What happens when I ask a coach to take me on?

Your request reaches the coach straight away. While you wait you can already chat with them, and nothing you log is lost.

How to ask

• On a coach's profile, tap Message coach, write a few lines and tap Send. You can send one message per coach per day.
• In Find a coach, a coach without a profile page opens a short card instead. There the button is Ask to join roster.

Both need a free Fitiva account.

While you wait

• Your dashboard shows the request under In conversation, and Open chat takes you to the conversation.
• Everything you log in the meantime counts.
• You can ask other coaches too, up to three open requests at once.
• Take it back withdraws the request.

When the coach answers

You get a notification either way.

• Accepted: you are now their athlete. They see your profile and what you log, including your training history, and can plan your training.
• Declined: nothing changes for you, and you can ask another coach.

If a coach has no free place left, you see "This coach is not taking on new athletes right now."

On the Free plan you train with one coach at a time. A request does not use up that place, but a coach can only accept you while you have no other coach. Premium removes the limit.

Booked a session first? If a coach accepted your booking but has not taken you on, you are their guest, which costs neither of you a place. On My Profile, that coach's card shows Work together. Working together for the long run is something you both say yes to: one of you offers, the other taps Accept.