How to Make Your First Workout Video

This is the whole process, end to end. You upload a handful of exercise clips, build a workout out of them, choose how the timers and branding look, and export a finished MP4 — no timeline, no keyframes, no editing experience.

The order matters. Clips go in first, because once they are in your library the exercise-name field autocompletes against them and the preview comes alive the moment you pick one. Build the plan first and every exercise sits there marked as missing a clip.

Transcript

  1. 0:00Welcome to Fit Cut Pro. Let's build your first workout video in four steps.
  2. 0:07Start in Clips — this is your exercise library.
  3. 0:10Click Upload Clips, and name each file after the exercise — like Jumping Lunges dot M P 4. That's how clips match your workout automatically.
  4. 0:19Pick your files, then trim each clip to its best twelve seconds or so, and add it to the queue.
  5. 0:31Finish uploads everything. A moment later, all three clips are ready.
  6. 0:36Now open Workout, and click Add Exercise.
  7. 0:44Start typing the exercise name. Your uploaded clip appears — pick it, and the preview comes alive.
  8. 0:51Set the sets, work, and rest times with plus and minus.
  9. 0:57Add the rest of your exercises the same way.
  10. 1:09Then hit Save. Fit Cut Pro also autosaves as you go.
  11. 1:14Open Design to make it yours.
  12. 1:17Pick a theme color,
  13. 1:24and set the aspect ratio and quality for where you'll post — nine by sixteen for Instagram and TikTok.
  14. 1:32Ready? Click Export.
  15. 1:36Your video renders on our servers, so keep the tab open. It usually takes a couple of minutes.
  16. 1:43Done! Download your MP4 and share it anywhere.
  17. 1:49That's your first workout video. Next, explore Recorder, Fit AI, and Go Live from the top bar.

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