and credentials. After a short verification step, your profile goes live in the coach directory and you can start inviting athletes two ways:

  • By email. If they already have a trnr account, they get an in-app invite to accept right from their dashboard.
  • By share link. Generate an open join link of the form trnr.fit/join/<code> to drop into a text, a DM, or your team chat. Invites expire after 14 days, so stale links don't linger.

Once an athlete accepts, you get a coaching cockpit built on their actual data: their activities and form analyses as they come in, their stats and fitness trend over any range, plan assignment (from scratch, from a saved template, or drafted by the AI coach), in-context notes on individual sessions, and roster compliance at a glance.

Get paid for coaching

If you coach for a living, trnr handles billing so you do not have to chase payments. Connect a payout account once, set a monthly price per athlete, and trnr charges them through Stripe and pays out to you. A billing overview shows who is paying, who is still pending, and your monthly revenue at a glance.

Free coaching is fully supported

Coach a club, a training group, or a few friends at no charge and still use every roster feature. Charging is optional. Turn it on only when you want to, and leave it off for the athletes you coach for free.

Whether you want a plan built for you in minutes, a real coach in your corner, or a place to run your own roster, it all starts with a free account.

Start training with a coach today

Create a free account and let the AI coach build your first plan, or browse the directory and connect with a real coach. Coaches: bring your whole roster and charge through Stripe.

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