Ellim is a free AI-powered personal coach and fitness app for iOS. It features an AI workout generator that creates personalized workout plans in seconds, a library of 3,500+ exercises, meal tracking with AI food recognition, comprehensive progress tracking, and pre-built workout routines.

How does the AI personal coach work?

Describe the workout you want in plain English — for example, "upper body strength workout" or "30-minute HIIT session." Ellim's AI personal coach instantly generates a complete workout plan with exercises, sets, reps, and rest periods, matched from our library of 3,500+ exercises.

Is Ellim free to use?

Yes, Ellim is completely free to use. Core features including the AI workout generator, exercise library, workout tracking, meal logging with food search and barcode scanning, and pre-built routines are available at no cost — no ads, no credit card required. AI food recognition from photos is available as a premium feature.

What types of exercises does Ellim include?

Ellim includes over 3,500 exercises across multiple categories including weight training, bodyweight exercises, stretching and flexibility routines, and cardio workouts. Each exercise comes with detailed instructions.

Can Ellim create personalized workout plans?

Yes, Ellim's AI personal coach creates fully personalized workout plans based on your goals, preferences, and workout history. You can also build custom routines manually or choose from 100+ pre-built workout programs.

Does Ellim track meals and nutrition?

Yes, Ellim includes a dedicated Meal tab for tracking your nutrition. You can search for foods, scan barcodes to add items instantly, or use AI-powered food recognition to identify what you're eating from a photo. Food search and barcode scanning are free, while AI photo recognition is a premium feature.

All Exercises

Smith Rack Pull

Perform the Smith Rack Pull to build strength in your posterior chain, targeting the glutes, hamstrings, and lower back.

Intermediate

Compound

Pull

1 min per set2 min rest

Hips

Smith machine

Description

The Smith Rack Pull is a weight training exercise targeting the lower back, glutes, and hamstrings.

How to Do Smith Rack Pull

1
Setup
Set the Smith machine bar to just below knee height or mid-shin, ensuring the safety catches are securely engaged.
2
Setup
Stand with your mid-foot directly under the bar, feet hip-width apart, and grip the bar slightly wider than shoulder-width with an overhand or mixed grip.
3
Setup
Hinge at your hips, keeping a neutral spine, chest up, and shoulders slightly retracted, maintaining tension through your lats.
4
Initiate the pull by driving through your heels, extending your hips and knees simultaneously to lift the bar, keeping it close to your shins.
5
Squeeze your glutes at the top, ensuring your hips are fully extended but avoiding hyperextension of your lower back.
6
Control the descent by reversing the movement, hinging at the hips and bending the knees slightly, lowering the bar until it rests back on the safety pins.

Tips

Maintain a neutral spine throughout the entire movement by engaging your core and keeping your chest proud, preventing any rounding of the back.
Focus on driving through your heels and extending your hips powerfully to maximize glute and hamstring activation, rather than just pulling with your back.
Keep the bar as close to your body as possible during both the lift and the descent to maintain optimal leverage and reduce unnecessary stress on your lower back.
Control the eccentric (lowering) phase by slowly returning the bar to the pins, as this builds strength and improves muscle control.

Common Mistakes

×Rounding the lower back during the lift can lead to injury; maintain a neutral spine by bracing your core and keeping your chest up throughout the movement.
×Hyperextending the lower back at the top of the movement puts undue stress on the spine; finish with hips fully extended and glutes squeezed, not by leaning back excessively.
×Allowing the bar to drift away from the body increases leverage demands and lower back strain; keep the bar tracking vertically and close to your legs.

Variations

Compound

Smith Hack Squat

Target your quads and glutes effectively with the Smith Hack Squat. This stable, machine-guided variation builds lower body strength and muscle mass with

Intermediate

HipsGluteus MaximusSmith machine

Related Exercises

Compound

Smith Sumo Chair Squat

Master the Smith Sumo Chair Squat for powerful quads, glutes, and hamstrings. This controlled squat variation uses a wide stance and chair to perfect

Intermediate

HipsSmith machine

Compound

Smith Sumo Deadlift

Perform Smith Sumo Deadlifts to target your glutes, hamstrings, and quads with enhanced stability.

Advanced

HipsSmith machine

Compound

Smith Stiff Legged Deadlift

Sculpt your hamstrings and glutes with the Smith Stiff Legged Deadlift. This controlled movement targets the posterior chain for strength and definition.

Intermediate

HipsSmith machine