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How do I swap an exercise in the creator?

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Posted by Support Team on September 10, 2020 — Updated on November 21, 2025

With the Exercise.com Workout Plan Creator, you can quickly update and swap exercises across your clients’ workouts so their plans always match their needs. This guide will show you how to swap one exercise or all future instances for a client, starting from the “Accounts” tab of your Dashboard.

1. Click “Accounts” on Your Dashboard.

From your Dashboard, click the “Accounts” tab to open your list of client accounts.

Screenshot of the Dashboard with the Accounts tab highlighted.

2. Open the Client’s Exercise Options.

Find the client you want to update, then click the options button next to their name to view exercise options for that client.

Client row with options menu opened to show exercise-related actions.

3. Click “View calendar”.

From the client options, click “View calendar” to see all of the workouts scheduled for that client.

Client options menu with the View calendar option highlighted.

4. Open the Workout You Want to Edit.

On the calendar, click the workout where you want to swap an exercise to open the workout details.

Workout selected on the client calendar to open workout details.

5. Open Exercise Editing for the Workout.

Inside the workout details, click the exercise edit or options button to start editing the exercises in that workout.

Workout details screen with the exercise edit options highlighted.

6. Open the Exercise Search.

Click the exercise search area to bring up the list of available exercises you can use to replace the current one.

Exercise selection panel showing the exercise search area and list of exercises.

7. Type to Search for a New Exercise.

In the search field, type a letter or exercise name to filter the list and find the replacement exercise you want to use.

Exercise search bar with a letter typed to filter the exercise list.

8. Select the Replacement Exercise.

From the filtered list, click the exercise you want to use as the replacement for the current exercise.

List of exercises with one exercise selected as the replacement.

9. Choose Whether to Swap Once or Swap All Future Instances.

To update this exercise everywhere, check the box labeled “Swap all instances of this exercise in this workout and in future workouts“. Leave the box unchecked if you only want to swap the exercise for this single workout.

Swap exercise options showing the checkbox to swap all instances in this and future workouts.

10. Click “Swap exercise” to Save Your Changes.

When your settings are correct, click the “Swap exercise” button to apply the change. The exercise will be swapped based on your selection in the checkbox.

Swap exercise button highlighted to finalize the replacement.

If you checked the box to swap all instances, the new exercise will replace the old one in this workout and any future scheduled workouts that use the same exercise. If you left the box unchecked, only this one workout will be updated.

Now you can quickly swap a single exercise or all future instances in the Workout Plan Creator, helping you keep your clients’ programs updated without rebuilding their workouts from scratch.


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