Getting Started as an Individual Swimmer

If you swim on your own (or with a team that doesn't use BTB yet), this is how you get a personalized training plan, track your times, and share a professional profile.

Your first 10 minutes

Follow these steps in order. You can pause and come back anytime.

1. 1

   Sign up with your email

   Go to beyondtheblocks.io and tap 'Get Started Free'. Pick 'Individual Swimmer' when it asks what kind of account you want. Enter your email and create a password.

   You'll know it worked when

   You land on a short setup wizard that asks about your swimming.

2. 2

   Pick your primary events

   Choose the 2–4 events you swim most — like 100 freestyle, 200 IM, 100 backstroke. Your AI training plan is built around these. You can change them later.

3. 3

   Enter your current personal bests

   For each event you picked, type in your best time. If you don't know it exactly, a close estimate is fine. The AI uses these to set realistic training paces and to predict race times.

   You'll know it worked when

   Each event shows a best time next to it in MM:SS.ss format.

4. 4

   Tell us about your training schedule

   How many days a week do you swim? How long are your sessions? Do you have access to a pool every day or only a few days? Are you doing dryland or strength work? One screen, a few taps.

5. 5

   Answer the wellness questions

   Sleep, diet, and injury status. This takes about 90 seconds and makes a huge difference — the AI will tell you to back off on a hard day if you're running on 5 hours of sleep.

6. 6

   Review your first AI workout

   When you finish the wizard, your first personalized workout appears. It's built for you — your events, your training days, your equipment. Read it, tweak it if you want, then save.

   You'll know it worked when

   You see a workout titled something like 'Your Monday Threshold Set' on your home screen.

Key features, explained