Your health and getting help
What Coachh does when something you say sounds serious, where to get help fast, and the things your coach won’t do.
Coachh is a fitness and nutrition coach, not medical care. It doesn’t diagnose or treat anything, and it can’t call anyone or send help for you.
In the chat
For possible emergencies, Coachh stops coaching and points to help:
- Thoughts of suicide or self-harm: in the US, call or text 988. Elsewhere, call your local emergency number, or find a free line in your country at findahelpline.com.
- Chest pain, fainting, sudden weakness or trouble breathing: stop training and call emergency services.
- Purging or going days without food: talk to a doctor or an eating disorder specialist. Coachh won’t set weight-loss targets for a while.
It won’t help with: doses, cycles or sources for steroids and other drugs, diets under about 1,200 calories a day, fasting for days, or training through sharp pain. For anyone under 18, it coaches strength, skills and eating enough, never a calorie deficit.
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On iPhone
Open Menu › Settings › How your coach works.
On Android
Android: coming soon. No public release date is confirmed. These are the steps for the Android app once it is available.
Open Menu › Settings › How your coach works. The same safety limits apply.
Good to know
- If you’re in danger right now, call your local emergency number first. Coachh is not watched in real time.
- A doctor or registered dietitian is the right person for a medical condition, medication, pregnancy or an injury that isn’t getting better.
Related
- Reminders and notificationsHow to turn on the morning check-in and evening streak reminders, pick their times, and choose which notifications Coachh sends.
- Apple Health and Health ConnectHow to connect Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android, what Coachh reads and writes, and how to sync or turn it off.
- What Coachh remembersHow Coachh remembers what you tell it, how health notes wait for your okay, and how to see, change, pause or delete its memory.
- Widgets and shortcutsThe Coachh widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen, and the controls and shortcuts that log water or start a workout without opening the app.