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Love FIERCE
I decided to try this app based on Chontel Duncan’s instagram profile and I can say that overall I’m very pleased with what I have access to. I’ve tried 2 other instructors and their classes were good too. I have been using since Dec 2019. You need a decent home gym to do these at home but it’s totally worth it. It’s cheaper in the long run and you’re not competing for equipment like you would at a regular gym. I have what I think is bare minimum - squat rack & bench press combined, Olympic bar and plates, and dumbbell pairs in 4 sizes, skipping rope and 2 homemade boxes for jumps. Other exercises I just find alternatives for. I like the set up of the workouts and that there are many to choose from. Sometimes advancing to next exercise is tedious especially for supersets that are not timed exercises. My only peeve is that the app is only compatible with Apple Watch and devices. I wish it had the option of syncing to Garmin watches as all my strength and cardio sessions are recorded on that. It’s annoying that I can’t sync my sessions on the Garmin with the Sweat App. Also I wish there was a voice prompt feature where you could move to next set without physically touching the >> button.Show lessBPP
I Love This App!!
This app is amazing for anyone who wants to get back into exercising or has been exercising for a long time. This app is perfect for people who love home workouts and gym workouts! They have wonderful plans where you do a hard workout, anywhere between 20 and 45 minutes, 3 days a week, two days a week of low intensity, one day of rehabilitation, and one day of complete rest. On low intensity days, you can choose to go for a walk, run, go to the gym and lift weights, go hiking, or do whatever outdoor or indoor activity that you would like to do! Also it is so fun to follow the trainers and Sweat on Instagram because regardless of how many followers they may have, they will always interact with you and let you know that they have seen your comments! If you want a place where you can get great exercise, follow wonderful trainers who push and encourage you, and have accessibility to work out at home or at the gym, this is your app!!!
Also, if you need new recipes or healthy options for eating, you will have access to hundreds and hundreds of delicious recipes and ideas!Show lessseniorincollege
Love, love, love this app!!
I’m updating my review from several years ago. I still love this app and in fact love it even more. I started doing Kayla’s app on and off years ago, but my daughter and I have been doing this app regularly for the last year and a half. We started with Kayla’s HIIT program but that was just too high impact for me. We did Stephanie’s weight training at home & finished the full 15 week program and loved it! We’ve done some challenges in between. We’re trying out Kayla’s low impact program now, going into week 5, and we really like it too. I like this one because it’s only a 1/2 hr long and it works into our schedule right now. We will eventually try to do the extra weeks that Stephanie just recently adde to her weight training at home program. I’m really starting to see results and I’m looking forward to seeing how things progress. I love that Kayla has added so many different trainers and exercises for all fitness levels. Anyone should be able to find a program that suits them and their needs. I also like the trainers philosophy on eating: eat a well balanced diet and don’t deprive yourself of things that you like to eat. I would (& have) recommended this app!Show lessSam@4321
Developer Response
Thank you! This is exactly what Sweat is all about! It’s fantastic to hear how far you have come with Sweat! We look forward to your future achievements.🤩💪Exactly What I Needed
I’ve been using this the Sweat App since May and I love it. I’ve followed Kayla for a few years on Instagram, but always thought I was too much of a beginner to do her HIIT programs. Once the low intensity programs launched, I finally took the plunge. The workouts are perfect for where I’m at in my fitness journey. I love the way the program is laid out in the app. It’s easy to see what I need to accomplish each week. I like the built in timers in the workout because they make it easy to transition between exercises in a set. I like that the moves are shown and there’s a detailed description of each move. It’s also easy substitute exercises, if needed. Im not following the meal plan right now, but I like that it’s available and have been inspired by the suggestions. The only thing I would change, and it’s really minor, is the timer for the cardio. Instead of counting down from the selected time, I wish it worked like the Map My Run app where I start the timer and stop whenever I’m done.
Overall, I love the app and highly recommend it. It’s so easy to use which helps me stick to my program and actually makes me look forward to working out.Show lessCF631
Good App but needs some improvements
The exercises are good and there are varieties of trainers but the price paid, it really should allow the users to work out offline. It seems counter-intuitive for a fitness app to promote being able to workout anywhere but only if you have a Wi-fi connections or cellular service. A user should be able to download workouts offline or use the app offline as a feature. Also there seems to be very limited express workouts available on the “On Demand” section. the search option “On Demand” exercises are is also a bit limited in what you can search for (I.e. not being able to search for targeted areas like if someone wanted to do a search for abs, or shoulders , etc.). Another thing noticed was whenever you search and schedule an On Demand workout, the workout is added on the calendar and once that’s done, you’re taken back to the main page again and have to navigate 3 or 4 steps back to your on demand search to schedule other workouts. Wished the app was smart enough to bring you back to the screen right before you scheduled that workout instead.
Overall a good workouts, but they definitely need to make some updates to their apps. Been using for a year now and not sure I’ll renewal given so many other workouts apps that would allow offline workouts.Show lessk.h.slice
Developer Response
Thanks for your review! We greatly appreciate your feedback and we will take this into consideration as we continue to update the Sweat app 😊Pricey but quite good.
I keep coming back to Kayla Itsiness’ original high intensity program because it has been the most effective workout plan I’ve ever done. The app is great at giving you a GREAT workout plan that keeps challenging you week over week. Areas of improvement/ cons The only two reasons I don’t give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ are:
1- this is quite pricey! Although they offer a discount for the annual plan, $20/ month for a plan that doesn’t offer any sort of live classes, where instructions for exercises and guidance on form is quite limited to text only, this is a LOT.
2- I wish this would account for a few seconds to allow for transition between exercises especially on those where you’re counting time vs number of repetitions. Oh and I also miss the little water drop that would fill up to mark your weekly progression. That sounds silly but I used to love seeing that drop filling up, used to give me a small sense of accomplishment (I told you it could sound silly).
Last area of opportunity for this to get even better is to give an overview of the following week’s workouts on Sunday — that would be super helpful to allow for better planning.Show lessTathianeKF
please stop taking features away
I’ve been using this app for years and loved it. But recently, it’s had SO many issues. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled so many times. It’s still so buggy. I get kicked out during workouts, it randomly pauses my music, the video showing the exercise disappears every single time I try to do recovery.
Also, instead of adding features like the ability to schedule more than one LISS or HIIT per week, Sweat has decided to change the planner by taking away all of the helpful features. All of the workouts show up as one color, there’s no motivating sweat drop, the trophies at the end of the week don’t show you how much is left. You can’t preview next week’s workouts easily. It’s just not very user friendly anymore.
The app has made an excellent effort to be more accessible to people who can’t do high impact exercises, but every time they do, the community freaks out like exercise should only be for the fit and able bodied people. The app used to work so well and have such a wonderful community. I’m not sure what has caused this change in the last year, but it’s bad enough that I’ve cancelled my subscription and moved to another program that feels more welcoming and inclusive.Show lessThaliagrace2001
I look forward to going to the gym every day!!
I love this app!! I’m finally excited to be back in the gym!
I suffered a torn ACL last year and wasn’t able to work out very much for the majority of the year. When I was finally able to regularly get in the gym, I lacked the motivation because I felt like I had to start back at square 1 and had no idea how to incorporate variety into my routine. I’ve had this app for over 2 months now and haven’t missed a week of at least 5 days in the gym!! Some workouts are harder than others, but I really love the way it keeps track of my daily accomplishments! It really helps to have a set plan of what I’m going to focus on for the day - not only does it keep things interesting, but I feel like my whole body is getting stronger!!
There are minor things I would change - including manual input of cardio times/distance, and there doesn’t seem to be a stair stepper option in the cardio counter at all - but at the end of the day, I can’t imagine getting back into shape without this app. It has truly transformed my New Years resolution into a lifestyle change.Show lessrun! it's a trap!
Such an amazing program!
I have been using this app for a little over a year and I love it all. The app is clean, easy to use, and the software updates always seem to be enhancements, not bug fixes! This app offers sooooo many different workouts to choose from but I’ve stuck to the same program. The workouts aren’t ever exactly the same and they build off each previous week, so I keep getting stronger without ever getting bored. I reached out to the support team once about 6 months ago, because I was frustrated and struggling with some injuries. Told them it would be cool if they offered some low impact substitutions. While at the time they didn’t have this available (but was something they were already working on) they came back with 3 or 4 different ways to adjust my workouts to avoid further aggravation. The substitution enhancement was released a couple months ago and I love it! It’s so easy to sub out workouts due to equipment restrictions, or because it’s too easy, or too hard. The videos and instructions for each workout are spot on. I really really love this app!Show lessau88ie
Schedule feature is off, everything else is great.
The app is so much better than working out from the BBG e-book! Especially love having videos of the exercises. Every feature I’ve used so far is great...except for the scheduling. I hate the automatic scheduling feature and there doesn’t seem to be a setting to turn it off. For example, I might have completed most, but not all, of my BBG workouts in week 12 before the week got too busy at work or home and I had to take more days off than usual. Automatically, the app moves me to week 13 on Sunday! But I wasn’t done with week 12...so I go to “Manage My Program” and set it manually back to week 12. Now that I’ve done that, it doesn’t show which workouts I completed anymore. It’s all reset. What it needs is:
- a setting where you mark a week completed, rather than it automatically moving forward. Life gets in the way and I’m sure many people aren’t ready to move on every Sunday.
- at the very least the app should keep record of which workouts you’ve completed even if you backtrack to a previous week. Maybe there could be a “reset week” option for those who want to erase what they did and do it over. But it seems like most people would benefit from their progress being saved.Show lessC&G&S
