Top 7 Skool Alternatives for Online Fitness Coaches in 2026

The best Skool alternatives for online fitness coaches are the tools that keep what Skool does well (a lively group, a classroom, simple onboarding) and add what a paying training client actually needs between check-ins: a workout program they can log, habits and weekly check-ins you can review, 1:1 calls they can book, a signed agreement, and payments that run through your own processor. Skool was built for communities. Online fitness coaching is a client journey with a group attached, and that is the gap most coaches hit once they pass a handful of clients.

Our pick is Coachful, because it covers the whole journey (website, funnel, booking, agreement, payment, program, check-ins, community) under one login, with a client app that carries your branding. We make Coachful, so weigh that, and read the six other options below: two are course and community platforms, three are dedicated personal-training apps, and one sits in between. Each entry ends with the situation where you should pick it over Coachful.

This guide is workflow-led. We map the four stages of an online fitness client's journey, show which tool covers which stage, then rank the tools, price out real stacks at 5, 15 and 40 clients, and finish with a migration plan off Skool. If you coach in person as well as online, our broader list of Skool alternatives for fitness coaches covers studio-style setups too.

What does an online fitness coach need at each stage of the client journey?

An online fitness coach needs four things in sequence: a way to attract strangers, a way to enroll them cleanly, a way to deliver training between calls, and a way to keep them past the first block. Skool handles parts of the first and last stages very well; the middle two are where the friction shows up.

Attract: content, a website and a way to capture leads

Most online trainers find clients through Instagram, YouTube and referrals. What turns a follower into a lead is a destination: a website with a clear offer, a lead magnet such as a four-week beginner plan, and an email sequence that follows up. Skool's discovery directory can send people to a free group, which is a real advantage, but Skool has no custom-domain website, no funnels and no email automation, so the rest of your marketing lives in other tools.

Enroll: consult call, agreement, payment, intake

A typical enrollment for a 12-week online program runs: free consult call, then an offer, then a signed coaching agreement, then payment (often a payment plan or monthly subscription), then an intake form covering training history, injuries, equipment and goals. Skool has no 1:1 booking, no agreements and no intake forms tied to a client record, and payments go only through Skool Payments.

Deliver: workouts, nutrition targets, habits and check-ins

This is the heart of the job. Clients need a training block they can follow and log, nutrition targets or a meal structure, daily habits (steps, sleep, protein, water), and a weekly check-in with weight, measurements, progress photos and a few questions. You need to see who logged, who went quiet, and who needs a form-check reply. A classroom of videos is useful here, but it is not a program with tracking.

Retain: community, progress and the next offer

Retention comes from visible progress (PRs, streaks, before and after measurements), from belonging to a group, and from a clear next step such as a maintenance membership. Skool's leaderboards and levels are genuinely good at the community part. What is missing is the per-client data that tells you which client is drifting before they cancel.

A note on scope. Online fitness coaching is not medical care or physical therapy. Before you program for someone, use a pre-exercise readiness screen (the PAR-Q+ is the widely used one; write your own questions in the spirit of it rather than copying it) and refer the client to a doctor or physiotherapist if they report chest pain, fainting or dizziness during exercise, unexplained shortness of breath, a recent injury or surgery, pregnancy complications, or a diagnosed heart, metabolic or joint condition. Coachful is not HIPAA-certified, so clinical records belong in a clinical system.

Which Skool alternative covers which stage?

Only an all-in-one platform covers all four stages; fitness apps cover delivery, and course or community platforms cover attract and retain. The table shows where each tool sits.

Ranking criteria: one login for the whole client journey, between-session delivery for training clients, total stack cost at 5 to 40 clients, and setup effort (including Coachful's free white-glove build).

How did we choose these seven tools?

We started from the jobs a Skool-based fitness coach is trying to add, not from a generic software list. Every tool here either replaces Skool outright or covers the delivery stage Skool lacks.

• Fit for training clients: can a client follow and log a program, and can you see adherence?
• Coverage of the four stages: how many extra tools you would still need.
• Cost at real roster sizes: subscription plus platform fees at 5, 15 and 40 clients, using prices vendors list in October 2026.
• Payment control: whether you can use your own processor, and what each platform takes per sale.
• Switching effort: what you can export, what is imported for you, and how long setup takes.

We did not test these products hands-on. Feature claims come from what each vendor documents on its site and pricing page; ratings are public Trustpilot scores as seen in October 2026. Circle and Systeme.io were considered and left out: Circle duplicates Mighty Networks' strengths with no training features, and Systeme.io is a marketing suite with no delivery side for training clients.

What does Skool do well, and where do fitness coaches outgrow it?

Skool is excellent at running one engaged group cheaply and simply; fitness coaches outgrow it when they need to manage individual clients rather than members. Being fair about both halves helps you decide whether to replace Skool or keep it beside something else.

Where Skool is strong. Each Skool group combines a community feed, a classroom for courses and a calendar for live calls, and the gamified leaderboards and levels reward members for posting and showing up. That works well for challenge groups and accountability communities. Skool's discovery directory can surface your free group to new people. Pricing is simple: as listed in October 2026, Hobby is $9 a month and Pro is $99 a month, both with unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls. Yearly billing is advertised as "2 months free".

Where fitness coaches hit limits. Skool's own pricing and help pages show the trade-offs:

• Payments only through Skool Payments, with fees on every plan: Hobby takes 10% + 30¢ per transaction; Pro takes 2.9% + 30¢ up to $899 and 3.9% + 30¢ above $900. Skool states fees are non-refundable, and payouts arrive weekly on Wednesdays.
• No 1:1 client records, intake forms, habits or check-ins, so a client's weight trend, photos and adherence live in another app or a spreadsheet.
• No custom-domain website, funnels, email automation or public API.
• Each community is a separate subscription, so a free group plus a paid group means two plans.
• Limited export: members export to CSV (name, email, join date, membership answers), while posts, DMs and course progress do not, according to an older profile of the product.

Skool's Trustpilot score was 1.6 from 54 reviews when we checked in October 2026. For a deeper head-to-head, see Coachful vs Skool.

1. Coachful: the whole client journey in one login

Coachful is a coaching platform that runs the entire online fitness client journey, from the Instagram comment that becomes a lead to the week-10 check-in, inside one account. One subscription covers booking, payments, contracts, programs with habits and check-ins, courses, a community, a website with funnels and email, and an AI assistant. Clients get one app with your branding. It is built for coaches who deliver programs, not just sessions, and for solo coaches growing into a small team.

The delivery side Skool never had

The Fitness & Nutrition pack is what makes Coachful work for training clients. It adds a workout builder with an exercise library of illustrated exercises, and supports supersets, circuits, AMRAP, EMOM, intervals and tempo. Clients log workouts and see set history and PRs. You can set nutrition targets down to calories and macros, build meal plans and recipes, and clients get food lookup and barcode scanning. Progress photos and measurements stay private to the client and you. Weekly check-ins, private form-check videos with timestamped coach comments, and challenges round it out. There are no stock exercise videos: you attach your own demo videos, which most coaches prefer because clients learn your cues.

Around the workouts, Coachful runs multi-week programs with weekly goals, daily tasks, habits, morning and evening check-ins, goals with progress bars, and streaks. A client on a fat-loss block might see a daily step target, a protein habit, an evening check-in about sleep and hunger, and Tuesday's lower-body session, all on one screen.

Every client record holds goals, check-ins, habits, notes, intake answers, tags, payments and sessions, with a status of thriving, active, quiet or at risk. That status is the retention tool Skool lacks: you can message the three quiet clients on Monday instead of finding out at renewal.

Enrollment without the extra tools

Booking pages handle availability rules, buffers, minimum notice and time-zone detection, with two-way Google, Apple/iCloud and Outlook calendar sync, built-in video or auto-created Zoom, Meet or Teams links, and email reminders (plus SMS and WhatsApp reminders once messaging is enabled). Intake questions attach to the booking. Coaching agreements with e-signature go out before the first call and are stored on the client record (see coaching contracts).

Payments run through your own Stripe Connect or Razorpay account: one-time, subscriptions, payment plans, order bumps, coupons, refunds, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and Stripe Tax. Coachful has charged a 0% platform fee since August 2026, so you pay only Stripe or Razorpay processing. Compare that with the per-transaction cut on both Skool plans.

Community and marketing, kept

You do not give up the group. Coachful has a community feed, group chat, direct messages, video events, group calls and webinars, and cohort groups are created automatically when someone enrolls in a program. On the marketing side there is a section-based website builder with blog and custom domain, booking, application, lead-magnet and checkout funnels, email broadcasts and multi-step sequences, a social planner, and Instagram automations where a comment with a keyword sends the booking link or lead magnet by DM. Michelle, the built-in AI assistant, works from your live practice data to build programs, draft emails and brief you before sessions. For a closer look at the fitness features, see Coachful for fitness and nutrition and Coachful for fitness coaches.

Here is a short walkthrough of how programs are built and delivered:

Why Coachful stands out: a free white-glove service. From Create, the "We'll build it for you · FREE" card lets you describe what you want built: a website, a lead-magnet funnel, a 12-week program, a check-in flow, an email sequence or a sales page. You can attach up to 8 reference links and up to 10 files (logo, photos, brand guide, your current Skool classroom outline). The Coachful team builds it inside your own account, usually within about 24 hours, and leaves gaps for you rather than inventing testimonials, credentials or prices. It does not include filming your exercise demos, logo design or ad management. One recent example: a coach leaving Kajabi had the homepage and About page rebuilt and the contact form connected. More detail is in our white-glove service guide.

Limits to know. Coachful has no Garmin, Fitbit, Whoop or Oura sync, and Apple Health sync is not publicly available, so wearable data does not flow in automatically. There is no PayPal. The client app runs under the Coachful listing with your branding rather than your own App Store account. It is not a course marketplace, so there is no equivalent of Skool's discovery directory.

Price: flat monthly plans, with lower plans capping the number of clients and Pro unlimited (current plans: Lite: $29/month for up to 5 clients; Solo: $49/month for up to 20 clients; Pro: $99/month with unlimited clients; Studio: $199/month with unlimited clients). Monthly plans cancel in one click, and there is a free trial.

The short version. What it is: a coaching platform covering booking, payments, agreements, programs with workouts and check-ins, community, website, funnels and email. Who it is for: online fitness coaches who sell programs and want one login. What it does not do: wearable sync, PayPal, stock exercise videos, a standalone branded App Store app, clinical records. How to start: begin the free trial, then request the free white-glove build for your site or first program.

2. Kajabi: for coaches whose business is mostly courses

Kajabi suits the fitness coach who is moving from Skool toward selling recorded programs, memberships and a polished storefront, more than toward 1:1 training. It is a course, community, website, funnel and email platform for knowledge products.

For fitness coaches specifically, Kajabi gives you what Skool lacks on the marketing side: a website, funnels, email broadcasts and automations, all on one account. A coach who sells a self-paced "8-week kettlebell foundations" course to hundreds of buyers, with a community for Q&A, fits the model well. Coaching in Kajabi is organized as products and communities rather than per-client plans, so there are no habits, daily check-ins or workout logging.

Price as listed in October 2026: Basic $179 a month ($143 a month billed annually) with 5 products, 2,500 contacts, 1 community, 1 website and 0 AI credits; Growth $249 ($199 annual) with 50 products and 25,000 contacts; Pro $499 ($399 annual). Kajabi Payments in the US costs 2.9% + 30¢ on Basic, 2.8% on Growth and 2.7% on Pro; using another processor (other than PayPal) adds a Kajabi fee of 2%, 1% or 0.5% depending on plan. The standard trial is 14 days.

Limits: Basic caps you at 5 products, which a fitness coach with a challenge, two programs, a membership and a nutrition guide reaches quickly. Training clients would still need a separate app for logging and check-ins, which pushes total cost above the Basic price. Trustpilot showed 3.4 from 2,347 reviews in October 2026. Our Kajabi alternatives for fitness coaches guide covers that trade-off in depth.

Pick it over Coachful if your revenue comes mainly from self-paced courses sold at volume, you rarely run individual check-ins, and you want Kajabi's larger contact allowances on higher plans.

3. ABC Trainerize: a mature training app to pair with a group

ABC Trainerize is a personal-training app priced by client seats, and it is the most established choice here for workout delivery. Many coaches who leave Skool pair it with a community tool rather than replacing everything.

What it handles: workout programming, habits, nutrition tracking and messaging, in an app built around training clients. For delivery, it covers the stage Skool misses most.

Pricing in October 2026: Basic is free for 1 client; Grow is $10 a month for 2 clients; Pro starts at $25 a month ($23 annual) for 5 clients, with tiers at 15, 30, 50, 75, 100 and 200 clients; Studio Plus is $275 a month for 500 or more clients. We could not verify the dollar figure for each Pro tier above 5 clients, so check the current tier price for your roster. A 30-day trial with unlimited clients and no card reverts to the free 1-client plan.

What costs extra: below Studio, scheduling, selling products, payments, video and advanced nutrition are separate paid add-ons, and in-app payments need the Stripe Integrated Payments add-on. There is no course builder, website, funnels or email marketing, so attract and enroll still happen elsewhere. An older profile notes client data export is incomplete (no messages, photos or attachments). Trustpilot showed 3.1 from 100 reviews.

Pick it over Coachful if you need a dedicated training app first and foremost, you already run marketing and payments elsewhere, and the add-on structure suits a small roster.

4. Everfit: the low-cost route into workout delivery

Everfit is a fitness coaching app with a genuinely free plan for up to 5 clients, which makes it the cheapest way to test structured delivery alongside a Skool group.

Inside the app you get workouts, habits, nutrition and messaging, priced by client count. It suits a coach with a few early clients who wants them logging sessions properly instead of ticking boxes in a classroom.

Listed prices, October 2026: Starter is free for up to 5 clients; Pro starts at $19 a month ($16 annual) and scales by client count: 10 clients $29, 20 clients $49, 50 clients $95, 100 clients $140, 300 clients $290 (lower figures on annual billing). Studio starts at $105 a month for 50 clients. There is a 30-day trial with no card.

Gaps: automation (Autoflow), payments and meal plans are paid add-ons. There is no course builder, website, funnels or email marketing, and the pricing page does not list transaction fees. Trustpilot showed 2.7 from 16 reviews, a small sample.

Pick it over Coachful if you have fewer than five clients, want delivery at no subscription cost, and are happy to keep Skool for the group and handle payments separately for now.

5. Mighty Networks: a bigger community with branded options

Mighty Networks is the closest like-for-like swap for Skool's community, with more structure for courses, events and livestreams. It does not add training delivery.

Why fitness coaches look at it: group challenges, live workouts streamed to members and paid memberships all fit. Members use Mighty-branded apps; your own branded app is available only on the custom-priced Mighty Pro plan.

Costs as listed in October 2026: Launch $95 a month ($79 annual) with 3 hosts and 20 hours of livestreaming a month for up to 100 attendees; Scale $215 ($179 annual); Growth $354 a month on annual billing. Mighty takes a platform fee on sales of 2% on Launch, 1% on Scale and 0.5% on Growth and Pro, plus Stripe processing. The trial is 14 days with no card.

Where it falls short for training clients: no 1:1 scheduling, invoicing or contracts, and no per-client habits, check-ins or private plans. You would still need a training app for logging. Trustpilot showed 3.3 from 219 reviews. For more community options, see our community platforms for online fitness coaches roundup.

Pick it over Coachful if your business is a large membership community with livestreamed classes, individual programming is rare, and you want to move toward a fully branded app later on a custom plan.

6. HubFit: generous client caps for a growing roster

HubFit is an online-training app with high client limits on its entry plan, so it scales cheaply on the delivery stage.

Coverage: programs, nutrition, habits and check-ins. A coach running 30 to 40 remote clients on structured blocks can manage them here for a modest fee.

October 2026 pricing: Standard $39 a month ($33 annual) for up to 50 clients; Premium $69 ($57 annual) for up to 100; Ultimate $119 ($99 annual) for 100 clients, scaling to $419 for 500. Branding and payments start at Premium; team members and Zapier at Ultimate. A branded app is a $189 a month add-on. HubFit lists no fees of its own beyond Stripe processing, and offers a 14-day trial.

Watch for: an older profile notes no scheduling or booking, no video calls, no contracts and no website. If you take payment in the app, budget for Premium rather than Standard. Trustpilot showed 5.0 from 390 reviews in October 2026, the highest score in this list.

Pick it over Coachful if you want the lowest per-client cost for training delivery at 40 or more clients and already have booking, a website and email elsewhere.

7. TrueCoach: focused strength programming

TrueCoach is a strength and fitness programming app for coaches who mostly write training and review logs. It is the narrowest tool here, on purpose.

The pitch for a strength coach: clean programming and logging priced by active-client cap. If your Skool group was mainly a place to post lifting programs, TrueCoach does the programming part properly.

Plans listed in October 2026 (monthly-equivalent prices on annual billing; the page did not show monthly-billing prices): Starter $26.34 for up to 5 active clients; Standard $57.99 for up to 20; Pro $136.99 for up to 50; Custom above that. There is a 14-day trial with no card, and a 90-day money-back guarantee for first-time annual subscribers ("restrictions apply"). Payments run through Stripe with no extra TrueCoach fees.

What it leaves out: according to an older profile, no video calls, contracts, courses, community or website, and in-app payments are limited to coaches in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. The pricing page feature list shows no scheduling. Trustpilot showed 2.4 from 19 reviews.

Pick it over Coachful if you coach strength athletes, care only about programming and logging, bank in one of the four supported countries, and do not need a community or website.

How do the features compare side by side?

Coachful is the only tool in the list with a check in every row that matters to a training business; the fitness apps match it on delivery but not on marketing or enrollment.

What does each stack cost at 5, 15 and 40 clients?

An all-in-one plan usually costs less than Skool plus a training app plus booking, website and email tools, and it removes Skool's cut of every payment. The table lists subscription prices as vendors show them in October 2026; processor fees (Stripe or similar) apply to every option and are left out except where the platform itself takes a share.

The assembled stacks above still lack a website, funnels, email marketing and e-signed agreements, so add those tools to the total. To see how Skool's fee scales, take $1,000 collected in a month across five sales: Hobby keeps $100 plus $1.50 in per-transaction charges, and Pro keeps $29 plus $1.50. At $8,000 a month, Pro's share is at least $232 plus per-transaction charges, more than double the Pro subscription itself. These are worked examples, not typical earnings.

Stack recipe A: all-in-one

One Coachful plan sized to your roster covers site, funnels, booking, agreements, payments, programs, check-ins, community and email. Total: Solo: $49/month for up to 20 clients for a 15-client practice, plus Stripe processing.

Stack recipe B: assembled around Skool

Skool Pro for the group ($99), Everfit or HubFit for delivery ($49 to $95 or $69), a separate booking tool, a website builder, an email platform and an e-signature tool. That is five or six logins, two or three places where client data lives, and Skool's percentage on group sales. It can work, but the costs of the extra tools are on top of the figures in the table. Our guides to scheduling software, website builders and payment platforms for online fitness coaches price those pieces individually.

How does an online fitness coach set this up in Coachful?

Setup is eight steps, and the white-glove team can take the build-heavy ones off your plate. Here is an example for a coach selling a 12-week online strength and fat-loss program with a monthly maintenance membership afterwards.

1. Request the build. From Create, ask for a website and a lead-magnet funnel ("free 4-week beginner dumbbell plan"), attaching your logo, photos and current Skool classroom outline. Pick a performance-style homepage template if you prefer to start yourself.
2. Write the readiness intake. Add intake questions to your consult booking: training history, injuries, equipment, schedule, and your readiness screen with the referral red flags listed above.
3. Set up the consult booking page. Add availability, a 15-minute buffer, 24 hours' minimum notice, and connect your Google or Outlook calendar.
4. Build the program. Create a 12-week program with weekly goals, three workouts a week from the exercise library with your own demo videos attached, a daily step and protein habit, an evening check-in, and a weekly check-in with weight, measurements and progress photos.
5. Create the offer. Connect Stripe, set a payment plan and a pay-in-full option, and attach your coaching agreement so it is signed before the first call (see coaching contracts and have a local lawyer review your wording).
6. Turn on the community. Enrollment creates a cohort group automatically; post a week-one welcome and schedule a monthly group Q&A.
7. Automate the front door. Set an Instagram automation so a comment with "PLAN" sends the lead magnet by DM, and an email sequence that invites downloaders to book a consult.
8. Review weekly. Each Monday, filter clients by quiet or at risk, reply to form-check videos, and adjust the next week's loads.

How do you move from Skool without losing members?

Move the paying clients first, keep the free group running until the new community is active, and give members a clear date. A staged move avoids a dead community and a gap in billing.

• Export what Skool allows. Download the member CSV (name, email, join date, membership answers). Posts, DMs and course progress do not export, so save any classroom content and key posts yourself.
• Plan the billing switch. Because subscriptions run through Skool Payments, expect members to enter payment details again with your new processor. Set the new checkout live before you cancel the Skool plan, and line the first charge up with each member's next renewal date where you can.
• Let Coachful import the rest. Clients, programs and content are imported for you during onboarding, so send the CSV and your classroom files.
• Rebuild the hooks members liked. If the leaderboard drove posting, replace it with streaks and a monthly challenge in the new community.
• Announce twice. Post in Skool two weeks out and again two days out, with one link to the new app and a short video showing where workouts and check-ins live.

What mistakes do fitness coaches make when leaving Skool?

The common mistake is replacing the community and forgetting the delivery problem, so the new tool looks different but clients still track workouts in notes apps.

• Swapping Skool for another community tool only. Mighty Networks or Circle will not add workout logging or check-ins.
• Ignoring per-sale fees. Compare platform percentages at your real monthly revenue, not only subscription prices.
• Skipping the agreement and readiness screen. Online clients need a signed scope and a referral path just as much as in-person ones.
• Counting on wearable sync. Check whether the platform syncs your clients' devices before you promise it; Coachful does not sync Garmin, Fitbit, Whoop or Oura.
• Moving everyone on one day. Paying clients first, free members second.

Which Skool alternative should an online fitness coach choose?

Choose Coachful if you sell coaching programs to individual clients and want one login for marketing, enrollment, training delivery and community; it is the only option here that covers all four stages, with a 0% platform fee and a free white-glove build to shorten setup. Choose Kajabi for a course-led business at volume, Mighty Networks for a membership community with livestreamed classes, and Trainerize, Everfit, HubFit or TrueCoach if you want a dedicated training app and are willing to assemble the rest. For more angles, see our CRM for online fitness coaches guide and the Skool and Circle alternative overview.

Frequently asked questions

Is Skool good for online fitness coaches?

Skool is good for running a group: challenges, accountability posts, a classroom and live calls, with leaderboards that keep members engaged. It lacks 1:1 client records, workout logging, habits, check-ins, booking and agreements. Coaches with individual training clients usually need another tool alongside it or a replacement.

What is the best Skool alternative for personal trainers who coach online?

For trainers who want one platform, Coachful covers the full journey including a workout builder with logging and PRs, nutrition targets, check-ins, booking and payments. If you only need a training app, Trainerize, Everfit, HubFit and TrueCoach are the dedicated options in this list.

How much does Skool charge per transaction?

As listed in October 2026, Hobby charges 10% + 30¢ on all transactions and Pro charges 2.9% + 30¢ up to $899, or 3.9% + 30¢ above $900. Skool states these fees are non-refundable, and payments must go through Skool Payments.

Can I keep my Skool community and add a training app?

Yes, and many coaches do. The trade-off is two logins for clients, client data in two places, and Skool's fee on any sales made through it. Once you also need booking, a website and email, the assembled stack often costs more than one all-in-one plan.

Does Coachful sync with Garmin, Apple Health or Fitbit?

No. Coachful does not sync Garmin, Fitbit, Whoop or Oura, and Apple Health sync is not publicly available. Clients log workouts, measurements and check-ins in the app.

Does Coachful include exercise videos?

Coachful's exercise library uses illustrated exercises, not stock videos. You attach your own demo videos, and clients can send private form-check videos that you answer with timestamped comments.

What is Coachful's free white-glove service?

It is a build service included on every plan: you describe what you want (a website, funnel, program, check-in flow or email sequence), attach links and files, and the Coachful team builds it in your account, usually within about 24 hours. It does not include filming your videos, logo design or ad management.

Can I export my members from Skool?

Members export to CSV with name, email, join date and membership answers. According to an older profile of the product, posts, DMs and course progress are not exportable, so save important content before you cancel.

Do I need a signed agreement with online fitness clients?

A written agreement covering scope, payment terms, cancellation and the fact that coaching is not medical care protects both sides. Laws vary by state and country, so have a local lawyer review your template. Coachful sends agreements for e-signature before the first call and stores them on the client record.

Is Coachful suitable for clients with medical conditions?

Coachful is a coaching platform, not a clinical system, and it is not HIPAA-certified. Clients with a diagnosed condition, recent injury or red-flag symptoms should get clearance from a doctor or physiotherapist, and clinical records belong in a clinical system.