The free tier of the Slowfit Method® app gives you ten exchanges with Coach Keir AI.

Ten.

When I tell people that, the first reaction is usually some version of: that’s not very many. And I get it. We live in an era of unlimited everything. Unlimited streaming, unlimited scroll, unlimited storage. Ten feels like a parking meter in a world where everything else is free parking forever.

But here’s what I’ve noticed in the coaching admin dashboard, watching real users move through the app: ten is plenty. More than plenty. For a lot of people, ten is exactly right.

Because the users who are getting the most out of the free tier aren’t treating their questions like chips at a casino. They’re treating them like wishes from a genie.

You’ve heard the rule. Three wishes. You don’t waste them on a baloney sandwich. You think carefully. You ask the question that actually matters. You are intentional (and you are now likely getting a sense for why I call this “Slowfit,” right? As in slow streets, slow food, slow parenting, etc.)

That’s what I’m watching people do.

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KARI

Her question: “Give me a 10-minute mobility flow I can do anywhere.”

Coach Keir AI pointed her to Kelly Starrett’s morning mobility routine from The Ready State — a progression I’ve personally used before every single training session since 2021. Hip flexors, thoracic spine, shoulders, ankles. The full sequence. Plus a pointer to Built to Move for anyone who wants to understand the why behind the what.

Kari got a complete protocol rooted in the best mobility science I know. Then she closed the app and went to go do it.

That’s the whole point.

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ALICIA

Her question: “Tell me about the Nutrition pillar of the Slowfit Method® and give me one action I can take today.”

Coach Keir AI gave her the real answer: four words. Eat real food. Then unpacked it — Herman Pontzer’s research on why you lose weight in the kitchen, not the gym. Dr. Robert Lustig’s case against ultra-processed food as the root of modern chronic disease. The CGM data I ran for nearly three years and what it actually showed me.

Her one action for the day: read every ingredient label on everything she ate. If it had more than five ingredients, or ingredients she couldn’t pronounce, put it back.

One question. One framework. One action. Done.

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ANDY

His question: “What is the most important thing I can do tonight to improve my sleep?”

Coach Keir AI gave him a downregulation breathing protocol — nasal only, belly-led inhales, exhale twice as long as the inhale, 4-count in and 8-count out, body scan from head to toe, 3 to 5 minutes minimum, starting 30 minutes before bed. It’s not complicated. It’s a direct line into the parasympathetic nervous system. The science is about as solid as it gets.

Andy’s habit log already shows he’s been tracking sleep. He came in with a real question. He got a real answer. He didn’t need a follow-up. He needed to go to bed.

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Here’s what strikes me about all three of these interactions—

None of them burned through their ten questions on things they could have Googled. None of them treated the AI coach like a toy to pass time. They showed up with a real question — something that had been sitting in the back of their mind or triggered by one of the app’s home screen prompts about the big behavioral levers — and they left with something they could use. Today. Tonight. Tomorrow morning.

Then they closed the app and went back to their lives.

This is the opposite of how almost every other app on your phone is designed to work. Social media doesn’t want you to get what you need and leave. It wants you to stay. It wants you confused, reactive, comparing, scrolling. The whole machine runs on unresolved attention.

The Slowfit Method® app is designed around a different premise: get in, get what you need, go do the thing.

The ten-question limit on the free tier isn’t a constraint I’m apologetic about. It’s a forcing function. It asks you to show up with intention. To think about what you actually want to know. To treat the coaching conversation like the valuable resource it is.

When the genie offers you three wishes, you don’t waste one of them asking what the time and temperature are.

Ask the question that matters. Get the answer you need. Go do the thing.

That’s Slowfit.

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The Slowfit Method® app is free to download. Coach Keir AI, your personalized training framework, and access to all 10 Slowfit pillars are included in the free tier. If you want unlimited coaching conversations, full Vault access with 300+ curated books, podcasts, gear, and supplement recommendations organized by pillar, and a growing on-demand video library, that’s Slowfit Pro.

It’s $29.99 a month. A dollar a day.

And right now, I’m making an offer to the first two people who upgrade: a Foghorn Fitness t-shirt, on me. I’ll mail it to you personally. Brand new, high quality, and perfect for training — or just living in. To upgrade, open the app, go to Settings, and tap Change Plan. Takes about 30 seconds.

Get the app

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Keir J. Beadling is a human performance coach, founder of Foghorn Fitness, and creator of the Slowfit Method®. He coaches athletes and everyday humans in San Francisco and worldwide. More information is available at foghornfitness.com.

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See you out there!

Keir