What Type of Exercises Can I Create?

ABC Trainerize offers a built-in exercise library packed with a variety of movements, but many trainers prefer to personalize their programs with custom exercise videos. With ABC Trainerize, you can easily create and upload your own exercises, ensuring your clients follow the exact movements and techniques you want them to practice.

Before adding custom exercises, it's essential to understand the different exercise types available. Each type determines the metrics clients can track during their workouts, such as weight, reps, time, or distance.

In this article, we’ll break down the exercise types in ABC Trainerize, including targets that you can set and what metrics clients can track for each exercise type.

How to Create Custom Exercises

For detailed steps on how to create your own custom exercise videos, check out:

• How do I add my own custom exercises? (Web app)
• How do I add my own custom exercises? (Mobile app)

Exercise Types in ABC Trainerize

When creating a custom exercise, you will see the following exercise type options:
 

1. General (Display Only) Exercise

• Typically used for warm-up blocks, stretching, or anything that does not involve tracking
• Example: Groiners, Lying Piriformis Stretch 
• Target: Text or timed target such as "5 reps on each side", "Go for 1 minute"
• Client metrics: None- display only

2. Endurance (Reps) Exercise

• Typically used for any exercise that counts reps
• Example: Push-ups, Burpees 
• Target: Text or timed target such as "20 reps", "1 minute"
• Client metrics: Reps

3. Strength (Reps x Weights) Exercise

• Most common exercise type used for tracking reps and weights with equipment (such as dumbbells, kettlebells, etc)
• Example: Barbell bench press, Dumbbell Seated Shoulder Press, Barbell Romanian Deadlift, Kettlebell Swing
• Target: Timed or text target such as "3 reps, 8-10 reps, 45 kg", "4 sets, 10, 8, 6, 4 reps, go heavier with each set", "4 reps, 16 lbs, AMRAP in 30 seconds"
• Client metrics: Reps and weight (kg or lbs)

4. Cardio Exercise

• Exercises that work the cardiovascular system. Commonly used in workouts when you need to create blocks of cardio exercises.
• Example: Running, Cycling, Stairclimber
• Target: Time or text target such as "10 minutes at medium pace"
   
• Client metrics: Time (hours, minutes, seconds), Distance (km, miles), Max Speed (km/hour, miles/hour), Incline/Level, Calories

Note: in addition to creating a workout with cardio exercises, you can also schedule cardio activities directly within a Master Program or Client's calendar. For details on how to do so, visit: How To Schedule Workouts and Cardio Activities For Clients on the Web

5. Timed (Longer Better) Exercise

• Exercises that track how long a movement is held
• Example: Planks 
• Target: Text target such as "hold for 1 minute", "45-second hold- keep head, neck and back in line"
• Client Metrics: Time (minutes and seconds)

6. Timed (Faster Better) Exercise

• Similar to cardio but with an emphasis on how quickly a movement is performed
• Example: Sprints
• Target: Text target only such as "Complete 100 m dash"
• Client metrics: Time (minutes and seconds)

7. Timed Strength (Seconds x Weights) Exercise

• Exercises that are a combination of strength and time with an emphasis on how long and with how much weight a certain movement is performed
• Example: Weighted Wall Sits
• Target: Text target only such as "1 minute with 20 lbs"
• Client metrics: Time (seconds) and Weight (lbs or kg)

Summary of Exercise Types