MaraFit.How to manage coaching clients in Telegram without losing their programs
Give your chat, questionnaires, exercise library and participant workspace distinct roles in a practical online coaching workflow.
Give every tool a clear job
Chat is useful for conversation, but a long message history makes the current program harder to find. Photos, videos, questions and payment messages soon become mixed together. Tell participants where to find workouts, submit reports and ask questions.
A Telegram Mini App can hold structured materials in a workspace while the bot handles entry and notifications. Participants reach the next action without scrolling through the whole chat history.
Separate shared materials from individual plans
A group challenge may have shared days and tasks. An individual plan should belong to a specific participant. Avoid changing everyone’s materials just because one person needs a different version.
In MaraFit, a coach can review a draft, select videos and assign a personal program. A bot notification with an open-workout button helps the participant find the assigned plan.
Make the exercise library searchable
A consistent exercise name is more useful than “video 17”. Include the movement, equipment and a short coaching cue. Before uploading, check that you have the right to use the material and that it does not expose someone else’s private information.
Start with materials you actually use. You do not need hundreds of recordings before your first launch. It matters more that the relevant demonstration opens on a phone and matches the exercise in the program.
Use AI to assist with a draft
A questionnaire provides context: goals, experience, equipment and available time. AI can help structure a plan and match videos from your library. Get participant consent before submitting questionnaire information for that processing.
Review workload, sequence, clarity and video relevance yourself. If the library does not contain an appropriate demonstration, add one or change the exercise. A similar title alone does not establish a correct match.
Set expectations for feedback
Explain how often participants should report and when they can expect a reply. Ask what was clear, what was difficult and what prevented completion. This gives more useful context than a routine “everything was fine”.
Review reports and inactivity regularly. A missing completion mark does not prove someone skipped training; ask what happened first. Tracking helps highlight a situation, while personal feedback remains the coach’s responsibility.