Read the Coach Note

The Coach Note sits on every exercise card. Two short blocks of plain English, one before the working sets and one after. It exists so you do not have to remember why the weight is what it is, or what triggers a bump next week. Read it, lift, move on.

The pre-session line

Before your first working set, the note shows up to three pieces.

• What you did last time. "You did 100 kg x 5 last time." A reference point. If history is blank, it swaps to "First time on this one. Pick a weight you can handle."
• Today's target. "Target: 102.5 kg x 5." That is the prescription. The pre-fill on the set rows already matches, so the action is loading the bar.
• The level-up trigger. "Hit 8 reps on all sets to move up." The rule the engine watches for. If the rule is calendar-based (5/3/1, wave, step), the line reads "Weight goes up each week automatically" and you do not have to chase a rep number.

If you only read one piece, read the target. The other two are context.

The post-session line

After the last working set is checked off, the note rewrites itself with what you actually did and what happens next.

• What you hit. "You hit 102.5 kg x 5 on 3/3 sets." Or, if reps varied, "You hit 102.5 kg x 4-5 across 3 sets." First number is heaviest weight, second is the rep range.
• The trigger result. "You hit your target reps. Going up next time." Or "You need 8 reps on all sets to move up." The engine showing its work. If you cleared the rule, weight goes up. If you did not, the line tells you what was missing.
• Next session's target. "Next: 105 kg x 5." Snapped to plates you can load.
• A two-word closer. "Good work." on a PR cue. "Back to work." after a deload. "Same weight. Own it." after a hold. One per note. No exclamation, no emoji.

If the closer is "Good work" and the next-weight line went up, that is the Coach Note saying you levelled up. Two words is the whole celebration.

When there is no action

Some lines are just status. "Lighter day coming, more reps. Ladder cycles load." means the next session is intentionally lighter, the math knows what it is doing. "Stepped back on the ladder. Rebuild from here." means a recent miss triggered a deload and the bar comes down. No action from you, the program already adjusted.

Where the note shows up

In the active workout above the set rows. In your history tab when you tap into a past session. Both versions are saved with the workout, so reading it a month later still tells you what you hit and why the bar moved.

Read it once, close the app, show up next session.