You can setup your Trainerize site with your own exercises with you or another trainer as the model. You will need to upload videos to your own YouTube channel, which you can then import into your Trainerize exercise library. You can upload them 1 by 1 from the exercise library page, or you can upload numerous videos at once, which we call 'The Batch Import'.
Step 1: Connect your YouTube account
- Navigate to the Add-Ons tab > then Integrations
- Scroll down to Video Hosting
- Select "Connect To Your Account"
Step 2: Mass import your exercises from YouTube
- Navigate to the Add-Ons tab > then Integrations
- Scroll down to Video Hosting
- Click "Import YouTube Videos"
- Select the videos you wish to import.
- Edit the names of the videos from your 'Exercise Library' page (Custom videos) and add text for the exercise descriptions.
After the mass import, you can always continue to re-import if you wish to update the videos linked with exercises.
Important Note: You cannot make your YouTube channel private. Youtube videos must be set to 'Public' or 'Unlisted'. Private Youtube videos cannot be streamed through other applications (like Trainerize). If you do not want your videos found by others on YouTube, you can set the videos to 'unlisted' so they cannot be found on YouTube unless you share the direct link.
Note **Turn off ads on your videos so it doesn't show related video's or ads when clients use the mobile app. See below where to do this in YouTube.
Troubleshooting:
I'm having trouble with the videos not playing. What can I do?
If you are having issues with your YouTube Videos playing, please make sure the permissions on your YouTube account are set to allow for embedding.
To do this, navigate to your YouTube Creator Studio, click "Videos", then check the boxes beside the videos you would like to use in Trainerize.
Click the "Edit" button, click "Embedding", then make sure the option is set to "On".
I get the Error Message, "This Video is Unavailable" after uploading.
Please ensure that the visibility of your videos is set to "Public" or "Unlisted" on your YouTube Account.
To do this, navigate to your YouTube Creator Studio, click "Videos", then check the boxes beside the videos you would like to use in Trainerize but not be visible on your YouTube channel. Click "Edit", then "Visibility", and choose "Public" or "Unlisted".
If you'd like to read more on how to change the visibility of your videos on YouTube, please visit the official YouTube Help Article on the subject here.