Terms of Service

1. What LiftingLabs is

LiftingLabs is software for strength and powerbuilding programming. We read your training history (from connected logging apps or manual entry), compute prescriptions using documented training-science frameworks, and present them to you. We track volume against published landmarks, autoregulate from your reported RPE, and flag fatigue patterns. We don't move barbells. You do.

2. What LiftingLabs is not

• Not medical advice. See our Not Medical Advice page. If anything hurts in a way training shouldn't, see a qualified professional.
• Not a coach replacement. A great coach watches you move and adapts in real time. We automate the math.
• Not a guarantee. Strength and physique outcomes depend on adherence, recovery, nutrition, genetics, and a dozen factors outside our control.

3. Who can use LiftingLabs

You must be 18 or older to create an account. LiftingLabs is built for adults and we don't offer a version for anyone younger.

Two reasons, both deliberate. The engine prescribes loads and effort levels against your training maxes, which is not something we're willing to put in front of a minor without a coach in the room. And Community publishes training history, including days you logged as sick or injured.

We don't knowingly collect anything from anyone under 18. If we learn an account belongs to someone under 18, we'll close it and delete the data. If you believe a minor has an account, email info@liftinglabs.app.

4. Your account

You're responsible for the security of your login credentials. Don't share your account. Tell us promptly if you suspect unauthorized access. We'll act on account-deletion requests in line with our Privacy Policy.

5. Your data

You own your training data. We process it to power the engine. You can export everything to JSON any time from the app (Settings → Your data → Export my data). Deleting your account (Settings → Delete account) irreversibly removes every row attached to your user ID: TMs, sets, prescriptions, volume ledger, mesocycles, deload events, connector accounts, exercise mappings, and anything you posted to Community. Aggregated, de-identified statistics may be retained for internal analytics.

6. Community

Your profile is private until you make it public. Nothing you logged before you turn it on is ever published. Going public is not retroactive.

What a public profile publishes

• Your workouts, from the moment you go public onward.
• The weights and reps you actually lifted.
• The day, how long each workout took, and your PRs and badges.
• Days you logged as sick, traveling, or working around an injury.
• The nickname you choose. Your real name is never shown.

The fourth line is health information about you. We list it separately, in the app and here, because consent to publish it only means something if you were told it was in the set.

What a public profile never publishes

Your readiness check-ins (sleep, soreness, stress, mood), your bodyweight, and your training maxes. These stay private whatever your profile setting, and there is no option that publishes them.

Turning it back off

Your profile and posts leave the feed immediately. They're hidden rather than deleted, so if you go public again later they come back. To remove a post for good, delete the post, or delete your account to remove everything.

What you post

You keep ownership of everything you post. You give us permission to store and display it inside LiftingLabs while it's public, and nothing more: we don't use your posts in advertising, we don't license them to anyone else, and we don't train models on them. That permission ends when you delete the content or your account, apart from copies in backups, which age out within 30 days.

You're responsible for what you post, and you need the right to post it.

What you may not post

• Harassment, threats, or abuse aimed at anyone.
• Hate speech or slurs targeting a protected group.
• Sexual content, and any content involving a minor.
• Impersonating another person, lifter, coach, or brand, or implying you speak for LiftingLabs.
• Spam, scams, or promotion of unapproved or illegal substances.
• Advice, challenges, or dares that would put someone at serious risk of injury.
• Somebody else's personal information.

Reporting, blocking, and moderation

Every post, comment, and profile has a Report action, and you can block any account from its profile. Blocking works both ways and neither side is told. We review reports within 24 hours and may hide or remove content, or suspend or close an account, with or without notice. Repeatedly posting what this section prohibits will cost you your account.

Nicknames

Your nickname is public. It may not impersonate anyone or suggest you speak for LiftingLabs. You can change it once every 30 days. We can reclaim a nickname that impersonates, infringes, or is reserved.

Sponsored athletes

A sponsored-athlete tag means that person has a paid or commission-based relationship with LiftingLabs. Read what they post as an endorsement, because that is what it is. The tag appears on their profile and beside their name so you always know before you read the post.

7. Acceptable use

Don't use LiftingLabs to: scrape our system, reverse-engineer the engine, attempt to compromise other users, or feed our LLM features prompts designed to evade the medical-advice and content guardrails. We'll suspend accounts that do.

8. Billing

While we're building, the full engine is free. When Pro launches, you'll see prices in-app before anything changes. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled before the renewal date. We honor refund requests within 7 days of charge for any reason. Manage or cancel your subscription any time from your Apple ID subscription settings.

9. Liability

LiftingLabs is provided as-is. We're not liable for injuries, lost gains, missed competitions, or any indirect damages. Train within your limits. The math is deterministic; the lifting is yours.

10. Changes

We may update these terms. If we change anything material, you'll see a banner in-app and an email to the address on file before the change takes effect.