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Turn saved workout and recipe reels into a plan you finish

A short guide. Last updated 5 October 2026.

Saving a reel feels like progress, and it is not. What gets a saved workout or recipe done is small: one thing, a date, and a short list of steps.

Doing it by hand

  1. Pick one thing. Not the whole folder. One routine, or one dish for this week.
  2. Watch it once and write the steps. Five lines in your notes is enough: the sets and reps, or the ingredients and the order.
  3. Give it a date. A day you can name, such as Wednesday, beats "soon".
  4. Set one reminder for the morning of that day.

This works. Most people stop at step two, because writing the steps out of a video is slow, and it has to be done again for every reel.

Letting Nylo write the steps

Nylo is a small penguin you message on WhatsApp or Instagram. You forward him the reels, and he does step two for you.

  1. Send him the reels as you come across them. He puts the ones about the same thing together. He calls that a bucket.
  2. Give the bucket a date. That makes it a target.
  3. He writes the steps from what is said and shown in the reels you sent, not only their captions.
  4. He keeps asking. A plan each morning and a check each evening, until the steps are done.

Three pasta reels become one bucket. Put a date on it, and they become five steps you can cook from.

What to know before you start

  • Buckets, targets and steps are in Free, with 100 saves a month. Having him write the steps, the plan each morning and the check each evening are part of Nylo Pro, which starts with 3 days free. The prices are on the pricing page.
  • He is right most of the time and he will sometimes be wrong. For a workout, an injury or an allergy, check anything that matters before you rely on it. He is a helper, not a trainer or a doctor.
  • He only has what you send him. He cannot see what is already in your Instagram Saved folder.

Free to start, with 100 saves a month.

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