Coach question · updated 16 October 2026
We use WhatsApp for chat and another app for programs. Is there one app for both?
Yes. In Strength Academy each client has a private chat with you, next to their program, with text, voice notes and video. Check-ins you write yourself arrive in that chat daily, weekly or monthly. On each client’s Activity tab you see the chat beside their planned session, logged training, readiness and pain check-ins.
How it works
A private chat with each client
Send text, emoji, GIFs, voice notes and videos. Your athletes can send the same from their app. New messages arrive as push notifications.
Check-ins you write
Build a check-in with 1 to 10 scales, text, multiple choice, yes or no, and training-day questions. Or start from a ready-made one such as Weekly Check-In or Daily Readiness. Send it daily, weekly on a set day, or monthly.
Answers come back in the chat
A due check-in lands in the chat as a card the athlete answers in the app, with an email as a nudge. Their answers show in the same conversation.
Training beside the conversation
On each client’s Activity tab, the chat sits next to today’s planned session and the week’s training and readiness. When an athlete reports a missed session or asks to move a day, it comes to you under Requests.
Other apps that do this
Many coaching apps now include chat and check-ins. Trainerize has text, voice and video messages, check-in forms that can repeat, and habit coaching. Everfit has voice messages, forms and daily or weekly habits.
TrueCoach has voice notes in messages, and its check-ins are built with the workout builder. TrainHeroic’s readiness survey is fixed, and its help centre suggests a Google survey link in chat for other questions.
Limits worth knowing
- Chat messages are kept for 30 days. Programs, logged training and check-in answers stay.
- There is no separate habit tracker. Habits are set as goals, such as sleep, steps or protein on a number of days a week.
- Extra coaches on a Team or Gym plan can chat with clients. Building check-ins is for the plan owner.
Common questions
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Try it with your own program
The 14-day trial includes every feature, so you can build a real week, send it to an athlete and see what they log.
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