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Awesome
Complete, lots of options, many many training possibilities, overall, love the appDeadlyFate
Good but not great enough to pay for...yet
I’ve used this app for one week which granted is not a lot of time. However, it is long enough to see some glaring errors. The app has a lot of really great exercises for beginner to advanced fitness levels. There are very good, very clear directions with a video accompanying each exercise to make successful execution quite easy. The problem I have on my iPhone Xs and my Apple Watch Series 4 is that the app on the watch and the app on the phone don’t seem to work in perfect synchronicity. The idea behind the watch app is that you can use it to cycle through specific exercises within a set or superset while your phone sits idle in your pocket. The problem on the Apple Watch app is that you have the choice only to log an entire superset and move onto the next superset despite the fact that you may only be on the first set within a superset. It’s annoying to have to go back to your phone to login individual sets so that you don’t clear out the entire superset and move onto the next exercise. I’ve had this issue every day since using the app. Also and on a more minor note, when setting up the initial free 30 day trial, I had to install, delete, and reinstall the app three times before I was able to begin the free trial. These are just a few examples of how this seemingly very strong app is still a bit glitchy in areas of basic user interface. A little fine-tuning and I would recommend it even at its $10 a month subscription.Show lessnbct.wright
Super excited but somewhat sad!
I had always struggled with feeling confident at the gym especially with coming up with sound and effective exercise plans for the day during peak gym season. I work 9 hour days and can only hit the gym if I would like during peak night times, and often times I’m struggling up to come up with work out ideas and end up not making the most out of my time at the gym. I think that is where the feature of this app really shine through. I would recommend this app to those who need a little help with creating and tracking their exercise plans and progress! Also, you’re not indefinitely locked into the plan and you can swap/replace exercises if you would like. I believe the best feature is the instruction videos that built right into the app. The achievements after a workout are also a bonus! It’s nice to cheered on.
Also, with the help of this app, I really get an idea of what muscles I am working out and I am able to check my form without being super self conscious because of all the instructional video.
I was so excited to start incorporating this into my regime and hopefully kickstart myself into consistency. Unfortunately, the $60 annual is a bit too much for me to justify at the moment and knowing what I could save with the annual single payment versus the monthly has me hesitant to go down that route. I suppose I’ll just have to go back to using without until I can budget out for the annual fee.Show lessMchlldn
Great app but bugs are ruining it
First off, this app is amazing and is really helping me maintain momentum in my workout routine, as well as getting me to expand outside my comfort zone and avoiding just doing the same workouts every time.
However, a couple bugs are really ruining it and causing a horrible experience. The biggest one is that on a day I am going to workout, I look through the “generated workout” and make any modifications I want to the exercises. This can take me about 15 minutes to get the right workout. Not a big deal, but when I go to the gym later in the day and fire up the app, I can see my workout for a few seconds, then it resets to the originally generated workout and I lose all my customizations!! This wastes a ton of my time at the gym to re-calibrate it.
The other issue is that the gym profiles keep overwriting each other. I have a profile for my actual gym, and a profile for my home. But changing things on one profile like workout time length and available equipment will often update it on the other profile. Definitely defeat the purpose of multiple profiles!
Hopefully these get fixed soon, once they are I’ll update my review.Show lessJimmy_Jammed
Mixed reviews
I have mixed reviews about this app im a premium subscriber. While I do like this app there are certain things I would like added or changed. First I do like that it’s gives you a detailed video on how to do each work out I think for beginners that are just starting to workout and don’t want to look stupid in the gym doing workouts wrong it’s very helpful to see the right form and detailed explanation of breathing and tightening techniques. I like the tracking of workouts and how they change your workouts throughout the week and show which muscles are fresh to be worked out and which ones you have just worked out through the week to give a rest. I also like how if you really don’t want to do a work out you can replace it with a workout you feel better about. How ever it is to hard to do this and if you don’t know the name of the machine in your gym or workout you want to do it’s to difficult selecting a work out scrolling down to the video to see what it is then if it’s not the right one having to go all the way back select another workout ( that might not be the right one again) then repeating the process if it’s not. There should be a video next to each workout to show a snapshot of that workout so you don’t have to take the time selecting and reselecting workouts. I also feel like for 10 dollars a month it just doesn’t do enough for me when it comes to tracking workouts and progress. Needs more features for what your playingShow lessdab202020
Doesn’t show up on Apple Watch
I like the app and everything but I don’t get why it doesn’t show on my Apple Watch, just on my phone.Hdhejej
Developer Response
Thanks for the note! This is something that requires the watch OS and iOS to install. Can you try turning your devices off and on, and keeping them both on the charger so they will trigger the install.Fantastic App for the beginners and the busy
I’ve been using this “Fitbod” app for about a month now, and I have to say I absolutely love it. I highly recommend it for anyone like me, who doesn’t have time to make up and track a detailed fitness program for themselves, or anyone new to lifting. Every exercise it plans for you gives a detailed description of the movements and a video of the motions, so you’ll never be lost or unsure about what you’re doing.
20 workouts in so far and I’ve yet to repeat the same exercise twice, yet still activate every muscle group multiple times a week. Helping to keep things interesting, but in the long term, prevent plateau’s and stagnant progress. There is a subscription fee, but between the daily custom workouts, active muscle fatigue tracking, archived logs of all past workouts, and multiple customization features depending on personal preference and equipment available to you, it’s well worth it. Plus it links to Strava and Apple’s health app if you’re into that sort of thing.
I never cared enough to give a review to an app before because that’s stupid, but this app has been a very pleasant experience for me, and I figured I should recommend it before everyone drops of their New Years fitness kicks because I actually look forward to checking this app and checking what my next workout has in store for me.Show lessDom Nolan
Brilliant app
This app is great, I would highly recommend it. It is a great way to log gym work outs and to try exercises you haven't tried before. It has a feature where you can stop the app from suggesting specific exercises, for example, I pulled my quad muscle and have been able to stop the app from randomly generating any exercises that Target the quads during my recovery! Brilliant! Keeps every work out fresh, do the free trial and see what you think.
One bug that I found was that when I switched my phone, the app altered some of my workout history data. That's the only bug so far though.
One suggestion is to have a feature that allows you to choose a focus area (eg biceps, glutes) and factor that into the generated workouts, focusing attention on building specific areas more.
Another thing I'd love to see is more detail on goals (eg strength building, powerlifting) you get to choose what you want the goal of your workouts to be, but to be honest I would like more information on what the specific goals will focus on. There is a brief description though so this isn't a major issue at all.
Keep up the good work, best app I've found so far. 👍
UPDATE: since writing this they have changed the detail on the goal descriptions, thank you developers this is very helpful for me. 😀Show lessF Ritchie
Not Working!!
Have been using this app since May and it’s been amazing but since December it’s super slow, crashes my phone, and often doesn’t even record my workouts anymoreblah-blah-blah9496
Developer Response
Hi, thanks for the note and sorry for the issues. We've been releasing improvements to the stability. With a more recent update, hopefully this has been resolved for you! And any further issues shoot an email to feedback@fitbod.me and we'll be sure to look into it.Couldn’t Be Happier!
I’m normally quite skeptical about purchasing full versions of apps because most of the time, the price doesn’t equate to what’s offered by the developer. I’m only 2 workouts into the 3 free workouts and have already decided I’m going to purchase the full version. I’ve been using Nike Training Club for a while now but it doesn’t adapt to progress like Fitbod does. I’d like the option to change kcal to kJ though. Maybe it’s there and I’m not looking hard enough. I was going to hold out and see if a promotional offer would come up for a discounted full version price but after using the app I’m excited to start straight away. Love your work!Show lessLuke Ramljak
