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Showing up, without the stress.
Why I built Coax: easing back into exercise after illness
After months of illness, every attempt to work out ended in another injury. Here's why I built Coax — a gentle workout app that eases you back and listens to your body.
Clearer exercise illustrations for every workout move
This week we redrew and refined Coax's exercise illustrations — cleaner figures, better sizing, and fixes for moves whose pictures didn't match their steps.
Too tired to train? There's a third option
On a rough day, the choice isn't push through or skip. There's a gentler middle — and it still counts.
Why we made the streak forgiving
Streaks can motivate — or they can quietly become one more thing to feel bad about. We chose forgiveness.
The case for the 12-minute workout
A short session you actually do is worth infinitely more than the hour you keep meaning to.
You don't have to be perfect. You just have to show up.
Consistency beats intensity — and the bar for showing up should be low enough to clear on your worst day.