Frequently Asked Questions

Workout With Me is a free social fitness app that helps you find training partners nearby. Open the live map to see workout sessions happening at gyms and street workout parks around you, request to join one, or host your own session and approve who trains with you. It is available on iOS and Android.

Open the map and look for sessions around you: green markers are live right now, scheduled ones show a start time. Each potential partner shows a strength compatibility percentage based on your lifts, so you can pick someone who trains at your level. Request to join, the host approves you, and you train together.

Yes. The live map, strength compatibility matching, hosting and joining sessions, chat, and workout tracking are all free on iOS and Android. WWM Pro is optional and unlocks the S.H.A.R.P training engine plus the advanced analytics, from $7.99 a month.

The app compares your lifts across muscle groups with other users and shows a compatibility percentage for each potential partner. A high match means your working weights are close, so you can share a bar, swap plates quickly, and spot each other safely.

Yes. During shared sessions you log sets, reps, and weight in real time. The app tracks your training volume, detects personal records automatically, and updates your strength profile, so you and your partner can push each other with real numbers.

Host your own session. Your workout appears on the map with your strength profile attached, so compatible lifters nearby can find you instead. Hosting is free, so this always works even if nobody near you has posted a session yet.

S.H.A.R.P is the training engine inside Workout With Me. It builds your training cycles around your goals, schedules sessions around your recovery, and adapts the plan as you log workouts, so you are always training muscles that are actually ready to work.

No. Beginners can join sessions at their own level thanks to strength compatibility matching, and the S.H.A.R.P planner builds a structured plan for you from day one. Training with a partner is one of the most effective ways for a beginner to stay consistent.

You are in control of who sees you. When you explore workouts on Workout With Me, you only see sessions their hosts chose to make visible: every workout has its own visibility setting (everyone, friends only, or private), and every join request needs the host's approval before anyone trains together. Your profile has visibility controls too, including a Solo mode that hides you from other users entirely. See our safety features in detail for more on how visibility and approval work, or read our blog post Is Workout With Me Safe? for a deep dive.

Only participants of the workout you've joined can see where the session takes place, and the host approved each of them personally. Live location sharing is entirely opt-in, you choose whether to enable it, and you can turn it off at any time during a workout.

When a workout ends, it is archived in our system. You can request full deletion of your data at any time through the data deletion form on this website or by contacting us at support@workoutwithme.fit. We do not sell or share raw location data with advertisers.

Background location tracking is completely opt-in. If you enable it, Android shows a persistent foreground service notification so you're always aware tracking is active. Location updates occur at 5-minute intervals. You can disable background tracking at any time in your device settings or within the app.

Gender-specific workouts are designed as safe spaces, similar to women-only fitness groups or LGBTQ+-only social workouts. Many users, particularly women and LGBTQ+ individuals, feel safer training in groups with people who share similar experiences. These features exist to protect vulnerable groups, not to discriminate. See how safe training spaces work in practice. The community can self-regulate through our reporting system if these features are misused.

Yes. Non-binary and LGBTQ+ users can see and join LGBTQ+-only workouts in addition to all open workouts. Users who select "Prefer Not to Say" for their gender will see all workouts set to "Everyone." We are continuously working to make our gender options and filtering more inclusive based on community feedback.

We use an honor-based system backed by community reporting. If a user misrepresents themselves to access a restricted workout, other participants can report them immediately. Reports are reviewed by our admin team, and appropriate action is taken. This approach balances privacy (we don't require identity documents) with community safety.

These features are designed to protect, not exclude. Safe-space models are widely used across fitness, social, and community platforms. Creating a "Women Only" workout, for example, provides a space where women can train without feeling vulnerable, a real safety concern for many people. If you believe a workout's restrictions are being misused for discriminatory purposes, please report it.

Our 24-hour message expiry is a deliberate privacy-first design choice. It reduces the amount of personal data stored on our servers, minimizes the risk of data breaches exposing old conversations, and encourages real-time, in-person connections, which is the whole point of Workout With Me. Think of it as Snapchat for lifters.

Report the user immediately using the in-app report button. Even though messages disappear from your view after 24 hours, they are retained on our backend specifically for admin review purposes. Our team can access reported message history to investigate harassment claims and take appropriate action.

No. Blocking is completely opaque by design. When you block someone, they see "User not found" when trying to view your profile, they have no way to tell whether you blocked them or deleted your account. Your workouts, messages, and profile become completely invisible to the blocked user, and vice versa.

Your report is reviewed by our admin team, typically within 24 hours. You can choose from 6 report categories: harassment, inappropriate behavior, spam, fake profile, safety concern, or other. You can also add a detailed description. Your identity as the reporter is kept completely anonymous, the reported user will never know who filed the report.

Yes. If your account has been restricted or suspended, you can reach out to us at support@workoutwithme.fit or use the contact form below. Every case is reviewed individually by our team, and we will provide an explanation of the decision and next steps.

Workout With Me collects the information needed to provide the service: your email address, name, phone number (optional), date of birth, gender, location data during workouts, messages you send, and your profile photo. We do not collect data from other apps on your device, and we do not access your contacts, camera roll, or browsing history.

Yes, and we mean all of it. When you delete your account, we perform a full cascade deletion: your profile, messages, friend connections, workout history, photos, settings, push tokens, and blocked/reported user lists are all permanently removed. You can also request data deletion via the form on this website without needing to log into the app.

We share the minimum data necessary with service providers: Google Maps receives coordinates to display maps, and Twilio handles phone verification via SMS. We use Resend for email delivery. We never sell your personal data to advertisers, data brokers, or any other third party. For full details, see our Privacy Policy.

Yes. Workout hosts have full control over who joins their workouts and are not required to provide a reason for declining. This is by design, it gives hosts the autonomy to curate their training group based on their comfort level. If you believe you were declined for discriminatory reasons unrelated to safety, you can report the workout.

Multiple layers of protection: every join request must be approved by the workout host, users can be blocked instantly, gender preference filters let hosts create restricted workouts, friends-only visibility prevents strangers from discovering certain workouts, and the community reporting system allows anyone to flag concerning behavior. Learn more about our safe social training experience.

Your safety comes first, always. If you feel unsafe, leave the workout immediately. You can block and report the user directly from the app. Contact our support team at support@workoutwithme.fit for follow-up. If you are in immediate danger, always call your local emergency services first. Workout With Me is not a substitute for emergency response.

Yes. You must be at least 18 years old to create an account. We collect your date of birth during signup to verify this. If we determine that an account belongs to a minor, it will be removed from the platform. Creating a profile that misrepresents your age is a violation of our Community Guidelines.

Your phone number is optional. If you provide it, it enables two-factor authentication (2FA) for stronger account security and allows account recovery via SMS if you forget your password. Your phone number is never displayed to other users and is only used for verification and security purposes.