Follow-Along Videos
Paste a YouTube or Vimeo link on a routine. The video opens when you start the workout, and each exercise can jump it to the right moment. If the video lists chapters, Kinoku can build the exercise list from them. Just watched without logging? The session still counts in your history.
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What this feature looks like in the app
The video opens for you
Start the workout and the video starts too. No app switching, no searching.
Build from chapters
A video with chapters can become a routine. Each exercise gets its moment in the video pinned.
Watch-only still counts
Followed the whole video but logged nothing? Kinoku saves it as a watched session, and your lifting stats stay clean.
What it is
Lots of people train along with a video. The problem is the tracking. You pause the video, switch apps, log the set, and switch back. Every set.
Kinoku joins the two. Paste a YouTube or Vimeo link on any routine. The routine becomes a guided session. It gets a GUIDED tag in your library, plus a ”≈ NN min” note so you know how long the video runs.
The video opens for you
Each guided routine has an auto-open switch. Turn it on, and the video starts the moment you start the workout. No searching, no app juggling.
To be exact about how this works: Kinoku opens the video in your video app, like YouTube or Vimeo. It does not play the video inside Kinoku. With YouTube’s picture-in-picture, the video can float in a small window over your log while you train.
Jump to each exercise
You can pin a moment in the video to each exercise. The exercise card then shows a small chip, like ”▶ 5:30”. Tap it and the video jumps right to that move. While setting it up, a preview button lets you check the spot before you save it.
Build from chapters
Many workout videos list chapters, like “0:00 Warm-up, 2:30 Squats”. Kinoku can read that list and offer to build your whole exercise list from it. Each exercise arrives with its moment in the video already pinned.
Reading chapters makes one extra network call. So it stays off until you turn it on in Settings, under Privacy and Data, with “Detect chapters from YouTube videos.”
Watched but logged nothing? It still counts
Some days you just follow the video. That is a workout too.
When you come back from the video, a small chip asks: “Watched 32:14. Log this time?” One tap saves it. And if you tap Finish with no sets logged at all, Kinoku saves one “Watched” entry on its own. The session lands in your history either way.
Your stats stay honest. Watched time never counts as lifted weight, so your volume, records, and progress math stay clean.
Built to not surprise you
- Your history keeps its own copy of the video link and title. Edit or delete the routine later, and old workouts stay intact.
- A routine you import from a friend always arrives with auto-open turned off. Nothing opens a link without your say-so.
- Fetching the video title and length is one small network call, and it has its own switch in Settings.
- Picture-in-picture follows YouTube’s own rules. In some countries it needs YouTube Premium. The rest of the feature works for everyone.
Try it for yourself.
Available on Google Play. Core access starts on the free tier.
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