How we handle safety and privacy

Most of our athletes are teenagers. These rules are built into the app, not left to settings.

Parent consent comes first

  • Every athlete under 18 needs a signed parent consent form, recorded by their coach, before they can log anything.
  • The form has six separate permissions. Each optional feature (like team boards or testing days) stays off unless the parent agrees to it.
  • Athletes under 18 can't change their own permissions.
  • A form covers one team. An athlete on a second team needs a second form.

Training rules for athletes under 18

  • No one-rep-max tests. Strength checks are supervised rep-max tests for intermediate and advanced athletes, and the coach confirms supervision that day.
  • No testing within 48 hours of a match.
  • Effort limits so no one trains to failure, and at least one day a week with no lifting.
  • Each athlete gets the version of each exercise that fits their level. If an athlete is on two teams, the lower level wins.
  • If an athlete reports pain, the app tells them not to train through it and to talk to their coach, a parent, or an athletic trainer.

Team boards show effort

Boards show first name and last initial (or initials, or nothing), sessions, streaks, and progress. With parent permission, they can also show jump-test improvement in inches. Never weights, strength-check results, body weight, check-ins, or levels.

What we collect, and what we don't

  • We collect what the app needs to work: name, email, birth year, team, position, experience level, workouts, and the check-ins, attendance, and test results a parent has agreed to. Full list in the Privacy Notice.
  • We never collect location, photos, video, contacts, or full birth dates.
  • No ads, no tracking, and we never sell data. This website sets no cookies and uses no analytics.
  • Delete anytime. Athletes and coaches can delete their account in the app. Data is removed within 30 days. We keep a short record of parent consent and coach supervision for 5 years, with no workout, check-in, or test results, as the Privacy Notice explains.

What Approach Strength is, and isn't

Approach Strength gives general training education to healthy athletes. It doesn't diagnose, treat, or clear anyone to play. Questions about an injury, pain, or a head injury go to a parent, athletic trainer, or doctor.

Questions? ryan@approachstrength.com