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What is Fitiva? The app explained in three minutes
Who Fitiva is built for, what the app offers athletes and coaches, what it costs and who is behind it. The short answer to the question we hear most often.
Frederic von Borries
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Train better. Coach better.
Honest articles about training, nutrition and working with a coach. And about the business, if you coach yourself. Written by the team behind Fitiva.
Getting a training plan built: what a good plan from your coach includes
How to spot a plan that suits you: eight components, three warning signs of off-the-shelf templates and the questions you should ask beforehand.
Leon Fischer-Brocks
Hyrox preparation with a coach: your twelve-week roadmap
What Hyrox is, how the eight stations work and how to prepare for your first race in three blocks. Plus the mistakes that cost beginners the most time.
Leon Fischer-Brocks
Losing weight with a personal trainer: what is realistic in twelve weeks
How much is realistic in twelve weeks with a coach, which four levers count, what a personal trainer really does when you want to lose weight and how to spot a weak offer.
Fitiva Team
Tracking workouts: how to keep a training log that makes you stronger
What to note down in the gym, when to log it and how to review your log so training turns into progress. With an app or on paper.
Leon Fischer-Brocks
Free fitness apps 2026: what you really get for free
Five well-known apps, sorted honestly: what the free version includes, where the limit is and what the full version costs. With figures from the providers.
Frederic von Borries
Tracking food without it turning into a numbers chase
When tracking food really helps, which three methods there are, how long you should keep it up and when you're better off stopping. With a coach, with an app or with a photo.
Fitiva Team
Becoming a personal trainer: qualifications, registration, earnings and your first clients
What you really need to work as a personal trainer in Germany: routes to a qualification, tax and pension, honest numbers and the way to your first clients.
Leon Fischer-Brocks
Online, in person or hybrid: which coaching suits you?
Three models, three different products. What in-person training, online coaching and the hybrid model offer, what they cost and which one fits your everyday life.
Fitiva Team
Coaching software compared 2026: six tools for coaches
Compared by price for 15 athletes, payments, plans and AI, apps and language. With figures from the providers' pricing pages, as of September 2026.
Frederic von Borries
Finding a personal trainer: 7 questions before your first session
How to spot a good coach before you spend any money. Seven questions about qualifications, method, price and working together, and the answers you want to hear.
Fitiva Team
What does personal training cost?
Single session, package or online coaching: how coaches in Germany charge, what drives the price and how to compare offers fairly.
Leon Fischer-Brocks
Coaching software for personal trainers: the eight features that count
Calendar, payments, plans, check ins, AI: what software for coaches has to do so it saves time instead of costing it. A checklist for choosing one.
Frederic von Borries
Ava: what the AI can do between your sessions. And what she can't.
Ava knows your plan, your workouts and your goal. What she is built for, where her limits are and why your coach keeps the final say.
Frederic von Borries
The Sunday evening trap: where coaches' time really goes
Matching payments, copying plans, confirming appointments, answering messages. Where the hours around training disappear and what to automate first.
Leon Fischer-Brocks
Finding a run club: how to simply join in
What a run club is, why parkrun is the easiest start and how to find your group in your city. Plus the unwritten rules for your first time.
Fitiva Team
Fitness in Munich: where the city really trains
Englischer Garten, Olympiapark, Isar, Westpark. Where Munich runs, lifts and meets up, with free options and tips for anyone new in town.
Fitiva Team
Free, Pro or Elite: how we built the plans for coaches
Why there are three plans for coaches, at what revenue a switch pays off, what the Fitiva fee is and which Stripe card fee comes on top.
Leon Fischer-Brocks
New on the map: run clubs and events near you
A run club isn't a gym, but it is community. Why events belong on the map, what you find there and what coaches can do with them.
Frederic von Borries
The 4-week sprint: programmes athletes actually see through
Long plans win on paper and lose in the gym. Short sprints with one goal, three sessions a week and visible progress keep athletes going.
Fitiva Team
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