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Client Guide: Getting Started

Welcome to Gymfluence! Here's everything you need to get set up and understand how the app works.

What Is Gymfluence?

Gymfluence is not just another fitness app — it's a structured accountability system, built around one idea:

Consistency — not perfection — is what creates lasting results.

Your coach sets weekly targets for you. You log how you're doing each day. At the end of every week, you submit a short review. Your coach reads it, sends personalised feedback, and adjusts your targets if needed. Then a new week begins.

No guesswork. No generic plans. Just a weekly rhythm that keeps you and your coach in sync — and keeps you moving forward.

What You Get

  • Personalised daily targets — calories, macros, steps, and exercise set by your coach

  • A weekly feedback loop — your coach reviews your data and responds every single week

  • Automatic data sync — steps, weight, and nutrition come in from Apple Health or Health Connect

  • A direct line to your coach — message anytime, response within 24–48 hours

  • Progress tracking — weight trends, streaks, and a score that shows how you're doing

How It Works: The Core Loop

Everything in the app connects back to four concepts.

1. The Adherence Week

A 7-day cycle that starts the day your plan begins. Everything — your targets, your check-ins, your coach's feedback — is organised around Adherence Weeks, one week at a time. Long enough to show real patterns, short enough for your coach to course-correct before things go off track.

2. Your Daily Pulse

A quick daily check-in, under 30 seconds. You tell the app how you're feeling — that's it. It's the most important daily habit in the app, giving your coach a window into how you're really doing, not just the numbers.

3. Your Adherence Week Review

At the end of each Adherence Week, you submit an Adherence Week Review — a summary of your full week. Most of the data is pre-filled from your logs, so it takes about 5 minutes. This is the one thing that's mandatory every week — miss it, and your coach is coaching blind.

4. Coach Feedback

Within 48 hours of your Adherence Week Review, your coach reviews your data and sends personalised feedback. You'll be notified the moment it arrives.

Daily Pulse each day → Adherence Week Review at week's end → Coach feedback within 48 hours → New Adherence Week. That's the whole system.

We recommend enabling notifications so you never miss coach feedback, Adherence Week Review reminders, or important updates from Gymfluence.

Getting Started

Step 1: Create Your Account

Sign up using any of the following:

  • Email with a one-time passcode (OTP)

  • Google Sign-In

  • Facebook Sign-In

  • Apple Sign-In

Step 2: Complete Your Profile

You'll answer a few questions when you first sign up. Be honest — your coach uses this to set the right targets from day one.

Question

Why It Matters

Date of birth and gender

Used to calculate your baseline metabolism

Height and weight

Helps your coach personalise your calorie targets

Activity level

Determines how many calories you burn daily

Fitness goal

Fat loss, muscle gain, or maintenance — your targets are built around this

Exercise frequency

How often you currently do strength training and cardio

Dieting experience

Beginner, intermediate, or advanced — affects how your progress is tracked

Dietary preferences & allergies

Ensures your targets work with your lifestyle

Step 3: Connect With Your Coach

Your coach will send you an invitation link. Click it and you'll be automatically connected.

  • Your coach can see your profile and goals

  • They'll set your first week's targets

  • Your targets appear in the app and your first Adherence Week begins

Your coach may adjust your calories, macros, steps, or exercise at any point during your journey as your progress changes — your plan is a starting point, not a fixed rulebook.

Connecting Your Health Data (Optional but Recommended)

Gymfluence can sync automatically with your phone's health platform, so your weight, steps, and nutrition macros (protein, carbs, fats) come in without manual entry — including from fitness and nutrition apps you may already use, as long as they're connected to Apple Health or Health Connect.

You're always in control — you can connect, disconnect, or change permissions at any time. If manual logging works better for you, that's completely fine too.

Why Connect?

  • Save time — weight, steps, and nutrition sync automatically

  • Improve accuracy — your coach sees consistent, up-to-date data

  • Reduce manual logging — focus on your plan, not data entry

How to Connect on iPhone (Apple Health)

  1. Open the Apple Health app

  2. Tap your profile icon (top right)

  3. Go to Apps → Gymfluence

  4. Turn on access for Weight, Steps, Protein, Carbohydrates, and Fat

  5. Tap Allow

Tip: Apple Health only shares data that already exists — make sure your iPhone, Apple Watch, or nutrition app is recording weight, steps, and nutrition into Apple Health first.

How to Connect on Android (Health Connect)

  1. Open Health Connect (built in on Android 14+, or install from Play Store)

  2. Go to App Permissions

  3. Select Gymfluence

  4. Allow access to Weight, Activity (Steps), and Nutrition

  5. Confirm access

Note: Health Connect doesn't track data itself — it pulls data from apps like Google Fit, Samsung Health, or your nutrition app. Make sure those apps are connected to Health Connect.

Your Privacy

Gymfluence can only read the data you approve — weight, steps, and nutrition macros. It cannot modify your health data, access unrelated health information, or see anything you haven't explicitly allowed.

If Something Doesn't Sync

  • Check that permissions are enabled

  • Confirm your tracking app is writing data to Apple Health / Health Connect

  • Try reconnecting the integration

  • If issues continue, Gymfluence support can help

Your Weekly Rhythm

Here's what a typical Adherence Week looks like:

When

What You Do

Every day

Log your Daily Pulse (30 seconds). Data syncs automatically — review and confirm.

During the week

Hit your daily targets: calories, macros, steps, and exercise. Log anything not captured automatically.

End of the week

Submit your Adherence Week Review (~5 minutes). Most data is pre-filled — review, add notes, submit.

Within 48 hours

Your coach sends personalised feedback. You'll get a push notification when it's ready.

New Adherence Week

Fresh targets go live. The cycle resets — do it again.

First week tip: it's about getting familiar, not being perfect. Log what you can, submit your first Adherence Week Review on time, and let your coach take it from there.

Your Dashboard

Your home screen — everything in one place:

  • Adherence Matrix — a visual overview of your logged data versus your targets, showing your consistency pattern for the week: what you hit, what you missed, and where to focus

  • Targets — your daily goals for calories, macros, steps, and exercise, set by your coach and updated whenever your plan changes

  • Adherence Week Countdown — shows how many days are left in your current Adherence Week and when your review is due

Logging Your Data

Most of your data comes in automatically. Here's how each type works.

Steps & Weight

  • Both sync automatically from Apple Health (iPhone) or Health Connect (Android)

  • If a synced value looks wrong, tap it and enter the correct number — your override is what your coach sees

  • Weigh at the same time each day, ideally in the morning before eating, for the most consistent trend

  • Your coach looks at your weight trend over time, not any single weigh-in

Nutrition

  • If you use a food tracking app connected to Apple Health or Health Connect, your macros sync automatically — otherwise, log manually

  • A tolerance range is built in — close is good enough, don't stress the occasional amber

Exercise

  • Tap Log → Exercise to record a session

  • Choose strength or cardio, and enter the duration

  • Weekly exercise targets are labelled A, B, C — complete them any day

  • Did something not on the plan? Tap "I did something else" to log it as an extra session

  • You can log past dates if you forgot — but not future ones

Your Adherence Week Review

The most important thing you do each week. Takes about 5 minutes, and most of it is pre-filled — you're reviewing, not starting from scratch. Here's what it covers:

  1. Your weight day by day — pre-filled, review and confirm

  2. Your steps for the week

  3. Your sleep quality

  4. Your nutrition for the week

  5. Your mood across the week

  6. Your workouts completed

  7. Progress photos — always optional, always your choice

  8. Your energy levels

  9. Any notes or feedback for your coach

Common Questions

Do I need a food tracking app?
No — you can log your nutrition manually at any time.

What if I miss a day?
Just continue tomorrow. One off day doesn't undo your progress.

What if I forget my Adherence Week Review?
No problem — the new Adherence Week starts automatically. Just continue logging and submit your next Adherence Week Review.

Can I change my targets?
Only your coach can adjust your targets — message them if something feels unrealistic.

Can I log exercise later?
Yes — you can log past dates if you forgot, but not future ones.

Do I have to connect Apple Health or Health Connect?
No, but it's recommended — it saves time and gives your coach more accurate data.

Messaging Your Coach

Use messages for:

  • Questions

  • Clarifications

  • Quick updates

Use your Adherence Week Review for:

  • Progress summaries

  • What went well or didn't

  • Bigger reflections

This split helps your coach support you better — quick things stay quick, and bigger context lands where it's actually reviewed.

What Success Looks Like

A successful first week does not mean:

  • Hitting every target

  • Feeling perfect

  • Changing everything at once

It does mean:

  • Showing up most days

  • Completing your Adherence Week Review

  • Reading your coach's feedback

That's a win.

Need More Help?

Looking for more detailed guidance? Visit the Gymfluence Help Centre for step-by-step articles covering account setup, using the app, connecting Apple Health or Health Connect, payments, account management, and troubleshooting.

Questions about your coaching plan or targets? Message your coach directly through the Gymfluence app.

Technical issues or account questions? Email us at [email protected] and we'll be happy to help.

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