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2026.05.13.0002

Watch the move, then make it: demo videos in every workout

For All Coaches

Your athletes can now watch the movement before they make it.

When you paste a demo URL into the Media URL field on an exercise, Smagpie now recognizes YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram reels, TikTok, and direct mp4 links — not just YouTube. The video card renders for you while you’re editing the exercise, and renders for your athlete inside their active session.

For coaches building libraries, a live preview updates as you paste the URL — no need to save the form and reopen it to check whether the link works. The preview sits right under the URL field while you type.

For athletes mid-workout, every strength exercise card now has a tap-to-expand demo card under the exercise name. Tap it, watch the movement, collapse it, lift. The same demo card shows up in the mid-session exercise picker when athletes browse or swap exercises — so they can preview before committing to a swap.

Instagram and TikTok always render as click-to-expand cards (privacy and load-time friendly) — the embed only loads when an athlete chooses to expand it. If a network filter blocks the embed, the card falls back to a “View on Instagram” or “View on TikTok” link that always works.

We also fixed a regression in the active-session jump-to drawer: circuit exercises are now visible. Previously, if you assigned a workout with a “Circuit · 3 rounds” block containing three exercises (say, Dead Bug / Side Plank / Pallof Press), the athlete could only see the circuit by reaching it sequentially — the drawer listed nothing. Now circuits appear as a single tappable row in the drawer, with the child exercises listed underneath and a compact round badge (R1/3 → R3/3) showing progress. Tapping back into a circuit mid-round resumes at the exact same round and exercise.

How this helps your coaching

  • For coaches:

    Paste a YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram reel, TikTok, or direct mp4 URL into the Media URL field on any exercise. A live preview renders as you type, and your athletes see the same demo card under each exercise during their workout.

  • For athletes:

    Tap the demo card on any exercise in your active session to expand and watch the movement before you lift. Circuit exercises now show up in the jump-to drawer too, so you can see what's inside and resume right where you left off.