HEROMINUTES
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IN TESTFLIGHT · INVITE ONLY

Training that adapts
to how you feel.

Most apps hand you the same plan whether you slept badly, tweaked a shoulder, or feel unstoppable. This one asks first.

A training app that works around a sore shoulder, a cranky knee or a bad back. Most flare-ups are not red flags, and it checks every one. When one is, it stops and points you to a professional.

The app's readiness screen: a green 82 ready-to-train score, five rings from the morning check-in, and a coach line adjusting today's session.
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Why this exists

You tweak something. You slept badly. Low energy. Now what?

Getting back to normal isn’t the goal when fitness is in your DNA.

where HEROMINUTES trains you too small for physical therapy — too real to ignore woke up tight · a little tweak red flags it stops — and points you to a pro

Most fitness apps never ask how you feel today. They don’t slow down when something hurts or when you’re tired.

So you guess. Push through, or stop completely.

How it starts

It asks how you woke up.

Then today’s session is written around your answer.

You don’t need to know what it is. Tell it where the discomfort is, and how much.

Where
ShoulderNeckLower backHipKneeAnkle
Discomfort
0 to 10
How you
woke up
Feeling strongSlept badly

At 3 or under, you’re clear: the day counts toward your next phase. At 4 to 6, you get guidance for that spot, and the next session is written around it. At 7 or more, the session stops: it takes the load off, and tells you when to get it looked at.

Sore shoulder, 4/10

Loads it less. Works what supports it.

Lower back, 7/10

It stops the session. Load comes off for three days, and it tells you when to get it looked at.

Feeling strong

It asks for more.

Slept badly, 2/10

Lighter, not skipped.

From setback to elite.

Why I built it

I injured my back, my neck, and my hip. I was told to expect a new normal, or surgery: no sport, no lifting.

I didn’t want a new normal.

I didn’t want surgery either — that’s my call, and yours is yours. What nobody helped with was the part after: getting back to training, around a body that felt different every day.

So I built it. My comeback.

— Jamil, Founder

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A look inside

The actual app.

Not mockups. These are real screens, with the numbers a real week produces.

The Home screen showing the morning and night check-in tile above two active journeys, each with its phase progress.

Home

Tap or hover a number on the screen.

  • 1

    Two check-ins a day. Morning sets today's load before you train. Night reviews the habits underneath it — food, water, alcohol, sleep.

  • 2

    Journeys run side by side. Two at once on Athlete, each with its own phase and its own programme.

  • 3

    The phase gate is visible. "8 of 12 clean · 2 to fill" — you always know exactly what's left before the next phase unlocks. No hidden criteria.

A readiness score of 82 reading Ready To Train, above five input rings and an insight explaining which input is weakest.

Morning readiness

Tap or hover a number on the screen.

  • 1

    One number, five inputs. Your morning answers become a readiness score before you train — and the session is built against it.

  • 2

    You can see what's dragging. Stress, energy, discomfort, sleep and confidence, each scored. Anything off colours differently.

  • 3

    And what to do about it. One line of advice, aimed at your weakest input that day. Here it says: take the session as written, and push only where it feels strong.

Today's session: a safety line, a Begin Session button, and a list of exercises each showing sets, reps and a note on when to stop.

Today's session

Tap or hover a number on the screen.

  • 1

    The safety line sits on the session, not buried in settings — fitness guidance only, and a prompt to check with your physical therapist first.

  • 2

    Begin starts the clock and Zeeva's welcome, with an estimate of how long the session should take.

  • 3

    Tap the speaker and she talks you through that exercise — the movement, the count, the rest.

  • 4

    Every exercise carries its dose. Sets, reps, tempo — and the coach note names a discomfort level to stop at. The programme tells you when to back off, not just when to push.

The Today screen with one exercise swiped right to reveal a red Like panel and another swiped left to reveal a blue Skip panel.

Tell it what worked

Tap or hover a number on the screen.

Two gestures, no forms. The programme gets better because you told it something true, not because you filled anything in.

  • 1

    Swipe right to keep it. A heart means you’d do this one again — it never changes what you’re given today.

  • 2

    Swipe left to skip. Sometimes you can’t do a movement. No kit, no space, or it just doesn’t feel right. Saying so honestly beats ticking it off.

  • 3

    It shapes the next phase, not this one. Your likes and skips go into the brief when your next phase is written — likes as evidence of what you’ll actually complete, skips as a constraint to work around.

Five breathwork practices: Box 4x4, 4-7-8, Physio Sigh, Wim Hof and Coherent 5s, each with a one-line description.

Breathwork

Tap or hover a number on the screen.

Five practices, chosen for different jobs. Guided with a visual pacer, so you follow the shape rather than count in your head.

  • 1

    Box 4×4 — four-count square breathing to steady your nervous system.

  • 2

    4-7-8 — a long, slow exhale to unwind and drift toward sleep.

  • 3

    Physio Sigh — two inhales, one long exhale, to release tension fast.

  • 4

    Wim Hof — rhythmic power breaths for energy and focus. Coherent 5s — five seconds in, five seconds out, for a steady rhythm.

The Fuel sheet for the Protect phase, stating it reports what research says rather than recommending anything, above five entries.

Fuel Comeback only

Tap or hover a number on the screen.

  • 1

    It says what it is, up front: what the research says about each one, not a recommendation to take anything — and a prompt to talk to a professional first, especially if you take medication.

  • 2

    Each entry says what it has been studied for — not what it will do for you. "Studied for its role in training adaptation" is a different claim from "this builds muscle", and the difference is the point.

  • 3

    Save the ones worth raising with your doctor or physical therapist, so the conversation starts from evidence rather than an advert.

Weekly progress: an insight card for stress with an eleven-day trend line, above tiles for sessions, discomfort, readiness and phase.

Progress

Tap or hover a number on the screen.

  • 1

    Every input gets its own weekly read, with one concrete thing to try — swipe through stress, energy, sleep, discomfort and confidence.

  • 2

    The trend behind the number. Eleven days of stress here, so you can see whether a bad day was a blip or a direction.

  • 3

    The week in four numbers — sessions done, average discomfort, morning readiness, and which phase you're holding. Enough to learn how your own body responds.

What makes it different

It's not a library of workouts.

There's no catalogue to scroll, no plan to follow rigidly for twelve weeks, and no assumption that today is like yesterday.

HEROMINUTES

Reads your check-ins, your discomfort trend and how the last sessions landed — then writes today's session around them.

  • A setback re-plans it. It doesn’t end it. Flare up, miss a fortnight, come back sore — the programme rebuilds around where you actually are, instead of handing you back the week you couldn’t finish.
  • You move up when your own numbers say so — never on a calendar.
  • It keeps learning you. Month three isn’t month one repeated.

Not one plan. A system that keeps running.

“Couldn't I just ask ChatGPT for a training plan?”

You could, and it would write you a good one. Once. Everything below is what happens after that — first at a glance, then in full, with each point linking to the part of the app that does it.

HEROMINUTES
ChatGPT
Fitness apps
Writes you a training plan
Remembers you next time
some
Rebuilds the plan when something flares up
Decides when you move up, from your own numbers
Stops and tells you to see a professional
Talks you through the session out loud
some

“Some” because a few fitness apps genuinely do it — this is what they do, not a scoreboard.

01

HEROMINUTES It remembers, and it compounds

Every check-in, finished session, discomfort entry and phase review feeds the next programme it writes. Month three knows more about you than month one.

A chatbot starts from nothing every time.

See what it asks you ↓
02

HEROMINUTES It decides when you move up — not you

Phases unlock on your own reported comfort and consistency — your numbers, not a calendar. A bad week adjusts the plan instead of being ignored.

A chatbot gives you whatever you ask for, ready or not.

See the phase gates ↓
03

HEROMINUTES It checks its own work — and it can say no

Every session passes screening, programming and a safety check before you see it. If something you report needs a doctor or a physical therapist, it stops, tells you why, and sends you to see someone.

A chatbot is built to answer. It keeps writing sessions no matter what you tell it.

See the three steps ↓
04

HEROMINUTES It’s somewhere to train, not something to read

A coach who talks you through every exercise, breathwork that counts each breath, one-tap logging, streaks and a comeback story from what you actually did.

A chatbot hands you a wall of text between sets.

Hear the coach ↓
The system

Phases, not weeks.

You move forward when you've earned it — measured against your own numbers, not a calendar. Fall back and the app adjusts instead of pretending it didn't happen.

Phase 1

Protect

Settle things down and rebuild the basics, without stirring up whatever is sore.

Phase 2

Reload

Add weight and effort back slowly, checking after every session how you handled it.

Phase 3

Rebuild

Real strength work, built on a base that's proven itself.

Phase 4

Perform

Power, speed and the movements your sport actually asks for.

Phase 5

Elite

Training at full tilt, with the work that keeps you there instead of hoping you stay lucky.

phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 phase 4 phase 5 the support around it — built up where it hurts — worked around

Phase gates check your own reported comfort and consistency before unlocking the next one.

Journeys

Start where you actually are.

Two main journeys, each with its own checks and its own programme. Add a second and run both at once.

Comeback

For training around something that's been bothering you. Five phases, built to keep you moving rather than waiting it out — and to stop and point you to a professional when that's the right answer.

Desk Athlete

For bodies shaped by a chair. Four phases of undoing what sitting all day does to you — and building back the strength it quietly takes.

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AI voice coach

Zeeva talks you through it.

Not a beep and a timer. She explains the movement in plain English, counts your reps, tells you when to rest and how long, and stays quiet when you don't need her.

Mid-set, roughly

"Set two. Twelve reps. Let's go."
One… and back to the start. Two… three…
Halfway. Nice and steady.
Good set. Rest for forty five seconds.
Back in. Three. Two. One.

Hear it — 18 seconds
The feedback loop

It asks. Then it actually changes.

Four moments, each feeding the next programme it writes. Answer them honestly and the sessions get more like you.

Next phase written from your data Morning sets today's load Session too hard or too easy Night the habits underneath Phase review what helped every answer feeds the next programme
Under the hood

It’s checked three times before you see it.

On the two main journeys your session isn’t written in one go. It’s built in three stages, each with a different job, and you only ever see the finished result.

1 · Screening 2 · Programming 3 · Safety review what you’ve reported Glute Bridge 3 × 15 · 2s up · 3s down discomfort ceiling 3/10 red flag → it stops · see a pro every phase’s programme — checked before you see it
The part that matters

And sometimes it says no.

If what you’ve reported looks like it needs a doctor or a physical therapist, the app stops there and tells you why. You get no session that day.

That’s the part worth understanding. A tool built to always give you an answer will always give you one, however you’re feeling when you ask. This one is built to know when not to.

No human reviews your programme. Here's exactly how the AI works — including what it can't do.

Athlete

Everything above, included.

One tier during the beta. No upsells inside the app, and nothing locked behind a second purchase.

  • Two journeys at once, running side by side
  • Comeback and Desk Athlete sessions are checked three times before you see them
  • Zeeva's voice coaching on every exercise
  • All check-ins, phase gates and progress tracking
  • Physical-therapist notes, Fuel, Breathwork and reminders
Free for every beta tester

Founding testers who finish their first phase and share one piece of feedback keep a locked price when we launch.

Fitness guidance, not medical advice

HEROMINUTES is a general wellness app. It does not diagnose, and it is not a substitute for seeing a qualified professional. If something hurts more than usual, or sharply, stop. If you're working around an existing problem, talk to your doctor or physical therapist before you start — and if you report something that needs proper attention, the app will stop and tell you so rather than writing you a session.

Full disclaimer

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You won't just test it. You'll shape it.

The app isn’t finished, and that’s the point. The beta is a small group — small enough that I read every piece of feedback myself and reply.

Features get added, changed and cut based on what testers say. Several things in the app right now exist because a tester asked for them.

Once it’s on the App Store, it is what it is. Right now it’s still being decided — and you’d be one of the people deciding.

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