Tonal AI Workout Builder

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about TonalAI

What makes TonalAI different?

Not another generic workout generator. Built for Tonal, by a Tonal athlete.

Direct to Tonal
One tap and your custom workout is on your Tonal, ready to go. No copying exercises from a list, no manual recreation. Generated, sent, done.
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Your Real Exercise Library
We pull your actual Tonal exercise library so every movement we suggest exists on your machine. No phantom exercises.
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Daily Readiness
Tell us how you're feeling today and your workout adapts. Sore? Fatigued? Fresh? You get the right workout for how your body shows up, not a rigid program that ignores recovery.
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Visual Muscle Targeting
Tap the muscles you want to hit or avoid on an interactive body map. Focus on what matters, protect what's sore.
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Smart Rest Periods
TonalAI automatically programs optimal rest periods between exercises, sets, and blocks based on your workout type, intensity, and fitness level. Strength work gets longer rest. Conditioning gets shorter rest. It's all dialed in for you.
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Full Tonal Feature Integration
Your AI-generated workouts aren't stripped-down exercise lists. They fully integrate with Tonal's ecosystem — weight recommendations, dynamic weight modes, rep tracking, and progress monitoring all work exactly like they do in Tonal's own coach-led programs.

Getting Started

TonalAI is an AI-powered workout and program generator built specifically for Tonal owners. Tell us your goals, experience level, and any movement restrictions, and we'll build personalized workouts using Tonal's full exercise library and send them directly to your machine.
TonalAI is free during our beta period. Paid plans with additional features are coming soon.
You can generate workouts without connecting, but you'll need to connect your Tonal account to send workouts to your machine. Go to Profile and enter your Tonal credentials. We use them once to authenticate and store an encrypted token — your password is never saved.
Yes! TonalAI works on any device with a web browser — phone, tablet, or computer. The mobile interface is optimized for touch with large tap targets and an interactive body map.

Safety & Privacy

Yes. We only read your workout history and exercise library to personalize your programs. We never modify your Tonal account, delete workouts, or change settings. Your credentials are stored encrypted on our server and are never exposed in the browser.
No. Custom workouts are a built-in Tonal feature. TonalAI simply makes creating them faster and smarter.
During onboarding, you tell us which movement patterns to avoid — things like overhead pressing, deep squats, or floor exercises. TonalAI treats these as hard rules and will never include a restricted movement in your workout. You can also tell us to reduce volume for specific body areas. Update your restrictions anytime in your profile. TonalAI is a fitness tool — if you're unsure which movements to avoid, work with your healthcare provider first.

Using TonalAI

Yes. After the AI generates a workout, you can add, remove, or swap any exercise before sending it to your Tonal.
During beta: 5 individual workouts and 2 full programs per day.
A Workout is a single session you can generate and send immediately. A Program is a structured multi-week plan (1-8 weeks) with progressive overload built in. Programs generate multiple workouts at once with proper periodization across the full training cycle.
Focus tells the AI to target those muscles. Sore reduces intensity for those areas. Avoid skips exercises that work those muscles entirely. Tap a muscle group, then select a tool from the toolbar.
TonalAI pulls your muscle readiness data directly from your Tonal account to inform every workout we generate. If your chest is still recovering from yesterday's session, we know — and we'll adjust your workout accordingly. This happens automatically behind the scenes so every workout is optimized for where your body is today, not just where you want it to be.
The AI considers your experience level, goals, movement restrictions, how you're feeling today, recently completed workouts (to avoid overtraining), and the specific muscle groups you selected. It only uses exercises from Tonal's actual movement library so everything is guaranteed to work on your machine.
After sending, close and restart the Tonal app on your machine. Then go to Library → My Workouts (or Custom Workouts). Your AI-generated workout will appear there. Tonal caches data locally, so a restart is needed to pick up new custom workouts.
First, make sure you saw the "Workout sent to Tonal!" confirmation. If you did, close and fully restart the Tonal app — it needs a fresh load to show new custom workouts. If it still doesn't appear, try disconnecting and reconnecting your Tonal account in Profile.
TonalAI can't delete workouts from your Tonal. To remove a custom workout, open the Tonal app, go to My Workouts, select the workout, and delete it from there.

Support

Email us at support@tonalai.app. We typically respond within 24 hours.
Email support@tonalai.app with a description of what happened, what you expected, and any screenshots if possible. Include the device and browser you were using. We take every report seriously and will follow up.