Looking for a better understanding of how to use the personal trainer?  

In this article we'll review:

• How do I start a session?
• How do I complete an exercise level?
• How do I complete a session?

How do I start a session?

To find the personal trainer, log on to BrainHQ on your preferred device and click on the big button titled “use personal trainer” on the dashboard.

When you click into the personal trainer, you will see one of the levels you are currently training- either a new level, or one you haven’t gotten enough stars to pass.

If you want to see what other levels the personal trainer is queuing up for your session, you can hit the skip button at the bottom of the large circle to look through them all:

You can start with the level recommended by the personal trainer or skip through to a different starting point, and the same levels will be there later.

How do I complete an exercise level?

When you start your first exercise level, you will earn between one and five stars depending on your performance. Any number you earn is okay! The personal trainer is here to help you improve your performance, no matter where you start. 

You will repeat this level until one of two things happen:

• You earn a total of ten stars.  For example, you might earn 3 stars your first time through, then 4 stars your second time through, then 4 stars your third time through for a total of 11 (it’s okay if you earn a few more than 10!).
• You train with the level five times.  Some levels are difficult, or might take some time to get the hang of.  If you are receiving one or two stars each time you train with a level, the personal trainer will advance you to the next exercise in your schedule after 5 tries so you don’t get bored or frustrated by the training.

The personal trainer has you train exercises you are less skilled at more because these are the exercises where you have the most room to grow!

If you want to move on to the next exercise before you have gained ten stars you can do so by pressing the X next to “get more stars”:

How do I complete a session?

The personal trainer encourages you to complete one third of your weekly training goal each time you sit down to train with BrainHQ. 

For example, if your weekly training goal is to complete 24 levels (this is the default goal), the personal trainer will ask you to complete 8 levels in a session. 

If you want to do a different number of exercises than this, at any point during your training you can decide you are done and exit the personal trainer. You can also select “change session length” to change the number of exercises you need to complete your session.

Even if you have completed 8 levels in your session, if you are still working on getting 10 stars on an individual exercise, your session will continue until you have all of the stars or have done the exercise 5 times.

Still have questions?

To learn more about the Personal Trainer, check out this article: How does the Personal Trainer pick exercises?

To learn more about how each exercise works, check out these articles: Exercise Instructions

And as always, if you have any remaining questions don’t hesitate to submit a request and our customer delight team will respond shortly: help form