Strength Training Workouts · New feature

Ask Coach

Build bespoke strength workouts by describing what you want to achieve — powered by on-device Apple Intelligence.

Most strength apps overwhelm beginners and assume gym expertise. Ask Coach helps you create workouts that support the life you already live.

About the app

Ask Coach suggesting exercises for a sprinting goal

How it works

From goal to workout in three steps

Ask Coach appears when you create your own workout in Strength Training Workouts. Describe your goal, review suggestions, and add exercises to your session.

Ask Coach prompt screen with a soccer sprinting goal entered

Describe your goal

When you create a custom workout, tap Ask Coach and tell the app what you want to achieve — in your own words. Sprint faster with the ball, stay injury-free for soccer season, build stronger legs for hiking: whatever matters to you.

Ask Coach suggestions with coach text and four recommended exercises

Get coach guidance & exercises

Using Apple Foundation Models on your device, Ask Coach explains the training focus in plain language and suggests a sensible set of exercises from the app's curated library — filtered by primary muscle targets so you get practical sessions, not overwhelming lists.

Custom workout preview titled Run faster for soccer with suggested exercises

Build your bespoke workout

Add exercises one at a time or all at once. Rename your workout, review AI-generated guidance, and start training. Strength as support for the life you already live — not homework for the gym.

Why Ask Coach

Strength training as support, not homework

On-device Apple Intelligence

Ask Coach runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple Foundation Models. Your goals stay private — nothing is sent to the cloud for generation.

Curated exercise library

Suggestions are drawn from the app's built-in catalog of strength exercises, matched to muscle groups and difficulty — not random internet advice.

Smart exercise selection

The coach prioritises primary muscle targets, respects how many exercises you asked for, and balances recommendations when you mention multiple areas like back and legs.

Designed for real goals

Built for people who want strength to support existing activities — sport, running, injury prevention — rather than apps that assume you already live in the gym.

The story

Built by a solo indie developer

Vigour Fitness is independently owned and operated. Strength Training Workouts was built for people who find most gym apps overwhelming — who want to get stronger to support what they already do.

Ask Coach came from that idea: let people describe their goal in plain language — “I play soccer and want to stay injury free” — and help them build a workout that fits.

For reviewers

Technical overview

Where to find it: Create a new custom workout in Strength Training Workouts, then tap the Ask Coach button at the bottom of the workout preview screen.
Apple Intelligence: Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence. Generation uses the Foundation Models framework entirely on-device.
What the model returns: A short coach explanation of the training focus plus exercise identifiers mapped to the app's built-in exercise catalog. Users can add suggestions individually or all at once.
Privacy: Workout goal text and AI generation are processed on-device. No cloud AI service is used for Ask Coach suggestions.

Try Ask Coach in Strength Training Workouts

7-day free trial. Create a custom workout, describe your goal, and let the coach help you build it.