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The questions people actually ask. If yours is not here, the mission page explains how the whole thing is meant to work.

Coaching and payments

Is the first session really free?: The first 15 minutes with each coach are free, once per coach. It is a fit check, not a trial of the app. If you meet four coaches, you get four free intros.
When am I charged?: After a session finishes, never before. Your coach marks it complete and the charge is raised then.
What happens if I cancel?: Nothing is charged. Because payment happens after the fact, cancelling a scheduled session costs nothing regardless of when you do it.
How is a session priced?: Coaches set their own hourly rate. Past the free intro, sessions bill in whole hours — a 75-minute session is billed as two. 529's 5.29% fee is included in the price you see, not added on top.
Can I switch coaches?: Any time, without explaining yourself. Book someone else and your first 15 minutes with them are free too.

What does it cost to coach on 529?: Nothing to list. 529 takes 5.29% of each client payment, so you keep the rest.
When do I get paid?: Free payouts run every Friday. If you want the money sooner, an instant transfer costs 1.5%.
Do free intros cost me anything?: No. They are unpaid for both sides. Most coaches find they close more long-term clients this way than from a profile page alone.
What if I change my rate?: New bookings use the new rate. Anything already booked keeps the rate it was booked at, so nobody gets a surprise.

How is my fatigue score calculated?: Volume load (weight × reps, summed) scaled by how hard the session felt (RPE). Volume alone would rank a long easy session above a short brutal one; RPE alone would rank one all-out set the same as an hour of them.
What are acute and chronic load?: Acute is a weighted average of the last 7 days — what you have just done. Chronic is the last 28 days — what you are conditioned for. The ratio between them is the useful number.
What ratio should I aim for?: Roughly 0.8 to 1.3. Below that you are training under what you are prepared for; well above it means you are ramping faster than you are adapting, which is where injuries tend to happen.
Why is fatigue split by muscle groups?: Because a hard leg day says nothing about whether your chest is recovered. Each training category gets its own acute and chronic rating under the whole-body score.
Are these scores comparable between people?: No, and that is deliberate. Everything is scored against your own history, so a beginner's hard day and an advanced lifter's hard day both read as hard.

Which equation do you use?: Mifflin-St. Jeor for basal metabolic rate, then an activity multiplier for total daily energy expenditure. It is the equation most dietitians default to.
How accurate is it?: Within about 10% for most people. Treat it as a starting point and adjust based on what the scale actually does over two or three weeks.
Why 30/40/30 for macros?: It is a reasonable default that lands protein in a sensible range for most people training hard. You can eat differently — the calorie target matters more than the split.

What do public, unlisted, and private mean?: Public splits appear in search. Unlisted ones are only reachable by direct link. Private ones are yours alone.
What happens when I copy someone's split?: You get a private copy you can edit freely. The original is untouched, and later changes by the author do not affect your copy.
Why 13 cycles a year?: Four-week cycles mean every block covers the same number of days, so progress comparisons are honest. Calendar months are between 28 and 31 days, which quietly skews any month-over-month total.

Is there a subscription?: No. $29.00 once, and that is the end of it.
Can I delete my account?: Yes, from settings and privacy. It removes your splits, logs, and bookings permanently.