Create or Edit an Exercise

How to upload demo photos and videos, edit exercise instructions, and customize tracking fields

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Written by Long Nguyen
Updated over a week ago

We make it super easy for you to provide your customers with a personalized experience with your own instructions, pictures, and videos.


Create New Exercise

To start adding or editing an exercise, navigate to the Library tab on the left-side menu then click on the (+) Add New Exercise button on the right side of the screen.


Add Exercise Primary Focus

The Primary Focus includes 3 different sections to help you to categorize your exercise. While the Modality and Muscle Group are required, the Movement Pattern is option to create an exercise.

Add Exercise Modality

You can choose 1 option for the Exercise Modality. This will show up on the Exercise Library and Exercise pop-up on the Client mobile app when tracking a workout.

Add Exercise Muscle Group

You can choose up to 3 options for the Exercise Muscle Group. The fist-selected option will be automatically marked as primary. You can click on the "Star" icon of other selected option to change the primary option.

The Primary Muscle Group will show up on the Exercise Library and Exercise pop-up on the Client mobile app when tracking a workout.

Add Exercise Movement Pattern

You can also choose up to 3 options for the Exercise Movement Pattern. The fist-selected option will be automatically marked as primary. You can click on the "Star" icon of other selected option to change the primary option.

The Primary Movement Pattern will show up on the Exercise Library and Exercise pop-up on the Client mobile app when tracking a workout.


Add Exercise Category

Each default category has a set of tracking fields. You can even edit these tracking fields to adapt to your training style.

Strength: weight x reps

Bodyweight: reps

Timed: time

Distance (short): Distance (short) x time

Distance (long): Distance (long) x time


Customize tracking fields for an exercise

You can choose up to 3 fields and arrange the order of the tracking field to your preference with drag and drop.


Add Videos

1. Youtube links:

You can instantly add a Youtube link to Everfit.

2. Vimeo links:

If you are using a private Vimeo link, check out this guide on how to play your video on Everfit.

3. Upload your own video files

You can also add your own videos directly from your computer!

File types supported: .mp4, .mov, .flv, .3gp, .avi

File size limit: 120 MB

Pro-Tip:

⭐ You can also edit exercises in the Exercise Library and from a client's Training Calendar. Both methods will access and save changes to your Exercise Library and provide seamless delivery of exercise information to your clients.


Add Photos

You can add up to 4 photos to each exercise to highlight the form and a quick visual cue for your clients. Rearrange the order to your desire with drag and drop.


Add Instructions

You can tap the "Enter" or "Return" button on your keyboard to separate the step on a new line.


Add Equipment

You will need to click on "Advanced Settings" button to see the section for the Exercise Equipment.

You can choose 1 option for the Exercise Equipment. This will help to quickly filter exercise by equipment and will show up on the Exercise pop-up on the Client mobile app when tracking a workout.


Add Default Alternate Exercises

The Default Alternate Exercises is inside the "Advanced Settings". This will help to automatically link the alternate exercises to the main exercise when adding it to a workout. You can rearrange the order to your desire with drag and drop.


Add Default Note

The Default Alternate Exercises is inside the "Advanced Settings". This will help to automatically link the note to the main exercise when adding it to a workout.


Add Synonym

The Synonym is inside the "Advanced Settings". You can add up to 5 synonyms for an exercise.

This is for searching purposes only that will help to return the result for the main exercise if you type a keyword of its synonym


Edit an existing exercise

You can left-click on any exercise in the library to start customizing. When you edit one of the exercises from Everfit's system library, the exercise will be converted to a custom exercise (showing a checkmark on the Custom column of your exercise library).


Sort and search exercises

You can easily sort the exercise library by name, primary focus, category, most recent accessed, or if the exercise is custom (your customized exercises). If you have a certain exercise in mind, just type the exercise name in the search bar.


Remove an exercise

You may remove any system exercises by choosing 'Hide' and remove custom exercises by choosing 'Delete' from the menu. 

You can also hide exercises in bulk to clean your library.

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