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Build strength

You want to build muscle and feel stronger. That usually means eating more protein and getting to the gym more consistently. I'll help you follow through on both.

[BodyBuddy] stays on top of me and my goals even when I'm tired or just don't want to.
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A man in his fifties setting a dumbbell back on the rack in a bright garage gym

12 weeks

push day 🏋️ last week you benched 135 for 8. same again, or add 5?
  1. First 20 minutes

    State your why

    We talk before anything else. I ask what you're after, whether that's a number on the bar, a shirt that fits differently, or just feeling strong again.

  2. Day 1

    Pick a plan or bring yours

    Choose a plan from the library, or send me your PT's program or a workout routine you're following on YouTube. If you're starting fresh, try BodyBuddy Foundations, our 90-Day Habit Reset. We build one habit at a time alongside your training, and I help you stick with it.

  3. Week 1

    Get a baseline for movement and food

    Text me your meals, your workouts, and how active your usual day is. We look at your current eating and movement habits together, including protein and how often you train. Then we set targets around your starting point and the week you actually have.

  4. During the week

    Keep showing up

    We work on making training fit your week. Text me what you lifted and how it felt, and I help you keep track. As you get stronger, we look at adding a little weight or another rep, with your form and recovery setting the pace. If getting there is the hard part, we work on that first.

  5. 1–2 days a week

    Rest when your body needs it

    I keep track of your sleep from your devices or from what you tell me, and I work out your sleep debt. Helping you recover is part of my coaching, so we talk about when to rest as well as when to train. Sore is fine. Pain gets worked around, and if it lasts, I send you to someone who can look at it.

  6. Sundays

    Weekly recap

    We look at your workouts, your meals, and how you felt. If training was consistent but protein kept falling short, we work on food next. You leave with one thing to focus on for the week.

  7. Weeks 4 to 8

    Life gets in the way

    Around this point, we often see life throw something at even our most consistent clients: a trip, a setback, or a brutal stretch at work. If that happens, we find manageable workouts and easy meals for the week you actually have, so you can keep going.

  8. Month 3 and on

    Plan ahead and push through plateaus

    We plan for trips and busy weeks before they arrive, so you know how training and meals will fit. When your lifts stall, we look at your workouts, food, and recovery together. We work out what needs adjusting and set the next goal from where you are now.

Who is this for

Never lifted beforeWe start with a manageable training plan and meals that support it. You can learn both as you go.
Coming back after a breakWe start lighter than your old numbers and add from there.
You have a program alreadyKeep the program you like. I'll help you follow it and get your meals and protein into a routine too.
Training for somethingTell me the date and the plan counts back from it.
Over fifty and staying strongProgress comes in small steps, and rest days are part of the plan.
Your PT or doctor said toBring their instructions. I help you keep track of what you do and follow through between visits.

Log a workout the way you'd write it in Notes

Type your sets the way you already do, in whatever shorthand you use, and text it to me. I read it, log every set, and send back a card with the session on it.

I'll send short lessons when they apply

Everyone getting stronger hits the same walls. The mirror doesn't change for weeks. The motivation to go runs out. A missed week feels like starting over. When you hit one, I text you a short lesson on it: a few picture cards you can flip through, right in our thread. Here is one of them.

week 5 and honestly i dont look any different. is this even doing anything
five weeks of showing up is the part that's working, even while the mirror hasn't caught up. there's a way of seeing this that helps, so I'm sending you a few cards on it. tell me what you think
A coaching concept card titled the stonecutter's credo

Features

Text iteggs, coffee, 20 min walk
Talk it0:14
Snap itmeal photo

Log with a photo, a voice note, or a text

Text me a meal photo and I estimate the calories and protein. Your food and workouts stay in the same thread.

Live updates in the Dynamic Island

With the app, your day sits at the top of your phone while you text me.

BodyBuddy at the center of Apple Health, Whoop, Oura, Garmin Connect, Withings, and Strava, connected by curved lines

Apple Health and device integrations

Steps, sleep, and workouts sync from your phone or device, giving me a fuller picture of your health and deeper insights into your progress.

How's my bench press progressing?

Bench press progress

12 weeks · best set of 8 reps · lb

Started at
165 lb
Latest
185 lb
Progress
+20 lb

Ask me about any of your data

Ask a question about anything we've tracked and I send back a chart, right in the thread.

Text like you're talking to a friend

Tap to start a conversation if this sounds like you.

Common questions

Do I need a gym?

No. The plan library has dumbbell-only and bodyweight plans, and I run whatever you pick the same way: today's session on the day it's due, and the weights you text me kept for next time.

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I already have a program. Can I use it?

Yes. Send it as a photo, a screenshot, a PDF, or a link from a coach or a creator, and I run it as written. Nothing gets rewritten unless you ask.

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How do I log a workout?

Type it the way you'd write it in Notes: the exercise, the weight, the sets and reps. I read it and keep it. There's a template if you want one.

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How do you know when to add weight?

I apply your plan's own rule. When you hit the top of the rep range with reps in reserve, I say so and suggest the next step up. When you miss, we hold the weight.

Is this for women?

Yes. The plans are the same and the guidelines are the same. The full page has what the trials found in women, including the answer to the bulking question, with the sources.

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Can I lose fat and build muscle at the same time?

For many people, yes, especially if you're newer to training or coming back after a break. It takes protein in view every day and a modest deficit. The full page has the numbers the sources give.

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What if I miss a week?

We pick up where you left off, a little lighter than the last session, and add from there. Missing is normal; the thing that matters is that someone asks about the next one.

Francis, founder of BodyBuddy

Hi, I'm Francis 👋

Nobody fails a plan on day one. They fail it on the Wednesday nobody asked about. I built this to be the one who asks.

Francis John, BodyBuddy FounderText me

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No one is reading your texts

Nobody monitors your thread. A conversation is reviewed by our own staff only in limited cases, such as a request for human help or a safety concern, and never shared outside.

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Everyone gives you a plan.BodyBuddy texts you until it happens.

A coach that stays with you through every plan, every setback, and all the days in between.