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Comprehensive Workout App!
My foundation is in starting strength barbell strength training and I then do accessory work for bodybuilding. Currently, push/pull/legs split. This app has all the exercises a beginner, intermediate, and advanced lifter could ask for. I’m sure with updates and customer reviews they will add more exercises to the library. It’s great for calculating volume and calorie burn. Notably, the calorie burn can be worked into your daily diet and calorie count so you can factor your workouts into bulk or cut routines. The app is very easy to use, customize your own workout, supersets, or have the app generate a workout for you based on your fitness goals (and then customize it to your satisfaction). I purchased after my 2nd free trial session because I saw how convenient it was to track weights, volume, rest intervals all on your phone. It was one stop shop. Well worth the purchase, will recommend to friends and others! My phone is an iPHONE XS Max, no glitches, runs smooth.
Please add the following exercises: Pendlay Rows, Deficit Deadlifts, Halting Deadlift, Rack pulls, Barbell Overhead Press (OHP), Barbell Pin Press for OHP, Rev Grip Bench Press, Wide Grip Bench Press, Block/Pin Bench Press, Rev grip Tri pull down (medial head), cable/rope triceps extensions, leg press stance variants (narrow/wide, upper stance, lower), Barbell Front SquatsShow lessMaxShrug531
Best workout app available
This app has totally changed the way I work out. I’ve lifted weights for years, but it’s easy to get tired of planning your workouts and to get stuck in the same workout plan for longer than your body will benefit from it. Fitbod takes out all the planning, giving you a variety of exercises each day based on which muscle groups you’ve used most recently and which are “fresh.” It lets you customize the plans based on what equipment is available at your gym, what your goals are for your body, how long you want to work out, and how many days per week you want to go to the gym (or work out at home). After it learns your baseline during the first few workouts, it even suggests weight amounts for you so you don’t have to keep track or look back through your workout logs (though you can do that through the app if you so choose). There are detailed instructions and videos for each exercise in case you aren’t familiar with them. It also has a great Apple Watch app. Fitbod is the most complete, user-friendly, affordable workout app available on the App Store.Show lessdsgkjlhetiuagh
I WANT to love this app...
I’m a fitness professional. MS in exercise Science and an exercise specialist. For the casual gym goer looking to expand their repertoire in the gym and have something keep them accountable and organized, this app is wonderful. It’s user friendly, right to the point, and highly intuitive for just about anybody looking to get in shape.
My issue is this. I got this app because of the convenience and the peace of mind knowing that I can follow the given workout and be confident that I’m doing all the right exercises. But I don’t have that convenience and peace of mind because I’m OFTEN finding myself trying to configure the workouts beforehand, quite thoroughly. The workout plan comes up and it gives me exercises that are just not conducive to a good workout. Meaning, why would I do an isolated movement, 3 sets of 6 before a heavy compound lift for 5 sets of 12? That makes no sense. Unfortunately I have to do a lot of the thinking myself because the algorithm provided just spits out workouts based on a flawed system. It doesn’t know what I know and how I would configure my workouts so in order for me to work better with the app, I’d have to sit there and configure every exercise. And makes sure you save the workout because any setting changed without saving the workout will completely throw out everything you just did. Frustrating when you’re on the fly. Anyways, good app, just can’t love it.Show lessJay_Cass
Developer Response
Hi Wo0oW, thanks for the review! We'd like to dive a bit deeper into this. Can you please email feedback@fitbod.me with an example of a genrated workout that displays this? It would be helpful to see what exercises you are referring to. The structure of suggested workouts is dependent on your gym profile preferences. Typically, the app will suggest large muscle group exercises first and then smaller muscle groups later in the workout. Again, this is dependent on your fitness goal and the targeted muscle groups for that workout. We appreciate your feedback and we're always working towards improving the product. We look forward to hearing from you regarding this topic.Found it difficult over the years
I have been in and out of the gym over the years and one thing that I found had an effect on my levels of motivation - keeping track off which workouts I have done, how much weight I lifted in each workout and how many reps and sets. I find this app solves all these problems.
I really enjoy taking some time a few hours before a workout to look what’s in store for me on the app and plan my next workout. It really gets you motivated and thinking about what you’re going to do.
There are however, a few things that I have noticed in the app that I don’t like/ don’t understand which I would love to share with the team as feedback but nothing that takes away from the app receiving a 5/5 review in my opinion.Show lesslouii12111
Hits the spot
I’ve always enjoyed cardio workouts and had wanted to sprinkle some resistance training in, but never knew where to start, or what to track, or what equipment to use and how. This app was really the perfect gentle introduction. I’ve continued using it for over a year, and now I slightly prefer weight lifting to cardio, which I never expected. It did take me a bit to learn the main exercises, but once I got used to them, I couldn’t stay away from the app. The features are all really great - I can use it to generate a quick 15 minute workout or a longer 45 minute one, and can customize it depending on whether I’m at my work gym, my apartment gym, or not around any equipment at all, and based on my overall mood and what’s sore. Most of all I like the variety, both within and across each workout, and all the customizable features, and how it tracks logged workouts and recovering muscle groups. It all prevents exercising from getting stale and keeps me on my toes. I’ve enjoyed seeing the additional features over the past year, especially the “achievements” tracking, and am looking forward to getting more use from the app in the future.Show lessjbabx85q
Perfect for all abilities
I’m keen to maintain my fitness but have never really had any real understanding of training weights. I’ve tried a couple of apps in the past to assist and guide me with what to do, but most apps out there are just trackers rather than a virtual trainer. I have found this app to be perfect for my entry level, and imagine it will continue to be an ideal training partner as my ability and experience grows. Ideally for me, the app tells me what to do, what weights, how many reps and how many sets - it really is like having a personal trainer there to guide me. There are some really great features, including: setting your objective so that the workouts can be tailored to suit you; configuring your own gym to exclude certain moves or equipment you don’t have; gradual increase in weights and reps; and recommendations for cardio workouts. All in all, I can’t recommend this app highly enough.Show lessConOp
First time, really great app
Today I used the app for the first time, and honestly it’s really great. You’ve got three trial workouts to test it before you pay - I’m still thinking whether I want to invest the monthly cost to go ahead with using it frequently, but I’ll use the two extra free trials to make my mind up on that. In terms of using the app, it’s fairly simple, I love that it customises workouts depending on which muscles have had the most time to recover and also has already given me more workouts to implement into my routine. You can choose specific muscle categories to work as well, which is then customised. I got to a point that I was challenged enough that I couldn’t even do one of the specific workouts, and there’s a simple option to replace the workout and do a different one. I also really like the GIFs of the workouts at the bottom, although they could be a little bit bigger. This app has some minor flaws but genuinely is a great all round workout app. You can even choose what type of way you want to workout (for instance I chose muscle definition, but you can do lots of different ‘end goal’ categories). Pretty sure it’s worth the monthly price, just gonna try the rest of my free trial to make that decision.Show lessLeFishé
Does the thinking for you
I’ve worked out for over a decade, but more recently with work and life I started slacking going to the gym. When I started getting back into my routine I found myself having issues in thinking through a split routine and tracking it. I had tried other apps, but sometimes I’d miss a workout or two due to travel or what not and then had to rework the program. This app, on the other hand, is excellent! It works like magic with the Apple Watch telling me when rest time is up and allowing me on the watch to log the reps and weights for the specific set and see the next set coming up. I started with just the trial and have found this app to be incredibly useful. I decided to purchase the subscription because for me it saves me time, motivates me to get to the gym, tracks everything effortlessly, and allows me to adjust workouts while taking that info into account for the remaining sets and future workouts. If nothing else, at least TRY this app and see the difference between how flawlessly it works. Also, one major feature that helps so much: you tell it what equipment you have. It then only makes workouts you have available in your gym. Genius!Show lessBoonetang
Great range of exercises and videos, basic Watch App
An excellent iPhone app, especially if you want more inspiration or help planning your workouts. Instructions and videos are excellent with good customisation options (eg gym equipment, time, frequency). Apple Watch app very useful but a bit basic. Would be better if it was a stand alone app that synced via the cloud rather than sync to the iPhone app (especially if like me you don’t take your phone into the gym - you have to remember to sync as soon as you can otherwise it seems to continue logging exercise minutes in the Health app). It would also be great if the gif previews of exercises were available on the watch and the ability to substitute exercises on the watch for when equipment is being used in the gym. Would also be nice if there was an iPad app (I use my watch in the gym and would prefer to plan / review my workouts on my iPad rather than iPhone).Show lessgarethtbn
Super happy, thoughtful features
[Update: Just had to add how impressed I am with how responsive the developers are to feedback. I’ve only ever provided feedback on a couple other apps in the past, and didn’t get much of a response. This team are clearly passionate about making this app awesome for their users; they reply promptly, and have even let me know about some stuff in their project queue. Very happy to pay for a subscription for app creators like this.]
Super happy with the app and looking forward to future developments.
So many thoughtful little features, like adding warm up sets to your program, or changing your muscle focus areas. I use it daily, and will continue to.Show lessChelseawoods
