User guide
How to do each thing in AbsoluteForce, step by step. The numbers on each drawing match the numbered steps beside it.
01
Put the app on the iPhone or iPad
One tap from the home screen, full screen, like any other app.
- 1Open Safari and go to absoluteforce.athletepro.es.
- 2Press Share, the square with the arrow: at the bottom on an iPhone, at the top right on an iPad.
- 3Choose Add to Home Screen, keep the name AbsoluteForce. and press Add.
- 4Open it from the black AF. icon and sign in once inside it with Remember me ticked. iOS keeps it apart from Safari, so it asks once more.
- 5On Android, Chrome's ⋮ menu → Add to Home screen does the same.
02
Start the day on Home
One screen tells you what is on, who needs attention and where the season stands.
- 1Today's session: press Go to session to see every exercise.
- 2Alerts to review: one line per athlete. Press All alerts for the detail.
- 3This week: the block you are in and the days to the next competition.
03
Find anything fast
One box that goes to any athlete, exercise, template or page.
- 1Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows), or the magnifier in the top bar.
- 2Type part of a name.
- 3Choose with the arrows and press Enter, or tap the result. Press ? anywhere for the list of keyboard shortcuts.
04
The app in Chinese
Everything the team writes can be read in Chinese, names included.
- 1EN / 中文 at the top switches your own account, on every device.
- 2Athletes → Chinese names fills in the squad's names in one screen.
- 3For a new athlete, type the name in Chinese and the Latin spelling and the short code write themselves: 刘星 → Liu Xing, LX.
- 4Exercises, session templates, the prescriptions and the equipment are already translated, so the sheet you send the athletes reads in Chinese throughout.
05
Record a test
Three ways in. Use whichever suits the day.
- 1One athlete: Data → New test. Not in the list? Press + New athlete in the same form.
- 2The whole squad: Data → Whole squad. Tab moves right, Enter moves down, like a spreadsheet. A value in red is outside the usual range for that test.
- 3Away from the app: download the Blank Excel sheet, fill it in, then upload it in Data → Import.
- 4Only rows with numbers are saved. A value in red is outside the usual range: check it before saving.
06
Log what was done
After the session, who trained and how hard it felt. This is the load the plan is compared with.
- 1Periodisation → Today's session, and scroll to Who did it. ✓ for done, ✗ for missed, with a note for why.
- 2RPE is what the athlete answers: 1 very easy, 10 maximal. Minutes come from the plan unless the session ran shorter or longer.
- 3All done ticks everyone at once; correct the exceptions afterwards.
- 4The season plan then shows, under the sessions of each past week, how many each athlete did and the load they carried.
07
Read an alert
Each athlete is compared with their own recent tests. Read the card from top to bottom.
- 1Who and what: the metric that moved most, by how much, and on which test.
- 2The value now against their usual one, in real units.
- 3!! Alert: far from their usual. ! Attention: outside their usual range.
- 4What to do. With a single test it may be a bad jump: retest before changing training.
- 5Mark as reviewed once you have dealt with it. It only comes back if it gets worse.
- 6Done with it? Delete it, one at a time or several at once with the boxes. That run never comes back; only a fresh drop raises a new alert. Undo appears for a few seconds.
08
Give an athlete their report
One printable page with where an athlete stands, for them, for their coach or for the federation.
- 1Athletes → open the athlete. Their alert, every metric against their own normal, and their own changes to the plan.
- 2Press Report (PDF) for the clean page: status, each metric now against usual, its recent shape, and the latest tests.
- 3Choose 中文 or EN, then save it as a PDF or print it.
09
Send today's session to the athletes
A clean page, in Chinese or English, ready for the team's WeChat group.
- 1Periodisation → Today's session → Sheet for WeChat / PDF.
- 2Choose 中文 or EN at the top.
- 3Save it as a PDF, or take a screenshot, and send it to the group. Whole week at the top sends the seven days on one page instead.
10
Build the season plan
The macrocycle works like your spreadsheet: one column per week.
- 1Drag across weeks to select them, then choose the week type: A, T or R, and Load or Deload.
- 2Move a block by its grip ⠿, or stretch it by dragging its edge.
- 3Put a competition on its exact day. Generate stage builds the weeks leading to it.
- 4Warnings ⚠ point out blocks that run too long, or loads with no deload.
11
Move or change a session
The calendar fills itself from the week types. Any day can be changed by hand.
- 1Travelling? Drag the session from Wednesday to Tuesday. On an iPad, press and hold, then drag.
- 2The + on a day adds a session from the library.
- 3Open a session to change its exercises for that day only; the template stays as it is.
- 4Made a mistake? Undo appears at the bottom after every change, and ⌘Z does the same.
12
Change the plan for one athlete
Injured, travelling or ahead: adjust one person without touching the team.
- 1At the top of the calendar, choose the athlete.
- 2Move, add or rest their days as usual. Only their calendar changes.
- 3The team plan stays as it is, and their profile lists their own changes.
13
Undo a mistake
Almost everything can be taken back, and nothing deleted is gone for 30 days.
- 1Just deleted something? Press Undo in the message at the bottom. It stays for 8 seconds.
- 2In the calendar and the season plan, Undo appears after every change, and ⌘Z does the same.
- 3Want an earlier version of a test, athlete, exercise or template? Its ⋯ menu → History lists every version and who made it. Restore brings one back.
- 4Later on, Platform → Trash keeps what was deleted for 30 days. Coaches bring back what they deleted; managers, anything.
14
Invite a coach
Coaches join your team with the team link. Only managers can invite.
- 1Go to People, make the team link and copy it there and then: it is shown once. Or send it by email, which makes its own link.
- 2The coach opens the link and creates an account.
- 3They confirm their email and join as a coach. You receive a notice.
- 4To make them a manager, change their role in People.
15
Keep the account safe
Who can get in, and what to do if a phone or a link goes astray.
- 1Settings → Two-step verification → Turn on, then type your password. Scan the QR with Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator or 1Password.
- 2From then on, after your password the app asks for the six digits the phone shows. Someone who learns your password still cannot get in.
- 3Save the eight spare codes it gives you. Each one gets you in once if the phone is lost; they are shown only when you turn it on.
- 4The team link in People is shown once, when it is made: copy it then. Asking for a new one kills the old, so a link that went astray can be replaced. Signing out also wipes what the iPad kept for the gym.