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====== Workout Templates ======

A **workout template** is a ready-made mould — a list of exercises with their sets, repetitions, load and intensity — not tied to a date or a slot. It speeds up building a workout: instead of entering exercises from scratch every time, you pick a template and adjust it as needed.

Exercises in a template are picked from [[brix:en:exercises|the exercise code book]], and the performance parameters are the same as in a workout in a slot — their meaning is described in [[brix:en:calendar:workouts]].

===== 1. List =====

[[brix:en:filter_search:start]]

Filter fields and list columns are described in [[brix:en:workout_templates:list]].

Clicking a row opens the //**[ Template - Edit ]**// dialog; a new template is entered with the {{:icons:add.png?20|}} button in the bottom right corner of the list, which opens //**[ Template - Add ]**//. Both dialogs have the same fields.

===== 2. Template data =====

^ Field ^ Description ^
| //**{Name}**// | The name you pick the template by when building a workout — e.g. //Legs A//, //Push day//, //Knee recovery//. Mandatory. |
| //**{Active}**// | The tick marks a template that is offered when building a workout. |
| //**{Department}**// | The gym the template applies to. Empty means it applies in **all gyms** of the company. |
| //**{Trainer}**// | The trainer the template belongs to. Empty means it is available to **all trainers**. |
| //**{Member}**// | The member the template was made for. Empty means it is not personal. |
| //**{Notes}**// | The trainer's note about the template — who it is meant for, at which stage of the programme it is used. |

Values of //**{Department}**//, //**{Trainer}**// and //**{Member}**// are picked from a drop-down.

===== 3. Who a template applies to =====

Together, //**{Department}**//, //**{Trainer}**// and //**{Member}**// determine the template's **scope** — who sees it when building a workout. The more fields are filled in, the narrower the scope:

  * **All three empty**\\ A company-wide template. Available when building any workout, in all gyms and for all trainers.
  * **//{Department}// filled in**\\ Applies in that gym only, for all its trainers.
  * **//{Trainer}// filled in**\\ The trainer's own template; it is not offered to other trainers.
  * **//{Member}// filled in**\\ A template tied to that member only — an individual programme.

When a trainer opens the template drop-down in a slot, they are offered **every template that covers them** — company-wide templates, templates of their gym, their own, and those tied to the member they are working with. Templates of other trainers and other members are not shown.

<note tip>
Set the scope as wide as it can safely be. Leave a template that genuinely applies across the gym without a trainer, and make it personal only when it departs from common practice — that keeps the drop-down readable.
</note>

===== 4. Exercises in a template =====

Exercises are entered in the table at the bottom of the dialog. Each row is one exercise with its performance parameters:

^ Column ^ Meaning ^
| **#** | The exercise's position in the template. |
| **Exercise** | An exercise from the code book. |
| **Sets** | The number of groups of consecutive repetitions without rest. |
| **Repetitions** | The number of performances within one set. |
| **Load / Weight** | The weight in kilograms; the unit **kg** is shown in the field. |
| **Intensity** | Effort — a percentage of 1RM or a subjective estimate, e.g. //70%//, //RPE 7//, //50% of strength//. |
| **Rest** | The pause between sets; the unit **s** (seconds) is shown in the field. |
| **Tempo** | The speed of performance, e.g. //2-0-2//. |
| **Notes** | A short instruction for that exercise. |

==== 4.1 Adding an exercise ====

  - In the last, empty row open the drop-down in the **Exercise** column and select an exercise. The row is added to the template and a new empty row opens below it.
  - Enter the performance parameters in the remaining columns.

Next to the exercise drop-down are icons for maintaining the exercise code book without leaving the template:

  * **{Pencil}** next to the selected exercise — opens that exercise for editing.
  * **{+}** in the empty row — opens entry of a new exercise into the code book.

==== 4.2 Order and removal ====

  * **Changing the order**\\ Grab the **{⠿}** icon on the left edge of the row and drag the row where you want it. The order determines the sequence in which the exercises are performed.
  * **Removing an exercise**\\ Press **{Bin}** on the right edge of the row. Only that template item is removed; the exercise stays in the code book.

===== 5. How a template is used =====

When building a workout in a slot, in the //**[ Workout - Add ]**// dialog, you select the template in the //**{Template}**// field. All its exercises with parameters are entered into the workout at once, and you adjust them freely for that particular slot — for example lowering the load for the group or for an individual. Changes in the slot **do not change** the template.

How templates fit into the whole is described in [[brix:en:solutions:gymmetry:workouts]].

<note important>
A template and a workout stay **independent**. Once a template has been entered into a workout, later changes to the template do not touch workouts that are already scheduled.
</note>

<note>
The reverse direction — saving a finished workout from a slot as a new template — is not possible for now. Templates are built in this code book.
</note>

===== 6. Buttons =====

  * <color #ffffff/#0087ab>**SAVE**</color>\\ Stores the template with all its items and closes the dialog. Changes in the exercise table — adding, reordering and removing — are stored only here.
  * <color #ffffff/#f44336>**DELETE**</color>\\ Deletes the whole template. Shown only in the //**[ Template - Edit ]**// dialog.

<note warning>
Deleting a template is permanent and removes all its items. Workouts already built from that template into slots stay unchanged, because their values are a copy. Rather than deleting a template you no longer use, **deactivate** it — clear the //**{Active}**// tick.
</note>

===== 7. Limitations =====

  * {{:icons:important.png?16|}} //**{Name}**// is mandatory; without it the template is not saved.
  * {{:icons:important.png?16|}} A template without the //**{Active}**// tick is no longer offered when building a workout, but stays readable, and workouts built from it are unchanged.
  * {{:icons:note.png?16|}} A template is not tied to a date or a slot, so it does not appear in the calendar. You will see it only in this code book and in the template drop-down when building a workout.
  * {{:icons:note.png?16|}} Removing an exercise from a template does not touch the exercise code book, and neither does deleting the template.