Thanks for sharing your experience with True Coach. When I first started working on POWR I was talking about it with nostr:nprofile1qqs04xzt6ldm9qhs0ctw0t58kf4z57umjzmjg6jywu0seadwtqqc75spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszxnhwden5te0wpuhyctdd9jzuenfv96x5ctx9e3k7mf0mc8j8f and he had the same pain points you’ve highlighted and it’s one of the problems I aimed to solve.
POWR absolutely satisfies the walled garden issue by decentralizing both workout creation and data “ownership”. The POWR Pack functionality (using NIP-51 lists) allows anyone (including trainers) to create and share custom exercises, workouts, and even full programs that clients can import directly.
The key difference with POWR is that your workout data is controlled by YOU, not locked in a trainer's account. Your workout history is tied to your npub via signed workout records regardless of trainer changes. I hope that in the future myself and others interested in the topic will build professional-quality programming tools for trainers and gyms.
I built POWR specifically to address that misalignment of incentives you mentioned. Built on Nostr, both clients and trainers maintain their independence while still being able to collaborate effectively. Sats and nuts 🥜 will flow frictionlessly peer to peer and centralized middlemen like True Coach can be circumvented.
If you have a few minutes please check out the Nip spec that I wrote which lays out the different event kinds. What I’ve built so far is a proof-of-concept that demonstrates this can work. I hope to get POWR to the point where it’s a slick app that anyone will find useful whether they understand the importance of Nostr or not.
