What Type of Exercises Can I Create?

ABC Trainerize provides a comprehensive exercise library for trainers to build workouts! Many trainers, however, prefer to use their own custom-made exercise videos. ABC Trainerize allows trainers to create and upload custom exercise videos easily, ensuring these exercises are properly integrated into clients' workouts.

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)

When creating your own custom exercise, it's important to understand the types of exercises that you can create as they determine what metrics clients track within their workout for each exercise. In this article, we cover the various exercise types available in ABC Trainerize including the targets that trainers can set while building a workout and what metrics clients can track for each specific exercise type.

Exercise Types in ABC Trainerize:

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

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