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NextRep

One app that has to feel personal to the client and efficient to the trainer at the same time.

Fitness / HealthTechMobile appDesign + build
NextRep client app, with training plans and progress in one place

The Project

NextRep is a mobile application that streamlines communication between gym trainers and their clients: structured programmes, monitored progress and daily fitness activity in one place.

Two roles in one app: the client gets todays workout and progress they can actually see; the trainer gets a roster, follow-ups and plan expiry dates. Designed and built in nine weeks by a two-person team.

01

Objectives

Clear visibility of progress leads to higher motivation. That sentence is the entire product thesis.

  • Connect clients with trainers through personalised, remote coaching
  • Video-based performance tracking, with structured workout and meal plans
  • Measurable progress insights the client can see, not just data that gets recorded
  • Let trainers manage multiple clients efficiently from one place
02

Challenges

In-person training works because the trainer can see you. Remote training removes that, and everything the trainer relied on (form, effort, honesty about the week) becomes self-reported.

  • Building trust in remote training when nobody is in the room
  • Balancing simplicity with powerful features: a client wants one screen, a trainer wants twelve
  • Capturing accurate performance data from people who are mid-workout
  • Designing for two user roles inside a single app
03

Solutions

Separate the roles, share the system: client and trainer see different apps built from the same components.

  • An end-to-end fitness ecosystem: hire a trainer, follow the plan and track progress in one app rather than across a chat thread, a spreadsheet and a separate tracker
  • Remote performance tracking: workout videos, body measurements and progress photos give trainers something concrete to monitor and correct against
  • Goal-based checkpoints: weekly performance submissions and bi-weekly body analysis keep clients accountable to a schedule rather than to intentions
  • Multi-client dashboards for trainers: active logs, upcoming follow-ups, plans ending soon and per-client feedback in one view
  • Logging designed for capture under load: between sets, one-handed, out of breath
04

Results

Concept to build in nine weeks, with both audiences served by one shared design system rather than one side getting the leftovers.

9 wkConcept to build, two-person team
2 rolesClient and trainer, one design system
2 rhythmsWeekly submissions, bi-weekly analysis
1 appPlans, tracking and coaching in one place

The screens

What we designed

Screens from the NextRep app: the client side and the trainer side of one system.

NextRep trainer dashboard
NextRep trainer dashboard

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