Fitness Guides & Tools
Practical answers to the questions people actually ask about AI calorie counting, macro tracking, and adaptive strength training. Every guide is written around ego, the iPhone app that coaches your food and your workouts with one AI.
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Free AI workout plan generator
Build a weekly training plan for your equipment and schedule. No sign-up, instant results.
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How long will it take to lose weight?
Get the date you could reach your goal weight, with the daily calories and protein to get there.
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Take a picture of food, get calories
How photo calorie counting works, where it's accurate, and how to log meals in seconds.
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How accurate are AI calorie counters?
What published research says about photo calorie estimation, and how to work around its limits.
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Photo calorie accuracy test: 506 weighed dishes
We ran ego on Google's Nutrition5k dataset: 23% median error per dish, 14% for a day. Method and downloadable data.
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A workout app that adjusts when you miss a day
Why rigid programs fail after one skipped session, and what adaptive replanning looks like.
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The best Cal AI alternative
Cal AI is now part of MyFitnessPal. Here's what to switch to if you also lift.
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MyFitnessPal alternatives with photo logging
Tired of typing every meal? Food diaries that log by photo, barcode, and chat.
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Cal AI vs MyFitnessPal
Photo-first speed against the biggest food database, now under one owner. Which one fits how you log.
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A Hevy alternative with calorie tracking
When Hevy Pro is enough, when to switch, and how to run training and food from one app.
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Track calories and workouts together
Most apps do one or the other. How to run training and nutrition from a single app.
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How much weight should you lift?
Starting weights for beginners, RPE made simple, and the app that picks loads for you.
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Track macros without weighing food
Hand portions, photo logging, and why consistency beats gram-perfect precision.
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Is ChatGPT good at workout plans?
What ChatGPT gets right, what it can't do, and when a stateful AI coach wins.
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Training that adapts to sleep and recovery
Why recovery-blind programs stall you, and how Apple Health data fixes it.
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Log meals by chatting with AI
Type "chicken burrito and a coke" and it's in your food diary. Here's how.
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Put the guides into practice
ego is free to download on iPhone (iOS 18+). Log meals by photo, track your macros, and follow a strength plan that adapts to your real week. Full features unlock with a subscription.
