# Chose gender of coach **URL:** \ **Category:** šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§ English speaking Forum\ **Created:** [March 31, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928 "2024-03-31T12:22:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emailofsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emailofsharp](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/emailofsharp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/1 "2024-03-31T12:22:49Z")
Hi there. How to change the gender of the coach in videos to be male (and not female)? ---
**Author:** ![melaLetics](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/melaletics/32/1821_2.png) [@melaLetics](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/melaLetics)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/2 "2024-03-31T12:58:38Z")
Hi @emailofsharp, there is no option to change the gender of the athlete shown in exercise video. These are elaborately produced from all angles - with real people. ---
**Author:** ![Sofia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/sofia/32/4725_2.png) [@Sofia](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/Sofia)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/3 "2024-03-31T14:20:41Z")
Why though? Curious. The movements are essentially the same. ---
**Author:** ![emailofsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emailofsharp](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/emailofsharp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/4 "2024-03-31T16:45:13Z")
Understood. It is a shame though, and that is basic preference which should be implemented in your app. ---
**Author:** ![gameonplayer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/gameonplayer/32/1564_2.png) [@gameonplayer](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/gameonplayer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/5 "2024-03-31T18:20:13Z")
i donā€™t see the problem. it could be a robot showing and that would not change the technique. i also feel like those kind of requests only come from men tbhā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Sofia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/sofia/32/4725_2.png) [@Sofia](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/Sofia)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/6 "2024-03-31T19:53:47Z")
And no answer to the question ā€˜whyā€™ šŸ¤· Shame, because this is the kind of information that enables people to understand the root problem and help ---
**Author:** ![TomG](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/tomg/32/3296_2.png) [@TomG](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/TomG)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/7 "2024-04-02T04:20:23Z")
I guess the why it is not possible is that Freeletics would need to shoot all the videos twice, from all the angles in high resolutions. Which would double the budget allocated to this side of the business as these are real atheletes. The video is there to show the correct movement, I personaly donā€™t care if it is a man, woman, or robot indeed. ---
**Author:** ![LStelie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/lstelie/32/2334_2.png) [@LStelie](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/LStelie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/8 "2024-04-02T13:38:18Z")
> The video is there to show the correct movement, I personaly donā€™t care if it is a man, woman, or robot indeed. 150% agree !! But the fact that these people are _real athletes_ is not always a real advantage, having _normal people_ doing the exercices would be more realistic. In the French Facebook group (and likely some other country groups too) some people do video of themselve doing their workout and itā€™s very interesting to see _real people_ and not _real athletes_ showing the movement ---
**Author:** ![melaLetics](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/melaletics/32/1821_2.png) [@melaLetics](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/melaLetics)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/9 "2024-04-02T14:51:47Z")
Sorry, but I donā€™t see the difference between real people and real athletes, because everyone doing this crazy shit the coach assigns to us is a real athlete šŸ¤· @dorian is one of the most popular face in the app and - believe me - he really exist (so is real people). ---
**Author:** ![Sofia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/sofia/32/4725_2.png) [@Sofia](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/Sofia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/10 "2024-04-02T15:20:59Z")
I agree with melaLetics, real Freeletics athletes ARE real people šŸ˜‰ What we ultimately need to see, is someone performing the exercise with perfect technique, so we can better understand what the correct technique is and try our best to achieve it. I definitely donā€™t want to see my friend (letā€™s call him Frank) perform them on video in the app, because Iā€™ve seen Frank in-person, and his technique is pretty bad, so I wouldnā€™t advice anyone to learn from it šŸ˜ƒ (sorry Frank, I love you) ---
**Author:** ![LStelie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/lstelie/32/2334_2.png) [@LStelie](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/LStelie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/11 "2024-04-02T18:21:14Z")
The difference is the difference between a perfect execution that is out of reach of a lot of people (including me) and a correct one. For the app I understand the focus on the perfect execution, but on the various video issued by Freeletics Iā€™ve found only one with an average guy, he is old, he is fat [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Be0B4Z\_J4A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Be0B4Z_J4A) ] Iā€™m sorry if this is out of the scope of the thread, but as a Freeletics customer (Iā€™ve a lifetime subscription) I find that itā€™s a pity that Freeletics feels prisoner of his spartan image "no pain no gainā€ā€¦ and other marketing bullshā€¦. (_if someone knows anything positive that it is possible to gain without pain please tell me_) that leads to create the image that Freeletics is only for high level athletes. That is counter productive and in some aspects funny because high level athletes donā€™t need Freeletics, normal people do, and Freeletics because of its very clever algorithm (the coach) is totally designed for normal people. Iā€™m old (64 last month) Iā€™ve a lot of physical issues (accident during a bicycle competition a few years ago) and Freeletics, because Itā€™s not by very far only designed for high level athletes made me do things that I would never dare to think that I was capable of. So to answer @Sofia , Iā€™m ok to have Dorian as a reference, but I would be very interested to see Franck perform (as long as he does the movement with a good form). Luc ---
**Author:** ![melaLetics](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/melaletics/32/1821_2.png) [@melaLetics](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/melaLetics)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/12 "2024-04-02T19:48:35Z")
@LStelie I would also welcome more diversity concerning shape and age at Freeletics app or ads. > [@LStelie](#): > > The difference is the difference between a perfect execution that is out of reach of a lot of people (including me) and a correct one. To be honest, the execution shown in the videos isnā€™t always perfect - because real people / real athletes do them. Just have a look at the jump rope videos - the technique is correct but not perfect. And according to a lot of comments in Social Media even the shown Strict Pull-ups arenā€™t good enough for a lot of guys thinking that the back is still too round when executed. So the difference between ā€œperfectā€ and ā€œgoodā€ is a thing of point of view. ---
**Author:** ![gameonplayer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/gameonplayer/32/1564_2.png) [@gameonplayer](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/gameonplayer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/13 "2024-04-03T09:20:51Z")
Especially the kettlebell executions are very poor in the app so, no they definitely do mistakes in the appā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![emailofsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emailofsharp](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/emailofsharp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/14 "2024-04-03T10:53:48Z")
Are there any plans to introduce this option in the future? This would be a very desirable update for many users. ---
**Author:** ![melaLetics](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/melaletics/32/1821_2.png) [@melaLetics](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/melaLetics)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/15 "2024-04-03T11:18:03Z")
Any idea of the costs of producing such videos? So no, I guess there is no chance this will ever be implemented. And there is no reasonably reason ā€œwhyā€. ---
**Author:** ![Lara](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/lara/32/3264_2.png) [@Lara](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/Lara)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/16 "2024-04-03T15:13:25Z")
Hi everyone, we hear your wish for more diverse Coaches! Forwarding it to our team šŸ¤— ---
**Author:** ![emailofsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emailofsharp](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/emailofsharp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/17 "2024-04-03T17:59:28Z")
Thank you - hopefully there will be a positive reaction to this obvious request. ---
**Author:** ![emailofsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emailofsharp](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/emailofsharp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/18 "2024-04-03T18:04:42Z")
There is a very clear reason why one should be able to choose their personal trainer. It is very strange for an ambassador of this app (whatever that means) to fail to acknowledge that. Whoever disagrees to that is limited in their view or completely blind. ---
**Author:** ![melaLetics](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/melaletics/32/1821_2.png) [@melaLetics](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/melaLetics)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/19 "2024-04-03T18:25:34Z")
> [@emailofsharp](#): > > There is a very clear reason why one should be able to choose their personal trainer Ah, I guess _this_ is the misunderstanding. The videos are a demonstration of the movements not your coach. The coach itself is without avatar or something else. ---
**Author:** ![emailofsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emailofsharp](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/emailofsharp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928/20 "2024-04-03T18:43:08Z")
There is no misunderstanding. The demonstration of the movements is integral part of the package which you cannot separate by just saying it. The point that you should be able to choose who (male/female) shows you the movements is just a basic option which should be made available to the user. [Next page](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/chose-gender-of-coach/14928.md?page=2)