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GymBuddy: Coach's Sight Fitness & Medical Disclaimer

Fitness guidance, not medical advice.

Coach's Sight helps coaches plan and run strength sessions. The coach and the client stay in charge of every decision about health and safety.

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Draft for legal review. This text describes how GymBuddy: Coach's Sight is designed to work. The final version will be published here before the app is released.

Operator: KateThought Studio · Contact: gymbuddy.support@katethought.xyz

1. Not a medical device

GymBuddy: Coach's Sight ("Coach's Sight") is a fitness tool for personal trainers. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical condition, and it does not provide emergency care.

2. Guidance for coaches, not a replacement for them

Coach's Sight suggests programs, exercises, sets, repetitions and loads using the GymBuddy: Guided Strength engine. These suggestions are automated. They are not reviewed by a doctor or physiotherapist, and they do not replace the coach's own professional judgement or an assessment by a qualified healthcare professional.

3. Who it is for

  • Coaches and clients aged 18 or over.
  • Clients who are able to do general gym-based resistance training.

The client questionnaire does not ask about injuries, diagnoses or medication, and the app does not take a medical history. Coach's Sight is not designed for rehabilitation, clinical exercise programmes or new medical scenarios.

4. When a client should speak to a professional first

Before starting or continuing training, a client should consult a doctor or other qualified healthcare professional if they have a medical condition or injury, unexplained symptoms, are pregnant or postpartum, are recovering from illness or surgery, take medication that may affect exercise, or have been told to limit physical activity. Coaches should encourage this and adjust or pause training accordingly.

5. The coach's role

  • Check equipment and setup, demonstrate and supervise technique, and adapt the session to the person in front of you.
  • Reduce, replace or skip any suggested exercise or load whenever it seems unsuitable — the app supports this for each session.
  • Record what the client actually did and how they said they felt, honestly. If a client did not answer, leave the answer unknown rather than guessing.

6. Menstrual-cycle information

Cycle tracking is optional. When a client chooses to provide it, it is used only to give fitness context to the program. It must not be used for fertility, contraception, ovulation or pregnancy decisions, or for any medical purpose.

7. Exercise carries risk

Resistance training involves a risk of injury. Suggested loads are estimates and may be too heavy, too light or unsuitable on a given day.

8. Stop when concerned

Stop the session and seek medical help if the client has chest pain, fainting, severe dizziness, unusual shortness of breath, palpitations, sudden severe pain or loss of coordination. Do not use the app to decide whether such symptoms can be ignored.

9. No guaranteed results

Progress depends on many factors outside the app. Estimates such as an estimated one-repetition maximum (e1RM) are approximate.

10. Emergencies

Coach's Sight does not monitor anyone's health and cannot detect an emergency. In an emergency, contact local emergency services immediately.

11. Responsibility and legal limits

Coaches decide whether and how to run a session; clients decide whether to train. Nothing in this disclaimer limits rights that cannot be excluded by law. Other limits of liability are set out in the Terms and applicable law.