Availability: This guide describes the new exercise-library experience. If your account does not yet show the CC catalog controls, contact support to check availability.
Workouts in Coach Catalyst are built in layers:
Exercise: one movement with sets, reps, and details.
Block: a section such as Warmup, Strength, Circuit, or Cooldown.
Workout: one training day made of blocks.
Program: a series of workouts you assign to a client or group.
A tour of the builder
Left — the library. Search for exercises and click or drag them into your workout. Use the Blocks tab to find reusable block templates. Create a new exercise when you need a movement that is not already available.
Middle — the workout. Name the workout, add a description, and build it block by block. Enter sets, reps, and details directly in the table. Hover between exercises and choose Link to group them.
Right — the preview and client context. Preview the workout as you build it. When programming for a client, selecting an exercise lets you review its available History and Comments.
Use Save workout when you finish. On a scheduled client workout, repeat and date controls help you manage occurrences. See Set a Workout to Repeat.
Learn more in Entering Sets, Reps & Details and Build Blocks, Supersets and Warm-Ups.
Choose between your exercises and the CC catalog
When the Coach Catalyst catalog is enabled, the exercise library offers All, Mine, and CC source filters. All includes both sources; Mine shows your account’s exercises; CC shows catalog exercises.
Matching owned exercises appear before CC matches in both the drawer and the inline + Add exercise… picker. A CC badge identifies catalog results, so check the source when names match.
These badges are for the coach web interface. They are not shown to clients in their app or on mobile.
View details, edit, or save your own copy
Open an exercise’s ⋯ menu. Owned exercises have Edit exercise. CC exercises have View details, because the catalog entry is read-only. The workout row also offers Swap exercise to choose a replacement movement for that row.
You can still set the workout’s sets, reps, and details when using a CC exercise. To customize the exercise’s own name, description, or video, open it in Programs → Workouts → Exercises and choose Save a copy to My Exercises.
Saving a workout that uses a CC exercise preserves its catalog reference and read-only source. It does not turn the catalog entry into an owned exercise. An editable copy is a separate exercise in My Exercises.
Where to build
Programs → Workouts: create master workouts and templates you plan to reuse.
A client’s Journey: create or customize a workout for that person. Keep reusable master content in your library.
See Workout & Block Templates for saving and reusing your work.
Manage catalog visibility
For the account-wide catalog setting and what happens when it is disabled, see Using the Coach Catalyst Exercise Library.
Write instructions at the right level
Write workout and block notes to your client. Use the Mobile Preview to check how they read on a phone.
1. The workout note
Right under the workout name ("Add a note for this workout…"). This is the headline for the day - what the session is for and what to expect. Good ones include:
The objective: "Heavy lower day - we're building toward a rep max in week 6."
The shape of the session: "Warm-up, two strength blocks, short conditioning finisher. About 50 minutes."
Anything to bring or prep: "You'll want a bench and dumbbells today."
2. Block notes
Each block has its own note ("Add a note for this block…") - instructions for that section: "Take it slow - focus on opening the hips before loading them." For formats like AMRAPs or 21-15-9, the block note is where you explain the rules.
3. The Details column
Per-exercise coaching shorthand - RPE, rest, load, tempo - that shows directly on the exercise card: @RPE 7 · rest 90s, Tempo 3-1-2, Drop set on last.
Workout note, block notes, and details - three levels of instruction.
Use workout notes for the goal, muscle groups, session outline and equipment to prepare. Exercise descriptions contain movement-specific form cues; see Create a New Exercise. Detailed prescription examples belong in Entering Sets, Reps & Details.
Use workouts during coaching sessions
1:1 and semi-private sessions: keep each client’s workout open in a browser tab while the client follows it on their own phone or tablet. Save changes and check the client view as you coach.
Large groups: have each client log on their own phone during the session, then review their completed workout afterward.
Shared tablet for 1:1: work through the session together and record weights and notes as you go.
For recording and reviewing results, use How to Log a Workout (as a client) and How to View Client’s Workout Progress.