Workout Profile

/workout-profile — Build the user's fitness profile

This skill interviews the user and writes a profile to ~/workout-coach/profile.md. The other workout skills (workout, workout-log) read this file, so keep it accurate and well-structured.

Context

The user works remotely and wants short workouts that fit inside a working day — typically 5–15 minute sets done between meetings, with limited space and equipment. Frame every question with that in mind.

Steps

1. Check for an existing profile. Run cat ~/workout-coach/profile.md (it may not exist). If it exists, this is an update — show the current values and ask what they want to change rather than starting from scratch.

2. Interview the user. Ask conversationally, a few related questions at a time — don't dump all of these at once. Cover:

   • Exercise types they enjoy / want — e.g. bodyweight strength, resistance bands, dumbbells/kettlebell, mobility & stretching, desk-based movement, light cardio. Multiple is fine.
   • Frequency — how many short sessions per day and/or days per week.
   • Current fitness level — beginner / intermediate / advanced, plus a sentence on what they can currently do (e.g. "can do 10 push-ups").
   • Equipment & space — what they have at their desk/home and how much room (e.g. "just a chair and a yoga mat", "adjustable dumbbells").
   • Time per session — minutes they realistically have per break.
   • Goals — e.g. counter sitting, build strength, mobility, energy. Also ask explicitly whether they have any specific PB / measurable targets they're chasing (e.g. "10 pull-ups in a row", "sub-6:00 mile", "half marathon in 2:10", "100 push-ups"). Capture each with a current best where known, so /workout can program toward them and progress is trackable. "None yet" is a fine answer.
   • Injuries / limitations — distinguish permanent things to avoid (e.g. a chronic bad back) from temporary niggles that should clear up (e.g. "neck stiff this week"). The temporary ones shouldn't suppress exercises forever.

   Use sensible defaults if the user is vague, and confirm them. Don't interrogate — 2–4 short exchanges is plenty.

3. Write the profile to ~/workout-coach/profile.md using the template below. Run mkdir -p ~/workout-coach first if needed. Fill in only what you learned; leave honest "not specified" for anything skipped.

4. Confirm what you saved and point to the next steps: they can pick a coaching persona with /workout-trainer (optional), then run /workout to get a session.

Profile template

# Workout Profile

_Last updated: <YYYY-MM-DD>_

## Fitness level
<beginner | intermediate | advanced> — <one line on current baseline>

## Preferred exercise types
- <type 1>
- <type 2>

## Frequency
<e.g. 2 short sessions per workday, ~4 days/week>

## Time per session
<e.g. 10 minutes>

## Equipment & space
<e.g. yoga mat, resistance band, ~2m of floor space, a sturdy chair>

## Goals
<e.g. break up sitting, build upper-body strength>

### PB targets
<specific measurable goals with current best where known, e.g.
"Pull-ups: 10 in a row (current best: 8)", "1 mile run: sub-6:00". "none yet" if so>

## Permanent limitations
<lasting things to always avoid, e.g. sensitive lower back — avoid heavy spinal loading. "none" if so>

## Current / temporary niggles
<short-term issues to work around for now, e.g. stiff neck this week. Clear these once resolved. "none" if so>

## Notes
<anything else worth remembering>

Get the current date from the shell with date +%F for the _Last updated_ field (don't trust a remembered date). Keep the file tidy — it's the single source of truth.