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title: Strength with Learning Mode description: Pre-block safety + technique cues, then Got It to start the rhythm phase.

Strength with Learning Mode

Learning Mode is the most distinctive thing in RhythmFit. For movements where form matters more than speed — squats, deadlifts, bench press, dead bugs, Turkish get-ups — the coach reads safety and technique cues before the rhythm starts. You tap Got it when ready. Then the metronome kicks in and you execute.

It's deliberately free for everyone. The whole point is that nobody should pay before they've felt the difference.

What Learning Mode actually does

When you start a block that has pre-block notes and a confirmation step:

  1. The Execute screen pauses at the block boundary

    The metronome doesn't start. The phase color is visible at the top, the time shows the block's full duration not yet ticking.

  2. The coach reads each pre-block note in order

    .safety notes first (style: firm, neutral), then .technique notes (style: instructional). The screen highlights the current note's text.

  3. After the last note, a Got it button appears

    Big, centered, brand color. The screen stays there until you tap. Once you know the movement, tap the small Don't pause here next time row at the bottom of the notes card — that block stops waiting from the next round onward. You can re-enable the pause in the workout editor.

  4. Tap Got it — the block starts

    3-second countdown, then the rhythm runs as normal.

You can preview the notes again any time mid-workout by tapping the phase name on the Execute screen.

Writing good pre-block notes

The whole feature lives or dies on the cue text. Two rules:

Rule 1 — Two kinds, no shades. Every cue is either .safety (an injury risk if ignored) or .technique (a performance improvement). If you find yourself writing four kinds you've drifted; rewrite.

Rule 2 — Imperative, present tense, ≤ 10 words. "Keep your back flat" beats "It's important to maintain a neutral spine throughout the movement." Coaches don't lecture; cues stick.

Safety cues — examples

  • Squat: "Knees track over toes, not collapsing in."
  • Deadlift: "Pull the slack out before you lift."
  • Bench: "Plant your feet, drive through the floor."
  • Push-up: "Hips in line, no sag, no pike."
  • Overhead press: "Tighten your glutes — no back arch."

Technique cues — examples

  • Squat: "Sit back into your hips first."
  • Deadlift: "Push the floor away, don't pull the bar."
  • Bench: "Bar to lower chest, elbows ~70°."
  • Push-up: "Forearms vertical at the bottom."
  • Overhead press: "Stack the bar over your ears at lockout."

A full Learning Mode squat workout

  1. Create the workout

    My tab → ＋ → manual. Name "Squat — Learning".

  2. Warm-up block

    Phase warmup, 5 min, BPM 130. No pre-block notes — warm-ups don't need them.

  3. Learning block

    Phase learning, label "Practice — Bodyweight squat", 60 seconds at BPM 60. Cadence pattern ["Down","","","","Hold","Up"] (4-1-1 tempo, 6 seconds per rep = 10 reps).

    Pre-block notes:

    • Safety: "Knees track over toes — don't let them cave."
    • Safety: "Heels stay planted, no rocking forward."
    • Technique: "Sit back into your hips first."
    • Technique: "Drive the floor away to come up."

    Confirmation: on. Make the user read before the rhythm.

  4. Work block — set 1

    Phase work, label "Bodyweight squat × 8", 48 seconds at BPM 60, same cadence as above.

    Pre-block notes — same safety, but only one technique:

    • Safety: "Knees track over toes."
    • Technique: "Sit back first."

    Confirmation: off. They've already confirmed once.

  5. Rest block

    Phase rest, 60 seconds, BPM 80. No pre-block notes.

    (Use 60-second rests for strength — much shorter than HIIT rests.)

  6. Duplicate work/rest for sets 2 and 3

    Long-press → Duplicate.

  7. Cool-down

    Phase cooldown, 5 min, BPM 100. Add an in-block reminder: "Walk slowly, breathe through your nose."

The first time you run this, you tap Got it once (at the Practice block) then never again. The notes for subsequent sets still get read aloud — they just don't pause for confirmation. By set 3, you might tune them out — that's fine, the cue lived its life on set 1.

When to skip Learning Mode

For experienced lifters running a routine they've done 100 times, Learning Mode adds friction. Edit the block and remove its pre-block notes and confirmation step — the block then runs straight into the rhythm. You can always add them back when you introduce a new movement to an old workout.

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