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Pro Tools is Here: The Coaching Platform I Wish I Had

FitPros Pro Tools dashboard showing PR tracking, automations, and client engagement features
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After months of long days, late nights, Pro Tools is finally live. I built this because I kept hearing the same frustrations from coaches—too much time on admin, not enough time coaching. So I fixed it.

See that cute little flame above? That’s one of the streak characters your clients unlock for hitting weekly workout goals. The longer they keep their streak alive, the more epic the flame becomes. It’s just one of the small touches in Pro Tools that makes showing up actually feel rewarding.

Personal Bests That Actually Get Noticed

Your clients are hitting PRs every week, but half the time nobody notices. That changes now.

What your clients see:

  • Real-time PR tracking when they log workouts
  • PR badges in their workout history
  • Personal best timeline on their profile

What you see:

  • Weekly summary of total PRs across your roster
  • Active client count
  • Total workout volume

Every week, you get a simple summary: active clients, total PRs, total workouts. Your clients get their own version with PRs, workouts, and all-time best streaks (daily, weekly, total training days). No digging through spreadsheets.

Social Engagement Built In

The history feed now has likes and comments. Simple, but it works. You can reply to any notes your clients leave, share hype with each other, or celebrate milestones.

Shareable Post-Workout Cards

This one’s fun. Your clients finish a workout and get branded cards they can share on Instagram or wherever:

  • Exercise recap with their biggest lifts
  • Total weight lifted with fun comparisons (like “you lifted as much as a horse”)
  • PR highlights from that session
  • Streak tracking for consistency

All with your branding. Free marketing every time they post.

Website Builder That Doesn’t Suck

I rebuilt the website builder to actually be useful:

  • Add sections without starting over
  • Drag to reorder everything
  • Delete what you don’t need
  • Built-in lead forms
  • Lead management dashboard

No more working around limitations. Build what you want, change it whenever.

Program Builder Improvements

I rewrote a bunch of the program builder based on feedback:

What’s new:

  • Exercise history right in the builder - see what clients lifted before while you’re programming
  • Advanced “Add Weeks” - pick a progression plan instead of manually copying weeks
  • Bulk edit - change exercises across weeks, workouts, or supersets all at once
  • Quick fill - stop entering the same sets and reps 50 times

Programming should be the creative part. These tools handle the tedious stuff.

Automations That Work While You Sleep

Set these up once and forget about them:

Trigger options:

  • Client Added - welcome new clients automatically
  • New Program - notify when you assign programs
  • New Form - alert clients to new check-ins
  • Form Due - reminders for recurring forms
  • New Habit - notify about new habits
  • Workout Target - celebrate workout milestones
  • Exercise Target - celebrate strength milestones
  • Weekly Report - scheduled reports to clients or yourself
  • Program Progression - auto-assign programs based on strength gains

Onboarding, check-ins, milestone messages, weekly recaps—all automated.

0% Commission. Seriously.

When you sell a program, you keep everything minus Stripe’s processing fees. I don’t take a cut.

You built your business. Keep your money.

Progress Pictures That Make Sense

Visual progress tracking:

  • Timeline view of all progress pictures
  • Before/after comparison tool
  • Front, side, and back images organized

Your clients can see their transformation laid out clearly. Sometimes that’s more motivating than any number on the scale.

Better Communication

Client notifications:

  • Updates about program changes
  • Alerts for new forms or habits
  • Automatic communication without manual work

For you:

  • Optional email when forms are submitted
  • Never miss a client check-in

Your Brand, Everywhere

Custom branding across everything:

  • Your colors and logo
  • Branded workout cards
  • Branded website
  • Branded client experience

This is your business. It should look like yours, not mine.

Body Weight Graphs

Clean, simple graphs of client weight over time. They log it, they see it visualized. Sometimes the simple stuff is the best stuff.

Why I Built This

Look, I’m not trying to add features just to add features. What is actually going to add value to my coaching business, something that handles the repetitive tedious stuff so we can focus on actually coaching.

With Pro Tools you get:

  • Tools to coach more clients without burning out
  • Automation that saves hours every week
  • Professional branding that looks legit
  • 100% of your program sales
  • Everything in one place

Why Pro Tools vs Free

Here’s the deal: everything you need to run your business stays free forever. Program building, client management, exercise library—that’s not changing.

But features like automations, PR tracking, and social engagement? They’re server-intensive. I’m talking real server costs for every automation that runs, every PR that gets calculated, every weekly report that gets generated.

I wanted these features from day one. A lot of you did too. But offering them for free isn’t sustainable, and like I’ve promised many of you, I’m not running this thing into the ground.

I’ve seen what happens when platforms try to do too much for free (RIP QuickCoach). We’re the last free app standing, and I plan to keep it that way. So I priced Pro Tools to basically cover the server and maintenance costs tied to each account—nothing more. That’s why it’s still way cheaper than other platforms charging for similar tools.

Bottom line: the free tier keeps your business running. Pro Tools is a fully optional way to make things easier and more professional. You decide what you need.

Ready to Try It?

Pro Tools is live now. If you’re ready to systemize and scale, give this a shot.

I built it to solve real problems I kept hearing about: unable to see client history in programs, wanting to see PR’s, weekly updates on clients progress, etc.

If that sounds familiar, Pro Tools is for you.

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Questions? Hit me up. Want to upgrade? Check your dashboard for Pro Tools features.

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