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AI Coaching Overview

HyperIron integrates with Claude (Anthropic's AI) through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This gives Claude direct access to your training data, letting it serve as an intelligent coaching assistant.

What is MCP?​

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standard that lets AI assistants interact with external tools and data sources. HyperIron's MCP server exposes your training data to Claude, so it can read your programs, workouts, and progress — and take actions like creating programs or logging sets.

What AI coaching can do​

With the HyperIron connection, Claude can:

  • Analyze your training — Review your program, volume, progression, and identify areas for improvement
  • Build programs — Create complete mesocycles based on your goals, available equipment, and training history
  • Modify programs — Adjust exercises, sets, rep ranges, and progression settings
  • Log workouts — Record sets via conversation (useful for hands-free logging)
  • Track progress — Check your PRs, strength trends, and volume stats
  • Answer training questions — Explain concepts, suggest exercise substitutions, discuss programming

See What AI Can Do for the complete list of actions.

How it's different from generic AI​

Without MCP, asking Claude about your training is like asking a coach who has never seen you train — they can give general advice but nothing personalized. With MCP, Claude has access to:

  • Your current program structure and settings
  • Your workout history and logged sets
  • Your strength progression and PRs
  • Your volume landmarks and fatigue patterns
  • Your exercise library and equipment profiles

This means advice is specific to your training, not generic recommendations.

Getting started​

See Connecting Claude for setup instructions, or jump to Example Prompts if you're already connected.