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Search the exercise library

Find exercises by name, narrow by muscle group or equipment, and watch demo videos.

Time
2 min
You'll need:
A Koach account you’re signed in to

The exercise library is the same search you use everywhere you pick an exercise - building a plan, adding one mid-workout, or just browsing on its own page. This guide covers browsing it directly.

1. Open the library

From the workout tab, tap Exercises next to Manage plans. The search box is at the top.

2. Search and filter

Start typing an exercise name. Search runs once you've typed at least two characters; matching results then appear grouped by muscle group. Narrow further with the Muscle group and Equipment dropdowns - they filter the results you already searched for, so change your search text first if you want a different exercise entirely.

The Exercises page: 'squat' in the search box, Muscle group and Equipment filters set to All, one result - Back Squat, tagged Library, grouped under Legs - and a My exercises section below with an Add custom exercise button and one custom exercise, Cable pull-through, tagged Glutes.

3. View an exercise's details

Tap any result to open its details: the muscles it targets and, if one's available, a demo video you can watch right there. If there's no video yet, you can search for the exercise on YouTube instead.

The Back Squat exercise detail dialog open over the Exercises page: tags Legs and Barbell, the message 'No video for this exercise yet', and a Search on YouTube link.

4. Your custom exercises

Below the search, My exercises lists every exercise you've added yourself. From there you can edit or delete any of them.

The Edit custom exercise form for Cable pull-through: a Name field, primary and secondary muscle chip grids with Glutes and Hamstrings selected, and a sticky Save changes bar pinned at the bottom.

When it goes wrong

  • A custom exercise won't delete. If it's used in a workout plan or has logged session history, deleting is blocked - remove it from those places first, then try again.
  • Search shows nothing at all. Search needs at least two characters. Until it has them the results area shows the hint "Search the exercise library by name" instead of results.