# What is Method

Updated: 2026-09-07
Canonical page: https://methodapp.net/docs/what-is-method
Docs index: https://methodapp.net/docs

Method is a workout planner and tracker. Write programs on web or iPhone. Log on iPhone.

> **In short.** Method is a workout planner and tracker for structured training. Write programs on web or iPhone, or follow the program a coach publishes to you. Log workouts and cardio on iPhone, and cardio on Apple Watch. Coaches program clients from a Coach Workspace on the web. Method does not generate programs.

Planning training and doing training are different jobs, and they deserve different tools.

The **web app** has room for multi-week programs, set prescriptions, and your exercise library. The **iOS app** is built for the gym, and you can write programs there too.

  - [Choose your workspace](/docs/choose-the-right-method-workspace) Which jobs belong on web, which belong on your phone, and why.

  - [Set up your profile](/docs/set-up-your-training-profile) Goals, equipment, schedule, and units. These settings shape everything else.

  - [Build your first program](/docs/build-your-first-program) Go from an empty builder to a scheduled training week.

  - [Log your first workout](/docs/log-your-first-workout) Start a session on your phone and save a completed record.

  - [Method for coaches](/docs/method-for-coaches) The Coach Workspace for clients, published programs, check-ins, form checks, and messages.

## What you can track

  - **Strength training** Programs, saved sessions, and workout logging with reps, load, and optional
    intensity targets, rest, and tempo.

  - **Cardio** Runs, rides, rows, and walks, either scheduled as part of a program or
    captured ad hoc, with distance, duration, and pace.

  - **History** Completed training, per-exercise detail, records, and analytics from what
    you logged.

> **Start here if you are new.** Read [Choose the right Method workspace](/docs/choose-the-right-method-workspace)
>   next.