Terms of Service.

We use magic-link sign-in. We send a one-time link to your verified email address; clicking it signs you in. You are responsible for the security of the email account associated with your Lifts account.

You will provide accurate information at sign-up — including display name, date of birth, and the sex-coefficient input used for DOTS — and keep your profile reasonably up to date. Knowingly providing false information is grounds for suspension.

You will create only one personal account on the Service. Sharing accounts is prohibited. Bots, scripts, and other automated accounts are prohibited except for accessibility tools.

You are responsible for everything that happens under your account, except where it occurs as a result of our material breach of these Terms or our failure to maintain reasonable security.

The Service is invite-only. To create an account you must enter a valid Group invite code provided by an authorized administrator of a chapter, organization, or custom group (each a "Group"). Group codes are not transferable. Sharing a Group code with someone who is not eligible for that Group is a breach of these Terms.

Chapter administrators and super-administrators can rotate Group codes, view Group rosters, remove members, and lock down sensitive features. Administrators agree to act in good faith and in accordance with their organization's bylaws when using these features. Administrators are not employees, agents, or contractors of Lifts.

If you are removed from a Group, your content posted to that Group's feed may remain visible to members of that Group up to the point of removal, subject to your right to delete content from your account.

Group administrators have authority over codes, rosters, gym anchors, inactivity thresholds, and member removal within their Group. They must not use these features — or any Service feature — to:

• coerce or compel a member's participation in any activity, on or off the Service, that is not freely chosen by the member;
• document, surveil, or punish compliance with bylaws, training plans, or attendance requirements outside the Service;
• retaliate against a member for declining to participate, withdrawing, reporting misconduct, or exercising any right under these Terms; or
• facilitate or document hazing as defined in § 4.

Lifts is a voluntary tool. Inactivity nudges, leaderboards, and any other visibility feature are informational. They are not evidence of compliance or non-compliance with any organization's requirements. Members may stop using the Service at any time, and removal from a Group does not affect the member's standing in any external organization.

Workouts you log, photos you upload, comments you post, journal entries you write, and any other content you submit (together, "Your Content") are yours. We do not claim ownership.

For the limited purpose of operating, displaying, securing, backing up, and improving the Service, you grant Lifts a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, sublicensable (only to our subprocessors) license to host, store, reproduce, transmit, display, adapt for display, and create derivative works of Your Content — but only to the extent necessary to provide the Service to you and to the members of your Group(s) according to the audience you select.

This license terminates when you delete the relevant content or your account, except for: (a) reasonable retention in backups that age off on the regular schedule described in our Privacy Policy; and (b) anonymized, aggregate metrics that are no longer associated with you (e.g., total active users, average sets per workout).

We do not use Your Content to train artificial intelligence models, and our contracts with AI subprocessors prohibit them from using your data for their foundation-model training.

For each piece of Your Content, you represent and warrant that:

• You own it or have all rights necessary to grant the license in § 6.2.
• It does not violate any applicable law, third-party right (including intellectual property, rights of publicity, and rights of privacy), or these Terms.
• For photos and other media depicting persons other than yourself: you have obtained the consent of each identifiable person (or their parent or guardian, if under 18) to upload and share their image with the Group(s) you have selected as the audience.

We may remove Your Content if we believe in good faith that it violates these Terms, applicable law, or the rights of any person, with or without notice.

If you send us suggestions, ideas, or feedback about the Service, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that feedback for any purpose without compensation or attribution. We will not publish your feedback verbatim without your permission.

Lifts is a workout-logging and social tool. It is not a medical, healthcare, or licensed-professional service. Nothing in the Service — including data dashboards, AI Coach output, AI-suggested exercises, contextual nudges, post-workout summaries, leaderboards, volume targets, machine identifications, muscle activations, or any other feature — constitutes medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, nutritional advice, biomechanical advice, or a recommendation specific to your health condition.

Before beginning any exercise program, modifying your training, or acting on any recommendation surfaced by the Service, consult a qualified physician or licensed healthcare provider — particularly if you have a pre-existing condition, are pregnant, are recovering from an injury, or are unsure whether the activity is appropriate for you.

You understand that exercise carries an inherent risk of injury or death, including from strains, sprains, fractures, dislocations, heart attack, stroke, heat exhaustion, falling weights, slipping on wet floors, and other causes. You voluntarily and knowingly assume all risk of injury, illness, property damage, and death arising from your use of the Service or your decision to perform any exercise that the Service describes, suggests, or displays.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you release, waive, and discharge Lifts, its operator, and its agents from any and all claims, causes of action, and damages — known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen — arising from such risk, except to the extent caused by our gross negligence or willful misconduct. This release does not apply where prohibited by law (for example, certain states do not enforce broad activity waivers).

AI-driven features (Coach Chat, machine identification, exercise-draft research, post-workout summaries, nudges) are powered by third-party large-language-model providers. They can produce output that is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, fabricated, or out of date ("hallucinations"). Treat AI output as a starting point only — verify before acting. We disclaim all liability for decisions you make based on AI output.

Nothing in the Service creates a doctor-patient, trainer-trainee, fiduciary, or professional-service relationship between you and Lifts or its operator.

The Service, its design, source code, the name "Lifts," our logos, our database schema, and all elements other than user content are owned by Lifts and protected by US and international intellectual-property laws. We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to use the Service for its intended purpose. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

"Lifts," the Lifts wordmark, and any associated logos are trademarks of Lifts. Any third-party trademarks displayed in the Service belong to their respective owners.

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a written notice to dmca@lifts.app that includes:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed.
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it.
• Your contact information (email and address).
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

If you believe content of yours was removed in error, you may file a counter-notice with the elements required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). Misrepresentations in either a notice or counter-notice may subject you to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

We will terminate the accounts of users we determine to be repeat infringers under appropriate circumstances.

Designated Agent for DMCA notices: Kalyan Adhikari, dmca@lifts.app. Postal address available on request.

We may add, modify, or remove features; change limits; or discontinue the Service in whole or in part at any time. Material changes that materially reduce features will be communicated at least 30 days in advance, where feasible.

We aim for high availability but make no SLA commitment. The Service is provided "as is" and "as available."

We back up the database daily, but we recommend you export critical content you care about.

The core Service is currently provided to verified Group members at no charge. We may add paid features at our discretion.

We will not charge you any amount without your prior, affirmative consent and at least 30 days' advance notice in-app and by email. Adding paid features does not retroactively place existing features behind a paywall without that notice and consent.

You may stop using the Service at any time and delete your account from Settings → Delete account. Deletion proceeds as described in our Privacy Policy.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service immediately if we believe in good faith that you have violated these Terms, that your continued use poses a risk to Lifts or to other users, or that we are required to do so by law. For non-egregious violations we will give you reasonable notice and an opportunity to cure.

On termination, the licenses granted in § 6.2 terminate as described there, your right to access the Service ceases, and the provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (including §§ 6.4, 7, 8, 14–22) survive.

LIFTS, ITS OPERATOR, AND ITS AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS, GOODWILL, OR USE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

LIFTS' TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) USD $100.

The disclaimers in § 14 and the limitations in this § 15 are a fundamental basis of our agreement and apply even if any limited remedy fails of its essential purpose. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in those jurisdictions our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Before filing arbitration or suit, you agree to first send a written notice of your claim to legal@lifts.app describing the dispute, the relief sought, and your contact information. We will work in good faith to resolve any dispute informally within 60 days of that notice.

If we cannot resolve the dispute informally, you and Lifts agree that any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Service, or our relationship (including non-contractual claims) will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, before a single arbitrator. The arbitration will be conducted in Brazos County, Texas, or by remote / video hearing at your option. The arbitrator's award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

The following are not subject to arbitration:

• Claims that qualify for small-claims court in the county of your residence (the claim must remain in that forum and on an individual basis);
• Claims to enforce or protect intellectual-property rights;
• Claims for injunctive relief; and
• Any other claim that may not be arbitrated under applicable law.

YOU AND LIFTS EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER. Disputes must be arbitrated on an individual basis only. If this class-action waiver is found unenforceable, then the entire arbitration agreement in this § 17 is void and the dispute will instead be resolved in court under § 18.

You may opt out of the arbitration agreement in this § 17 by sending a written notice to legal@lifts.app within 30 days of the date you first accept these Terms. The notice must use the subject line "Arbitration opt-out" and must include your name, the email address tied to your Lifts account, and a clear statement of your decision to opt out. If you opt out, all other provisions of these Terms continue to apply.

The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., governs the interpretation and enforcement of this § 17. To the extent state arbitration law applies, the law of Texas governs.

We may give notice by posting in the Service, by email to the address on file, or by any other reasonable means. Notice is effective on posting or sending.

Send legal notices to legal@lifts.app. Notice is effective on actual receipt.

These Terms (together with the Privacy Policy and any Community Guidelines) are the entire agreement between you and Lifts about the Service and supersede any prior agreements between you and Lifts about the Service.

A failure by Lifts to enforce any provision is not a waiver of its right to do so later.

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the rest of these Terms will remain in effect, and the unenforceable provision will be modified to the minimum extent needed to make it enforceable.

You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign them as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of substantially all our assets, subject to the notice in our Privacy Policy.

These Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights.

We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including natural disaster, war, terrorism, pandemic, government action, internet failure, or third-party-provider outage.

You and Lifts are independent contractors. These Terms do not create any agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship.

Section headings are for convenience only and have no legal effect.

You consent to receive electronic notices from us. Electronic notices satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing.

You will comply with all applicable export and re-export laws and regulations, including the US Export Administration Regulations and trade sanctions administered by the US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.