Save a workout once, reuse it forever.

A template is a plan for one workout that you save to reuse. It holds the exercises you want, in order, with your target sets, reps, and anything else you want prefilled. Instead of rebuilding your push day from scratch every time, you start it from your template and go.

Templates are yours to create. This is the planning tool every trainee gets: a single-day plan you own, edit, and reuse as often as you like. They are the fastest way to make a repeatable workout repeatable.

Because a template is just a saved plan, you can keep as many as you like: one per training day, a variation for a busy week, a travel version with only dumbbell work. They cost nothing to keep and are there the moment you need them.

Think of a template as your default answer to the question, what am I doing today. When the plan is decided in advance, the decision is off your plate, and you are far more likely to actually do the session than if you had to invent it standing in the gym.

Building a template feels like planning a workout on paper, only tidier. You add exercises, set your targets for each, and save. Everything you set is a starting point, not a cage, you can always change a number in the moment when you actually train.

For each exercise you can set target sets, reps, weight, an effort target, and rest. The app can also suggest warm-up sets for a working exercise, so your ramp-up is handled without you spelling out every light set by hand.

There is no rush to make it perfect. A rough first version you actually use beats a polished one you never finish. Save it, train from it once, and adjust the targets afterward based on how the session really went.

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   Start a new templateGive it a name that tells you what it is, like Push day or Legs A.
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   Add your exercisesPull movements from the library, in the order you want to do them.
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   Set your targetsFor each exercise, set target sets, reps, weight, effort and rest. A warm-up suggestion is available.
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   Save itYour template lands in your library, ready to start any time.

It is worth being clear on the difference. A template is one day. A training block is a multi-week program, several training days that repeat and progress across weeks. They solve different problems, and Ironstead keeps them distinct on purpose.

As a trainee, templates are the plans you create yourself. Multi-week blocks come from a coach. If you want to build one for your own training, that path is open too: coach yourself with a self-coach account, and the full block-building tools are yours.

In practice, many people use both. Templates cover the workouts you repeat week in and week out, while a block gives a stretch of training a direction over time. One is not better than the other, they answer different questions about your training.

When it is time to train, you open a template and launch it as a live session. Your targets come in prefilled, so logging is just confirming or adjusting what you actually did, set by set.

Because the plan is already there, the friction of starting is gone. You spend your energy lifting, not setting up, and every session you finish still flows into your history exactly like a workout you built on the spot.

Nothing about starting from a template locks you in. If you decide mid-session to add an exercise, swap one out, or cut a set short, you just do it. The template gave you a head start; the session is still yours to run however the day demands.

And when a template stops fitting, you change it or make a new one. Your library grows with your training, so the plans you reach for always match the lifter you are now, not the one you were when you first signed up.

Common questions

Can I make a multi-week program from templates?

Templates are single-day plans. A multi-week program is a training block, which is a coach feature. Coach yourself with a self-coach account to build one, and use templates for repeatable single days.

Do I have to hit the targets in my template exactly?

No. Targets are a starting point. When you train from a template, you log what you actually did and can change any number in the moment.

Can I edit a template after I save it?

Yes. Templates are yours to change any time. Update the exercises or targets and the next session you start reflects the changes.