One plan. Everything included.

What's included, in detail.

Both the Monthly and Annual plans provide identical access to the full Margin program. There are no tier-locked features, no premium add-ons, and no content held behind a higher-priced plan. The subscription you choose determines only how you pay.

Six-week structured strength and conditioning program

The program runs five sessions per week: three strength sessions and two conditioning sessions. Strength days are built around compound movement patterns (squat patterns, hip hinges, horizontal and vertical pressing, and horizontal and vertical pulling), and each set carries an effort target: you choose the weight that hits it, and the program shows you what you lifted for that same lift last time. Of the two conditioning days, one uses the modality you configured at setup (bike or run intervals), and the other is built around athleticism and mobility work. Session structure is fixed within the six-week cycle; what varies is the specific exercises, determined by your equipment configuration, your movement exclusions, and your chosen level, not by your goals, injury history, or logged performance.

Equipment configuration

You set up your equipment once at the start: the minimum is dumbbells and a pull-up bar. If you have a barbell, you add it. If you have access to a stationary bike, you select it. The program writes only movements your configured equipment can produce. When your equipment changes (a barbell added, a gym membership dropped), you update the configuration and the program adjusts with it. The adaptation targets stay constant; the tools for reaching them change.

Session validation before delivery

Every session passes a validation check before it is shown to you. The check confirms that all prescribed movements are available given your equipment configuration, that load assignments fall within established progression bounds for the cycle, and that session structure meets minimum quality criteria. A session that fails validation does not leave the queue. You train knowing the program was checked.

Session logging and training history

You log each session: the actual weights lifted, the number of reps completed, and whether the session was finished or cut short. That log is your own reference. The app shows you what you lifted last time so you can pick your own weight against this session's effort target. Margin does not re-adjust your program based on what you log, your goals, injury history, sleep, or stress.

Repeatable program cycles

At the end of each six-week cycle, a new cycle generates at the same equipment configuration, movement exclusions, and level you've set. Cycles run indefinitely, not for a season, not toward a deadline, but for as long as you train. Margin is designed for the person who is not trying to be done.

One household subscription with a second seat

The launch offering includes a second seat at no additional cost, so two people in the same household can run their own individually configured programs under a single subscription. Each seat has its own equipment configuration, movement exclusions, and training history. Treat this as a planned launch feature until availability is confirmed.

Common questions about pricing.

Can I try Margin before committing to a year?

Yes. The monthly plan costs $19.99 and can be cancelled at any time. You are not locked into anything. If you find Margin works for you and want to commit, the annual plan at $190 gives you the equivalent of two months free compared to paying monthly.

Does Margin raise its prices after sign-up?

No. The price you sign up at is what you pay. There are no introductory promotional rates that expire, no teaser prices that increase, and no surprise costs. $19.99 per month or $190 per year is what Margin costs.

Is there a free trial?

Margin is not currently offering a free trial. The product is launching with a paid waitlist-first model. If a trial period becomes available, it will be communicated to the waitlist first.

What if I need to cancel?

Cancel at any time. There is no minimum term, no cancellation fee, and no contract. Monthly subscribers lose access at the end of the billing period they paid for. Annual subscribers lose access at the end of their annual term.

Will the program work if I only have dumbbells? What if I can't do certain exercises due to injury or preference?

Yes. At setup you tell Margin what equipment you own (the minimum is dumbbells and a pull-up bar), and the program writes only movements that equipment can produce. No barbell? A dumbbell substitution targets the same movement pattern instead. You also rule out any specific exercise that causes pain or that you'd simply rather not do (overhead pressing after a shoulder issue, for example), and Margin substitutes another movement that trains the same pattern within your available equipment. Add your level, Standard or Starting out, and that's the full set of adaptations: equipment, exclusions, and level. The program stays within all three automatically, cycle after cycle, with no coach and no manual rebuild required on your part.

Will the program adjust if my circumstances change partway through a cycle: new equipment, an injury, or an exercise I need to rule out?

Your equipment configuration and movement exclusions aren't locked for the life of a cycle. Update them the moment your situation changes, whether that's losing access to a piece of equipment, picking up an injury, or deciding to rule out a specific movement, and Margin builds around the new setting from your next session onward. What it won't do is make that call for you: Margin doesn't monitor your training and auto-adapt the program structure in response to an injury or a bad week. The six-week cycle, its three strength and two conditioning sessions, and its built-in progression keep running as designed. You're the one who updates your own equipment, exclusions, or level when circumstances call for it.

How do I know what weight to lift if the program doesn't adjust based on my performance?

Each strength set carries an effort target instead of an assigned number: a description of how the set should feel, such as challenging but completable with a couple of reps in reserve. You pick the actual weight that matches that feeling for you that session, and Margin shows you what you lifted for that same exercise last time as a reference point. That removes the need for the program to recalculate anything between sessions: your own judgment, informed by last session's number, sets the load every time. The next six-week cycle is built from the same equipment, exclusions, and level you've set, not from what you logged.

What does "effort target" mean, and how is that different from apps that auto-adjust my weights?

An effort target describes how a set should feel (challenging but completable, with a couple of reps in reserve, for example) rather than assigning you a specific number to lift. Apps that auto-scale calculate a weight for you from your logged history; Margin doesn't. You choose the weight that matches the effort target for you, that session, using what you lifted for that exercise last time (which Margin shows you) as your reference point. Your own judgment sets the load every time. Margin never recalculates it for you between sessions.

Why doesn't Margin adjust the program based on my performance or goals?

Most "personalized" fitness apps treat every user as a special snowflake, rebuilding your plan around your goals, injury history, sleep, stress, and every number you log. Margin takes a different view: you don't need a bespoke program to build real strength and conditioning as you age, you need a realistic, maintainable one that covers the fitness targets that actually matter, grounded in published exercise science, and validated before you ever see it. That is why Margin adapts only to the things that genuinely change what you can safely do: your equipment, the exercises you've ruled out, and your level. It does not chase your goals, your injury history, or your logged performance from session to session. For someone who wants to train for decades without hiring a coach or becoming an exercise scientist, a validated program you can trust beats an algorithm that endlessly second-guesses itself.

What if I don't have a home gym or access to a barbell?

Margin builds your program entirely around the equipment you actually own. At setup you tell Margin what you have, and every session is written only from movements that equipment can produce: no home gym and no barbell required. When a movement calls for something you don't have, Margin shows you the exercise alternative that trains the same pattern instead, whether that means a dumbbell, bodyweight, or whatever you have available. You can complete every session with what's in front of you.

How does Margin differ from other fitness apps?

Most fitness apps try to build a completely unique program around your goals, injury history, and the workouts you log, promising personalization that auto-adjusts based on your data. Margin takes the opposite approach: everyone follows the same validated, science-backed program, adapted only for the equipment you own and the exercises you've ruled out. There's no algorithm guessing at what you need next and no decision fatigue from trying to design your own plan: just one proven program that removes the guesswork for anyone willing to follow it.