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Frequently asked questions
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What is RungGym?
RungGym is software that a personal trainer uses to build a workout plan for each client. You enter goal, level, injuries and available equipment, and the software returns a 3 to 6 week block with progressive overload, exportable as a PDF. The dosage rules follow the 2026 ACSM position stand and the NSCA Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning.
Who is RungGym for?
RungGym is built for personal trainers and coaches who work with several clients and want an individual workout plan for each of them. You need no software background: you fill in your client's details and the engine assembles the plan.
Who is RungGym for?
RungGym is built for personal trainers, and for anybody who wants to train the way a trainer would program it without hiring one. You fill in your own goal, level, injuries and equipment, and the engine assembles the plan. You need no software background and no training background.
Can I use RungGym for myself if I am not a trainer?
Yes. RungGym sells the same tools to individuals, per module: training €6 a month, nutrition €5, progress tracking €3, or all three for €9. You fill in your own goal, level, injuries and equipment, and you get the same PDF and the same phone link a trainer's client gets. One profile, your own. No minimum term, cancel any time. See the page for individuals for the details.
Which scientific sources is RungGym based on?
The main sources are the 2026 ACSM position stand on resistance training (based on 137 systematic reviews with over 30,000 participants), the NSCA Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, fifth edition, the 1998 position stand by Pollock and colleagues for warm-up and cool-down, and Stuart McGill's work on core training for low back pain. Every exercise rule in the database references a concrete source ID.
How exactly does the injury filtering work?
Every exercise in the database carries an explicit list of conditions it is advised against for, with a reason and a source. Tick a condition for a client and any exercise listing that condition is never selected for that plan. For low back pain the core selection additionally switches to McGill's Big 3.
What does RungGym cost?
You pay per client, per module. Training is €3 per client a month, nutrition €2 and progress tracking €2, and all in one €5 per client including the agenda, session packages and public coach page. All in one never costs more than €59 a month: from 12 clients on, the price stops rising. Single modules are half price from client 21 on. Without all in one, the business tools (agenda, packages, leads) are a flat €10 a month on top. Paid plans start with 14 days free. Paying annually costs 10 times the monthly price, so two months are free. Example: 12 clients on all in one is €59 a month.
Is there a free plan for coaches?
Yes. You coach 1 client for free, with training, nutrition and progress tracking, without a card and without a time limit. The business tools (agenda, session packages, public coach page and leads) are not part of the free plan. To coach more clients you switch to a paid plan, which starts at 5 clients and begins with 14 days free.
What does RungGym cost for my own training?
You pick modules for one profile, your own: training €6 a month, nutrition €5, progress tracking €3, or all three for €9. There is no minimum term and no cancellation fee: you cancel from your account in one click and keep access until the month you paid for ends.
Do I need a card for the free trial?
Yes. The card is added at signup so the plan continues without interruption. Nothing is charged for 14 days, you see the exact date in your billing page, and cancelling before day 15 costs nothing.
Is there a free trial if I train for myself?
No. The 14 free days belong to the coach plans. Your plan starts, and is charged, straight away, which is why checkout asks you to confirm that it may start immediately. You can still withdraw within 14 days and then pay only for the days you used; after that, cancelling stops the next payment.
What happens after I create the account?
Three short steps, and no confirmation email. You pick the modules you need and how many clients you coach, you add a card that is not charged until day 15, and you are in. Then you add your first client and generate a block.
What happens after I create the account?
Three short steps, and no confirmation email. You pick your modules, you add a card and your plan starts. Then you fill in your goal, level, injuries and equipment and generate your first block.
Can I use RungGym outside Europe?
Yes. RungGym is web-based and works for trainers anywhere in the world. The interface is in English, prices are charged in euro, and the training guidelines are international because they come from the ACSM and the NSCA. Exercises are written in metric units, so weights appear in kilograms.
What happens when I hit my client limit?
You cannot add a new client until you upgrade. Your existing clients and plans keep working. The limit is enforced in the database itself, so you cannot get around it through the API either. The app shows a clear message with a link to the upgrade page.
Can I cancel monthly?
Yes. The subscription runs per month and you can stop at any time. There is no annual contract and no notice period.
How long is a training block?
A block is a mesocycle of 3 to 6 weeks. Within that block the load builds progressively, 5 percent per week by default with a cap of 25 percent. You can edit a block after generating it: swap an exercise for a safe alternative, change sets, reps and rest, or add, remove and reorder exercises, and the change applies to that training day in every week. After the block you generate a new one, where the rotation across movement patterns brings in different exercises.
Does my client get their own login?
No login and no account. You share a private link instead, and that opens a portal where your client sees the worksheet per training day, fills in the weight they actually lifted, and follows their progress. It installs to a phone home screen. You can still hand over the PDF on paper. The same link also holds a nutrition log against the targets you set, habits, weekly check-ins with private progress photos, messages with you, and booking of your free 1-on-1 moments. What the portal is not: a branded app in the app stores, a place for group classes, or a compliance dashboard.
Do I get the plan on my phone?
Yes. Besides the PDF you get a private link that opens your worksheet per training day, with a demo per exercise, a field for the weight you actually lifted and your progress over the block. It installs to a phone home screen. There is no messaging and no coach on the other side: nobody is watching your form.
Does RungGym work if my client trains at home without equipment?
Yes. You tick the available equipment per client, and if that is bodyweight only, the entire plan is built from that. The 2026 ACSM position stand states explicitly that resistance bands, bodyweight exercises and home routines produce clear results.
Does RungGym work if I train at home without equipment?
Yes. You tick what you actually have, and if that is bodyweight only, the entire plan is built from that. The 2026 ACSM position stand states explicitly that resistance bands, bodyweight exercises and home routines produce clear results.
Can I still edit the generated plan?
Yes. Swap any exercise for a safe alternative, change sets, reps and rest, or add, remove and reorder exercises. The change applies to that training day in every week of the block, and the PDF and the phone link show the edited version. Want a different starting point? Change the goal, equipment, injuries or frequency and generate a new block.
How much time does RungGym save per client?
Writing a block by hand typically costs a trainer 30 to 60 minutes per client. Generating takes a few minutes, including entering the client details. With twenty clients getting a new block every six weeks, that is the difference between roughly twenty hours and just over two hours a month.
Questions about building a plan itself, separate from the software, are answered in the step-by-step guide to creating a workout plan.