# Coach AI
> Coach AI (iamcoach.ai) is a conversational AI health coach for runners, cyclists, triathletes, and active people. It connects to Garmin, Apple Health, and Health Connect on Android, reads your training load, HRV, and sleep, and builds an adaptive training, nutrition, and recovery plan you can talk to in plain language. $19.99/month or $119.99/year, with a free trial. Available on the web, iOS, and Android.

## Product
- [Home](https://www.iamcoach.ai/): What Coach is, how it works, and who it's for.
- [Pricing](https://www.iamcoach.ai/#pricing): Monthly ($19.99) and annual ($119.99) plans, free trial.
- [FAQ](https://www.iamcoach.ai/#faq): How Coach differs from ChatGPT, Runna, Garmin Coach, and human trainers; device support; data privacy; safety.
- [iOS app](https://apps.apple.com/app/coach-ai-training-recovery/id6759192721): Coach on the App Store.
- [Android app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.coach.app): Coach on Google Play.
- [Contact](https://www.iamcoach.ai/contact): Get in touch with the team.
- [Coach MCP](https://www.iamcoach.ai/mcp): Connect Coach to Claude or ChatGPT via the MCP connector at https://mcp.iamcoach.ai, so the assistant can read your activities, recovery, plan and schedule, and move workouts or log injuries.
- [Heart rate zone calculator](https://www.iamcoach.ai/tools/heart-rate-zone-calculator): Free calculator for all 5 training zones from age or max HR, with optional Karvonen (heart rate reserve) zones or Joe Friel's running zones from a lactate threshold heart rate.

## Comparisons
- [Coach vs ChatGPT for Fitness: AI Coach vs Chatbot](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/coach-ai-vs-chatgpt-fitness): Compare using ChatGPT for workout plans vs a purpose-built AI fitness coach. Data integration, training memory, and periodization compared honestly.
- [Coach vs Garmin Coach: Who Uses Your Data Better?](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/coach-ai-vs-garmin-coach): Compare Garmin Coach and Coach for training guidance. See how a free built-in coach stacks up against a conversational AI with deep data integration.
- [Coach AI vs Runna 2026: AI Running Apps Compared](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/coach-ai-vs-runna): Detailed comparison of Coach AI and Runna for AI-powered running coaching. Features, pricing, flexibility, and data integration compared side by side.
- [AI Coach vs Personal Trainer: An Honest Verdict](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/ai-coaching-vs-personal-trainer): AI coaching versus a human coach or personal trainer, judged on the research: where LLMs win, where they fail, what each costs, and how to stay safe.

## Training science guides
- [Training After Injury: How to Return to Running](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/training-after-injury-endurance-athletes): Fitness fades slower than you fear. How to cross-train, load injured tissue with the right pain rule, and return to running on a graded walk-run plan.
- [Heat Acclimation Training for Endurance Athletes](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/heat-acclimation-endurance-training): How heat hurts endurance performance, why heat acclimation is the most underrated training tool, and the protocols, cooling tactics, and safety rules.
- [Carbs Per Hour: Endurance Fueling Guide for 2026](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/carb-fueling-endurance-2026): How many carbs per hour you need: 30-60 g for long easy sessions, 60-90 g for hard efforts, up to 120 g with gut training. Plus ratios, products, recovery.
- [Overtraining Syndrome: Symptoms, Signs & Recovery](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/overtraining-syndrome-athlete-burnout): Overtraining symptoms, from raised resting heart rate and low HRV to poor sleep and mood, how it differs from overreaching, and how long recovery takes.
- [Ironman & Triathlon Training With an AI Coach](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/ironman-triathlon-training-with-ai): How AI coaching handles Ironman and triathlon training: balancing swim, bike, and run volume, managing combined load, and adapting when life disrupts the plan.
- [What Is TRIMP? How to Calculate Training Impulse](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/trimp-training-load-explained): TRIMP (training impulse) scores a workout from its duration and heart rate. See the Banister and Edwards formulas, real examples, and a free calculator.
- [Athlete Recovery Tracking: Sleep, HRV & Rest Days](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/recovery-sleep-tracking-athletes): Learn how athlete recovery tracking with HRV, sleep quality, and readiness metrics can optimize your training. Make rest days data-driven, not guesswork.
- [Endurance Athlete Nutrition: What to Eat and When](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/nutrition-guide-endurance-athletes): How much carbohydrate and protein endurance athletes need each day, what to eat before, during and after training, plus hydration and supplements.
- [Training Periodization for Runners: Build to Race](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/training-periodization-for-runners): Learn how training periodization structures your running into base, build, peak, taper, and recovery phases for optimal race-day performance.
- [Heart Rate Zone Training: All 5 Zones Explained](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/heart-rate-zone-training-guide): Master heart rate zone training with this guide to all 5 HR zones, zone 2 endurance benefits, calculating zones, and using data to train smarter.

## Data & integrations
- [Coach on Android: AI Coaching With Health Connect Sync](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/coach-android-app-health-connect): Coach AI is now on Google Play. The Android app syncs workouts, heart rate, HRV and sleep from Health Connect, with up to a year of history backfilled.
- [Apple Health Sync: AI Coaching From Apple Watch](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/apple-health-sync): Coach now syncs with Apple Health: workouts, heart rate, HRV, and sleep from your Apple Watch feed your AI coaching, with up to a year of history backfilled.
- [Garmin AI Coach: How Watch Data Shapes Training](https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog/garmin-ai-coaching-integration): How connecting your Garmin watch to an AI coach turns HRV, sleep, and training load data into specific decisions about what to train tomorrow.

## Key facts
- Categories: AI running coach, endurance training, triathlon, strength training, sports-science-based coaching.
- Integrations: Garmin, Apple Health, and Health Connect on Android (live); Strava, Suunto, and COROS planned.
- Pricing: $19.99/month or $119.99/year, free trial, cancel anytime.
- Platforms: Web, iOS, and Android.
- Founder: Martin Susteric (https://www.linkedin.com/in/susteric/).
- Full blog index: https://www.iamcoach.ai/blog