Last updated October 5, 2026

Terms of use

These terms cover FORM45, the app for iPhone and iPad, and form45.com. By using FORM45, you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use it.

• Train at your own risk. FORM45 is not medical advice, and we don't check coaches' credentials.
• Be decent in Team. No abuse, hate, sexual content, or harassment.
• We review reports and remove accounts that break the rules.

Please read the Disputes section. It says that most disputes between you and us are settled one on one through arbitration, not in court and not as part of a class action, and how you can opt out.

Who we are

FORM45 is made by Side Hat Ventures LLC, 344 Grove St #4213, Jersey City, NJ 07302, United States. When these terms say "we" or "us", they mean us.

Our privacy policy explains what FORM45 does with information. Please read it too.

Who can use FORM45

You must be at least 13 years old to use FORM45. If you are under the age of majority where you live, a parent or guardian needs to agree to these terms with you. Nutrition targets are for adults 18 and over.

Your account

You can train with FORM45 without an account. Team needs one, created with Sign in with Apple. Choose a display name that doesn't pretend to be someone else or break the rules below. You are responsible for what happens on your account, so keep your phone secure.

Your license

FORM45 is licensed to you, not sold. As long as you follow these terms, you may install and use the app on iPhones and iPads you own or control, for your own training and, if you coach, to coach your clients.

We keep our rights in FORM45, its name, its logo, its programs, exercise guides, and illustrations, and this website. Parts of the app are built on open source software, which stays under its own terms.

If you got FORM45 from the App Store, Apple's standard license agreement for apps also applies, and these terms add to it.

Your health and safety

Exercise can injure you, sometimes seriously. You train at your own risk, and you decide what is safe for you.

FORM45's programs, guides, routine check, nutrition targets, and log, and anything a buddy or coach shares with you, are general fitness information. They are not medical advice. FORM45 is not a medical device, and it doesn't diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition.

Check with a doctor before you start a new exercise or eating plan, especially if you are pregnant, injured, or have a health condition. Stop if you feel pain, dizziness, or shortness of breath beyond normal effort. Use equipment safely and within your ability, learn a new exercise with a light weight first, and ask a qualified professional when you are unsure. The illustrations show selected positions, not every part of a movement.

Nutrition targets are estimates worked out from the details you enter. They are meant for healthy adults, and they are not a diet prescribed for you. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, have a medical condition, or have a history of disordered eating, talk to a doctor or registered dietitian before changing how you eat.

Community rules

Team only works if everyone feels safe in it. We have zero tolerance for:

• Abuse and threats, including threats of violence and encouraging anyone to hurt themselves.
• Hate, meaning anything that attacks people for their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other part of who they are.
• Sexual content of any kind, including sexual or sexually suggestive messages and requests.
• Harassment and bullying, including body shaming and repeated messages or nudges someone doesn't want.
• Anything illegal, plus spam, scams, pretending to be someone else, and sharing another person's private information.

These rules apply to everything other people can see: your display name, coach bio, messages, routines, form tips, and the names and notes on your workouts.

Using the app fairly

Don't:

• Try to break, overload, or get around FORM45's protections or limits.
• Use bots or scripts to create accounts, invites, or messages in bulk.
• Copy, resell, or take apart the app, or reuse its programs, guides, or illustrations for anything but your own training and coaching, beyond what the law or its open source parts allow.

Reports and enforcement

You can report a person or a message, block someone, or end a link from the app at any time. Text posted in Team is also checked automatically against a list of abusive words, and refused if it matches.

We review every report and aim to act on it within 24 hours. When content breaks these rules, we remove it and can suspend or remove the account that posted it, with or without warning. We may report serious cases, such as threats of violence or anything involving a minor, to the authorities.

Coaches

Anyone can coach on FORM45. We do not verify qualifications, certifications, licenses, or experience, and we do not endorse any coach. Coaches are responsible for their own advice, including the routines and form tips they assign, so use your own judgment before following it.

If you coach, only coach people who chose to join you, use a client's workout log only to coach them, and follow the laws and professional rules that apply to you.

Today FORM45 doesn't handle payments. Any payment or agreement a coach and a client make between themselves is theirs alone, and FORM45 is not part of it. If we later offer paid coaching through the app, we will say how it works before anyone pays.

Your content

What you post in Team is yours. You give us permission to store it and show it to the people you link with, only so Team works. You can delete it by deleting your account in the app. The privacy policy explains what is shared, with whom, and what deleting removes.

If you send us ideas or feedback about FORM45, we may use them freely, without owing you anything.

Free today, and what may change

FORM45 is free today. Later we may show ads, and we may add paid features, such as charging for coaching or for coach tools. You will not be charged unless you choose to buy something. If we sell anything, the price, what you get, and how to cancel will be shown before you buy.

We will label ads and sponsored content. Advertisers are responsible for their own offers, and anything you buy from one is between you and them.

We may change FORM45, add or remove features, make a free feature paid, or stop offering it. We may change or end Team. If we end it, we will tell you in the app first where we reasonably can.

The app as it is

We work hard on FORM45, but we provide it as it is and as available, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We don't promise that it will always work, that its guides, programs, or targets are right for you, or that it is free of mistakes.

To the fullest extent the law allows, Side Hat Ventures LLC and the people who work on FORM45 are not liable for injuries from training, or for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost data, that come from using FORM45, from being unable to use it, or from following advice from other people in it. Our total liability for everything connected with FORM45 is limited to the greater of what you paid us in the twelve months before the claim, or US$50.

Some places don't allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't be limited by law, or takes away rights you have under consumer law that can't be taken away.

Your responsibility to us

If someone brings a claim against us because of what you posted in Team, the coaching you gave, how you misused FORM45, or how you broke these terms or the law, you agree to cover our losses and costs from that claim, including reasonable legal fees, as far as the law allows.

Stopping

You can stop using FORM45 at any time. Deleting the app removes what it stored on your device. If you joined Team, delete your account in the app first to remove your Team data as well.

We can suspend or remove an account that breaks these terms. The sections on your content, the app as it is, your responsibility to us, the law that applies, and disputes still apply after you stop.

The law that applies

These terms and any action related to them are governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, federal arbitration law, and the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Except as set out under Disputes, the exclusive jurisdiction for all disputes that you and we are not required to arbitrate is the state and federal courts located in New Jersey, and each of us waives any objection to jurisdiction and venue there.

If you are a consumer who lives in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or anywhere else whose law gives you the protection of mandatory local consumer rules, nothing in this section takes away the protection of those rules or your right to bring proceedings in the courts of the place where you live.

Disputes

a. Talk to us first. Before starting an arbitration or a court action, please email hello@sidehat.com describing the dispute and what you want done about it. We will try in good faith to resolve it with you for 30 days.

b. Binding individual arbitration. You and we agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these terms or FORM45 will be resolved solely by binding individual arbitration, and not in a class, representative, or consolidated proceeding. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this section. You and we are each waiving the right to a trial by jury and to take part in a class action. This section still applies after you stop using FORM45.

c. Exceptions and opting out. Either of us may bring a qualifying claim in small-claims court, and either of us may ask a court for injunctive or equitable relief to protect intellectual property. You may opt out of arbitration entirely by emailing hello@sidehat.com with the subject "Arbitration Opt-Out", or by writing to Side Hat Ventures LLC, 344 Grove St #4213, Jersey City, NJ 07302, within 30 days after you first accepted these terms. Include your name, a contact email, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out. Opting out does not affect any other part of these terms.

d. Rules and costs. Arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, available at adr.org, as modified by these terms. If your claim is for US$10,000 or less, you may choose whether it proceeds on documents only, by telephone or video conference, or at an in-person hearing. Any in-person hearing will take place in the county where you live unless we both agree otherwise. Filing, administration, and arbitrator fees are governed by those rules, and we will pay those fees and expenses for claims under US$10,000 unless the arbitrator finds the claim frivolous.

e. No class actions. You and we agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding. If this specific provision is found unenforceable, the whole of this Disputes section is null and void.

f. If this section changes. If we change this Disputes section after the date you most recently accepted these terms, you may reject the change by emailing hello@sidehat.com within 30 days of the change taking effect. This section as it stood when you last accepted then continues to apply to you.

g. Outside the United States. Parts b, c, d, and e of this section do not apply to you if you are a consumer who lives in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, or Brazil, or anywhere else whose law does not allow an agreement to arbitrate or a class action waiver to be imposed on a consumer in advance. You are not required to arbitrate, you waive nothing, and you may bring proceedings in the courts of the place where you live.

Apple

The following applies because you got FORM45 from the App Store:

• These terms are between you and us only, not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for FORM45 or its content.
• Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for FORM45.
• If FORM45 fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price, if any, to you. To the fullest extent the law allows, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to FORM45, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to a failure to conform to a warranty are our responsibility.
• We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claim by you or a third party relating to FORM45 or your possession or use of it, including product liability claims, claims that FORM45 fails to conform to a legal or regulatory requirement, and claims under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation.
• We, not Apple, are responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of any third-party claim that FORM45 or your use of it infringes that party's intellectual property rights.
• You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• You must comply with any applicable third-party terms of agreement when using FORM45.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms. Once you accept them, Apple has the right, and is deemed to have accepted the right, to enforce these terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.

Changes

If these terms change in a way that matters, we will update them here, change the date at the top, and tell you in the app before the change takes effect. Using FORM45 after that means you accept the new terms.

The rest

These terms, together with the privacy policy, are the whole agreement between you and us about FORM45. If any part of them is found unenforceable, it will be limited or removed only as far as needed, and the rest stays in force. If we don't enforce a part of these terms, that doesn't mean we've given it up. You may not transfer these terms to anyone else without our written consent. We may transfer them, including if FORM45 is sold or merged into another company. These terms were written in English, and the English version controls over any translation, except where the law of your country requires otherwise.

Contact

Questions about these terms, or something to report outside the app, go to hello@sidehat.com, or by mail to Side Hat Ventures LLC, 344 Grove St #4213, Jersey City, NJ 07302, United States.