Pole workout loop
The workout player app was retired in September 2026. The planning loop carries on in plain chat.
I say "plan today" and get a 45-minute garage workout that knows what I did last time. Claude reads my program and my log, adjusts the weights by written rules, and hands me the session. Afterwards I tell it how it went and it logs it. It started as a phone app that showed one exercise at a time and ran the timers. I dropped the app and kept the loop.
- Why
- I want to get better at pole, the hard, trick-focused kind, and stronger in general, in sessions that fit around two studio classes a week. Cardio is boring to me but wanted.
How I built it
- I made one notes folder with a program note and a workout log.
- I wrote progression rules in plain words, like add about 5 pounds on upper body lifts when the last reps felt easy.
- I asked Claude to build a workout player page, with the workout as a simple list at the top of the file.
- I opened a chat in that folder each day and said "plan today."
- After each session I told it how it went, and it logged the session and saved any cue that helped.
- In September 2026 I stopped using the player and had it send the workout as plain text.
- To copy it you need
- Claude, or the AI of your choice, and a notes folder it can read and write. The gotcha: don't expect the app to get smarter. The log and the daily conversation are what make it adapt.
Try it yourself
Copy this prompt and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude to try it yourself.
I want to copy the workout loop from Frances Tang's What Are We Building profile. She keeps a notes folder with a training program, a few plain-English progression rules and a workout log. Each day she says "plan today" and her AI reads all three and gives her a 45-minute session. Afterwards she tells it how it went and it updates the log. Her gotcha: she built a nice workout player app first, then retired it, because the app never learned anything. The log and the daily conversation did. Help me set up the same loop for my own training. Start by asking my goal, what equipment I have, how long I can train, and what I did in my last two workouts. Ask me for anything you need.
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