How YOUB works, what it connects to, and how the coach builds, measures and adapts your training.
Getting started
- How YOUB WorksYOUB is an AI endurance coach in a chat that builds your training plan, sends it to your watch and calendar, and adapts it to the training you actually do.
- Languages and UnitsThe YOUB app is available in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish, the coach writes in any Latin-script language, and units are metric or imperial.
Connecting your data
- Supported Wearables and AppsYOUB connects to Garmin, COROS, Polar, Suunto, Wahoo, Apple Health, Strava, Whoop, Oura and more to bring in your activities, sleep and recovery.
- Planned Workouts on Your WatchYOUB sends the planned sessions of the next three days as structured workouts to Garmin, Wahoo, Suunto and the Hammerhead Karoo.
- Coaching over WhatsAppChat with the YOUB coach on WhatsApp in the same conversation as the app, after verifying your phone number in the app settings.
Training and the plan
- Training PlansThe coach builds your training plan in the chat from real sessions that go live at once, with targets from your own zones and phases toward your goal.
- How the Coach Adapts Your PlanThe coach proposes changes to your plan when your week, recovery or health changes. Your plan only changes in the chat, where you see and agree to it.
Metrics and science
- How YOUB Calculates Training LoadYOUB scores every session so that one hour at your threshold equals a Load Score of 100, using power, pace or heart rate depending on the sport.
- Fitness, Fatigue and FormFitness base is your 42-day training load, Recent load your one-week load, and Freshness the difference between them, projected forward from your plan.
- Automatic Threshold DetectionYOUB detects your cycling FTP and running threshold pace from the hard efforts in your last 42 days of training, without a test protocol.
Account, pricing and privacy
- Pricing, Free Trial and SubscriptionEverything in YOUB except talking to the coach is free; the coach subscription starts with a free trial of up to 4 weeks, depending on usage.
- Your Data, Privacy and DeletionWhat YOUB reads from your devices and calendars, what it writes back, where your data is stored, and how to disconnect a provider or delete your account.