Play By Dave

Stop guessing what to do

The fitness app that
thinks like a personal trainer.

Personalized workouts, nutrition, accountability and coaching that adapt to your goals, your schedule, your progress and whatever real life throws at the week.

Find My Next Best Move

Human coaching at app pricing — $39/month

5 questions. About 60 seconds. Free. No email required to see your Play.

Dave Vaughan, coach and founder of Forget The Gym

Why this app thinks like a personal trainer

It didn't start with software. It started in the gym.

This was built from more than 25 years of coaching real people through changing schedules, injuries, plateaus, missed weeks, different goals and very different bodies. Thousands of small judgment calls about what someone should do next.

That's what's behind the app: accumulated coaching judgment from Dave Vaughan, B.S. Exercise Science — not a feature list invented in a conference room.

25+

Years coaching

B.S.

Exercise Science

$39

Per month

Carl, a Forget The Gym client, after training with DaveTammy, a Forget The Gym client, after training with Dave

How the coaching works.

Your body, schedule, pain, recovery, equipment and consistency change. Your plan should change with them.

  1. 01

    Tell us what's real

    Goals, schedule, equipment, injuries, preferences. The honest version, not the ideal one.

  2. 02

    Get today's Play

    A workout built for the day actually in front of you — not the day the program assumed.

  3. 03

    Show us what happened

    Log the training, the pain, the form, the food, the progress. That's the coaching input.

  4. 04

    Get the next decision

    The plan adapts — or Dave gets flagged when it needs a human set of eyes.

The difference shows up when real life does.

A shoulder or knee starts bothering you

Typical appYou search for a replacement exercise

Play By DavePain feedback changes the movement

Today's workout no longer fits

Typical appYou skip it or reorganize it yourself

Play By DaveChange Today's Play around time, equipment, energy or discomfort

You're unsure about your form

Typical appYou rewatch a generic demonstration

Play By DaveUpload the set for a Camera Form Check

You disappear for a week

Typical appAutomated reminders keep firing

Play By DaveThe coaching system flags that you may need help

Nutrition starts drifting

Typical appYou open a separate tracking app

Play By DaveTraining, food, macros and habits stay connected

Progress stalls

Typical appYou get the same plan again

Play By DaveThe next decision changes, and Dave can step in

The Film Room

Do the work. Earn my eyes on your plan.

Complete 6 Plays in 14 days and Dave personally reviews what you completed, where you struggled, and what he'd change next in your training.

No meaningless points. No generic badge.

Start My Plan
A personalized Play inside the Play By Dave app

What you actually get.

Know what to do today

  • Walk in knowing exactly what you're doing, built around your goal, gear and schedule
  • Only 25 minutes today? Change Today's Play and still train what matters
  • Home, gym, hotel room or outside — the plan works where you actually are

It responds to you

  • Say something hurts and the movements change — no searching for substitutes
  • Send a video of your real set and get feedback on the lift, not a generic demo
  • Training, food, habits and progress stay in one place instead of four apps

It keeps coaching

  • Go quiet for a week and you get help, not another guilt-trip reminder
  • The Film Room: 6 Plays in 14 days puts your plan in front of Dave
  • Guidance when you need it, instead of waiting for your next session
Dave Vaughan coaching a client through a training session

Coached, not generated.

"He didn't hand me a harder program. He fixed the reason I kept quitting in week two."
Tammy C.
"First coach who actually built around my schedule instead of telling me to find more time."
Will W.

Human coaching at app pricing.

$39/month. Cancel anytime.

Find My Next Play

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Is this just an AI app?

No. The coaching methodology is Dave's — 25+ years of it. Technology helps deliver and scale it. When something needs a human, it gets routed to Dave, and you're always told plainly whether a response came from Dave or from his assistant.

Do I need a gym?

No. Tell it what equipment you actually have — including none — and the Play is built around it.

What if something hurts?

You report it and the movements change. Coaching feedback is not medical diagnosis or treatment; if something is genuinely wrong, you'll be told to stop and see a professional.

Can I cancel?

Anytime. $39/month, no contract, no cancellation call.

General fitness programming — not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.