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Ægir Iron vs TrainHeroic
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Both connect coaches and athletes, but they are built around different models. TrainHeroic is a marketplace and team-delivery platform; Ægir Iron is a direct coach-and-athlete platform built for strength sports.
What TrainHeroic does well
TrainHeroic is a coaching and programming marketplace. Coaches and gyms build training and publish it, either to their own teams or to a public marketplace, and athletes join a team free or buy a marketplace program and get workouts pushed to their phone, often with leaderboards, team feeds, and a strong community layer. For a coach who wants to sell programming at scale, or an athlete who wants to buy into an established team's programming and follow along, it is a capable, well-built platform with a large catalog.
Where Ægir Iron differs
TrainHeroic centers on marketplace distribution and team delivery; Ægir Iron (also written Aegir Iron) centers on strength-sport programming depth and a direct coach-to-athlete relationship. The programming is specialized for the barbell: percentage-of-1RM loading priced live from each lifter's training maxes, real Cycle / Block / Week / Day periodization into a meet peak, and auto-progression that advances training maxes from logged AMRAP sets and reprices the plan in one tap. It adds meet planning with attempt selection and competition scoring across Wilks, DOTS, IPF GL, and Sinclair, plus rigorous load analytics (uncoupled ACWR with an EWMA companion, relative intensity zones, make rate from logged misses). The pricing for coaching is similar on both: the coach pays by roster size and coached athletes train free. Where they part is the solo lifter: on Ægir Iron an individual lifter gets the full platform free with no coach, while TrainHeroic sells programs to individual athletes through its marketplace. Programs sync to athletes in real time over a single invite link.
| Feature | Ægir Iron | TrainHeroic |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Direct coach-and-athlete platform | Marketplace + team delivery |
| Who pays | Coach only, by roster size; athletes free | Coach pays by athlete count; coached athletes free. Marketplace programs are bought by the athlete |
| Strength-sport programming | % of 1RM from maxes, meet peak, auto-progression | Coach-built programming across strength and conditioning |
| Meet planning & scoring | Attempts + Wilks, DOTS, IPF GL, Sinclair | Not a focus |
| Load & intensity analytics | ACWR with EWMA companion, % of 1RM zones, make rate | Team tracking & leaderboards |
| Sports covered | Powerlifting, weightlifting, strongman, calisthenics | Strength and conditioning, including team sports |
| Real-time athlete sync | Yes, one invite link | Yes, within a team/track |
| Cost for individual lifters | Free, full platform | Free app; paid marketplace programs and optional Athlete Pro |
Pricing and features reflect public information at the time of writing and may change. Check each app for the latest. Competitor details checked October 2026. TrainHeroic is a trademark of its respective owner. Ægir Iron is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.
Who should pick which
If you want a marketplace to sell programming at scale, or you want to buy into an established team's programmed track, TrainHeroic is built for that. If you coach powerlifters, weightlifters, or strongman athletes directly and want deep strength-sport programming, meet prep, and scoring, with tools built around percentages, peaks and competition scoring, Ægir Iron is the closer fit.