Instagram carousel template for fitness coaches: seven slides, word limits live, copy or print.
The words for a teaching carousel, slide by slide: a cover claim, the problem in the client's words, three teaching slides, the proof and the ask. Type each one and the counter holds you to the limit that keeps a slide legible on a phone; then copy all seven as text to paste into Canva or the native editor, or print the storyboard. Free, no sign-up, nothing sent anywhere.
By Markus Evers · Updated September 2026
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see inside CoachwayAn Instagram carousel template for a fitness coach is the seven-slide structure with the words filled in: a cover claim in six to eight words, the problem, three teaching slides under thirty words each, a proof slide and one ask, about 160 words. This builder counts the words per slide, copies all seven as text and prints the storyboard.
What goes on each of the seven slides?
One job per slide, and a word limit that keeps it legible at 1080 by 1350 on a phone. The example column is one carousel about rest-day weight jumps, the same one the Load the example button fills in; swap it for your own client question and your own number.
| Slide | Words | Job | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Cover | 6 to 8 | A claim or a number, never a question. | 2 kg up overnight. Not fat. |
| 2. The problem | under 25 | What the client feels, in their words. | You did everything right all week and the scale jumped two kilos in one night. It feels like the week was wasted. |
| 3. Teaching slide one | under 30 | What is actually going on. One idea. | It is water and glycogen, not fat. A hard session, more carbs or more salt can add two kilos of water while fat loss keeps going underneath. |
| 4. Teaching slide two | under 30 | What to do about it this week. One action. | Weigh every morning, add the seven numbers, divide by seven. Compare weekly averages. Decide nothing from a single morning. |
| 5. Teaching slide three | under 30 | The mistake that undoes it. One warning. | Cutting calories because of one reading. That is how a good week turns into a bad month. |
| 6. Proof | under 25 | Your number or a client moment, with permission. | Anna, with permission: 82.1 to 81.6 on the weekly average while three single mornings said the opposite. |
| 7. The ask | under 15 | One ask. Repeat the caption's first line. | Save this for the morning it happens to you. |
Why seven, what the twelve carousel ideas are, and the carousel-or-reel answer with the threads that report the numbers, are in Instagram carousels for fitness coaches. For the cover image, the objects that survive a generated background (three glasses of water among them) are in AI image prompts for fitness coaches; keep all text off the image and add it in the editor.
How do you fill the seven slides from one client question?
Paste two captions you wrote, the client's question in their words and your one real number into the prompt, and it returns the seven slides one per line with three alternative cover lines. Paste each line into the builder above, watch the counter, and change the three words you would never say to a client before anything goes near a design tool.
One client question, seven slides
When to use it: Any time a client asks something twice in a week.
What to paste in: Two captions you wrote, the question in the client's words (anonymised), your point, your number with permission, your ask.
You write Instagram carousels for me, an online fitness coach for [AUDIENCE]. Here are two captions I wrote, unedited, so you copy how I talk: [PASTE CAPTION 1] [PASTE CAPTION 2] Turn this client question into a seven-slide carousel: "[THE CLIENT QUESTION, IN THEIR WORDS, ANONYMISED]" The one point I want the carousel to make: [POINT, ONE SENTENCE] The one real number or example I can use as proof: [NUMBER OR EXAMPLE, WITH PERMISSION IF IT IS A CLIENT] The ask on the last slide: [SAVE / COMMENT A WORD / FOLLOW / NONE] Structure, one slide per line, with the word limit in brackets after each: 1. Cover: a claim or a number, 6 to 8 words, never a question. [8] 2. The problem: what the client feels, in their words. [25] 3. Teaching slide one: the first thing that is actually going on. [30] 4. Teaching slide two: what to do about it this week. [30] 5. Teaching slide three: the mistake that undoes it. [30] 6. Proof: my number or example, stated plainly. [25] 7. The ask, one line, plus the caption's first line repeated. [15] Rules: no "it's not X, it's Y"; no groups of three; no emoji; no "journey", "transform", "unlock", "elevate", "game-changer"; no rhetorical questions; no summary slide; do not invent a client, a number or a result; every slide must make sense on its own if screenshotted. Then give me three alternative cover lines and say which one you would bet on.
Where does the proof slide come from?
From a client win, with the client's written yes, or from your own number. It is the slide that makes a teaching carousel land and the one most coaches leave generic, because the number is in a check-in they would have to go and find. In Coachway the check-in record and the client's own words sit on one client screen, so slide six is a permission message away; wherever your records live, the rule is the same: a real number, a real yes, or no proof slide at all. Plan the carousel's day with the social media content calendar template, and write the month it belongs to with the AI content calendar.
Frequently asked questions.
Is this Instagram carousel template free?
Yes. It runs in your browser with no account and no download gate: type the seven slides, watch the word limit per slide, copy all seven as text or print the storyboard. Nothing you type is sent anywhere. The design part, colours and type, happens in whatever tool you already use; this template is for the words, which is the part design templates leave blank.
Does it work with Canva?
Yes, and with the native Instagram editor, Figma or a slide deck: the copy-all button gives you the seven slides as plain text with a slide number and the word count on each, so you paste one block per slide into any 1080 by 1350 design template. It is not a Canva template and it makes no claim about one; it is the text a design template is waiting for.
How many words per slide?
Cover 6 to 8, problem under 25, each teaching slide under 30, proof under 25, ask under 15; about 160 words for the whole carousel. The limits are what keep a slide legible on a phone at 1080 by 1350 without shrinking the type. The counter turns amber at the limit and the copy-all text marks any slide that is over.
What size should the slides be?
Portrait, 1080 by 1350 pixels (4:5), the same for all seven, with the words kept inside the middle 80 percent so the Instagram interface does not cover them. Square works but shows smaller in the feed. For a seamless carousel, design one 7560 by 1350 image and cut it into seven equal panels.
Can ChatGPT write the slides for me?
It can draft them from a client question if you give it two captions you wrote and your one real number; the prompt on this page does that and returns the seven slides with three alternative cover lines. Paste the result into the builder, read it aloud, and change the three words you would never say to a client. The proof slide is never invented; it is your number or your client's, with their yes.
What goes on the cover slide?
A claim or a number in six to eight words, never a question: "2 kg up overnight. Not fat." The cover is the only slide most people see, so it follows the same rules as a reel hook. If you use a generated image behind it, keep the words off the image and add them in the editor; the objects that work as cover images are on the AI image prompts page.
Keep going: the post bank in Instagram content ideas for fitness coaches, the cover line with the Instagram hook generator, the caption under the carousel with the Instagram caption generator, and the full templates library.
Where the proof slide comes from
Check-ins, photos and the client's own words on one screen, with permission a message away. Start the 14-day free trial and move one client over: cancel any time under Billing.
