Import a program from a photo or text

Found a workout on a whiteboard, in a magazine, on a coach's printout or in a screenshot? Take a photo of it, or paste the text, and Liftspan turns it into a program it coaches for you, around your joints and your equipment. You check everything before anything changes.

Import a program

1. Sign in, if you are not already. Importing needs an account.
2. Open 🗺️ Plan → Change program, and on the 📷 Import a program card tap Import a program.
3. Tap 📷 Take or choose a photo, or paste the program into the text box. You can do both. On iPhone, photos need Liftspan 1.0.6 or later; on older versions, paste the text.
4. Tap Read my program. It takes a few seconds.

Check your program

The program opens in the builder as Check your program, with a summary at the top: how many lines Liftspan read, how many matched its library, and how many need a look.

• Swapped for your joints: any move that loads a joint you flagged has already been swapped for a named alternative. Tap Keep to use the original instead.
• We could not match: lines Liftspan could not place. Tap a suggestion to add it with that line's sets and reps, or 🔍 Find it to search.
• Best guess: moves Liftspan is less sure about are marked, with alternatives and a ✓ That's right button.
• Reps: choose Keep their reps, and Liftspan progresses you inside the program's own rep ranges, or Use Liftspan's ranges for your goal.
• Left out: warm-ups, cardio and anything unreadable.

Pick a save slot and tap Save program. From then on it is a normal saved program: Liftspan sets the weights, moves them up, plans deloads and keeps your streak. Nothing changes until you save.

How many imports

Your first import is free. Pro members get 10 imports a month PRO. An import that fails to read does not use one up.

Privacy

Your photo or text is sent to Liftspan's server and to Anthropic, the AI provider that reads it, only to build the program. It is not kept afterwards. Only import programs you have the right to use.

Common questions