Big fan of Jillian
I have been doing Jillian’s since her DVD’s came out in 2000s, and they were brilliant and got me into shape where I was trying to shred down. Now, many years later and 8 months post-natal, I am using her app for Ripped in 30 days and now Yogafit, which is even better than the DVDs. I have lost 5 kgs with her program and hope to move onto other programs in the app.
The app is great because it comes with various meal plans that have accompanying grocery lists, which seems to be impossible for different meal plan programs. Revolutionary!
Keep up the great work Jillian!
The app is great because it comes with various meal plans that have accompanying grocery lists, which seems to be impossible for different meal plan programs. Revolutionary!
Keep up the great work Jillian!
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Great material but needs a few fixes
I love Jillian and think she has great material but her app has a few areas for improvement. I find that when I start a workout it either 1) takes forever for it to “personalize” the workout for me (a lot of time loading) and 2) it crashes. When I do get it to start, I occasionally have a video clip that will be greyed out and I can’t see what she’s doing. I joined because a friend told me she has excellent prenatal material (which is true), however, her app doesn’t always account for things that are specific to pregnancy. When I joined and synced my Apple health data, it called out my recent weight gain in a small amount time...yup I’m growing a human so that should be expected. Also sometimes she goes from lying on the ground to quickly doing things on your knees. Anyone pregnant knows that’s challenging to do quickly and without getting light headed. Finally I would ask the app developers to consider adding more music. I’m 30 days in and have heard the same 3 songs. I get licensing music is hard but the competition these days for at home workout material is fierce so if she wants to compete it needs to not get so boring so quickly.
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Response from developer
Hi! We appreciate your feedback! 1 + 2 try reinstalling the app as you may need to update iOS or clear space on your phone. Keep in mind you can set the time between exercises to help you transition during the exercises to meet your needs. In regards to music, run your favorite app (Spotify, Apple Music, etc) then open JM Fitness App to have your music in the background. Would you contact our CS Team at Help@jillianmicheals.com we have some great tips to help you navigate the app? Looking forward to hearing from you! :)
The only fitness app I’ll ever do
I put on 5 stone with my first pregnancy and it wasn’t until 9 months later and I discovered the 30 day shred the weight started to fall off. It was only 20 minutes long so it worked well for me. I ate what I wanted at the time and only once I managed to do it 3 times a week yet the weight was still coming at a gradual pace. 8 years later I put another 5 stone on with my second pregnancy and my daughter is almost 4 months and I’ve already lost 2 almost 3 stone. This time I’ve been eating healthy. The postnatal bounce back exercises were just what I needed to ease back into it although some of the moves were a little difficult as my mum tum occasionally got in the way. I’m beginning to feel strong and confident again. I honestly can’t recommend this enough. The workouts are fantastic and range from 10 mins to 45 mins. I’ve just tried one of the recipes and it was delicious, I had to add my own twist to it as not all the ingredients are easy to come by in the UK. But I can honestly say it’s the best money I’ve spent. I wish I had known about it when I was pregnant because there was workouts for each trimester. If you’re like me (lazy and love food) i’d honestly say go for it. When I was back at my normal weight I was able to eat what I wanted by doing these workouts. I hope this review helps, I know I’ll be a JM hardcore fan forever.
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Love the app
To begin on a positive note: I have always loved Jillian’s workouts. I own most of her DVD’s. Having access to her DVD’s is a awesome bonus! I truly appreciate how dynamic and unique her exercises are, it truly keeps your interest when you’re not doing the same boring, redundant workouts. I previously used a different workout app for the past 10 years & I got very bored with the repetitive workouts. I purchased this app 2 weeks ago & I’m loving this app!
If I could provide some suggestions that I’ve seen others also voice, the app would be even better.
1) would be great if you can input your own individual workouts (ie-runs etc) into the calendar. It truly gives members the ability to track workouts and view more precise schedules.
2) I love the set up of each separate program in the premium program workouts, however, is there a way to choose individual workouts randomly (besides hopping around between premium program workouts) ? I prefer to start my week with weight training with lower body first day, upper body second day, abs third day, total body on the fourth day, and typically run or HIIT on the 5th day.
3) when I have committed to one specific premium program (ie-low impact routine), some days seem to be repeats almost identically to the ones that you complete within next few days. Bottom line, if the app was more customizable for members, this app would be perfect!
If I could provide some suggestions that I’ve seen others also voice, the app would be even better.
1) would be great if you can input your own individual workouts (ie-runs etc) into the calendar. It truly gives members the ability to track workouts and view more precise schedules.
2) I love the set up of each separate program in the premium program workouts, however, is there a way to choose individual workouts randomly (besides hopping around between premium program workouts) ? I prefer to start my week with weight training with lower body first day, upper body second day, abs third day, total body on the fourth day, and typically run or HIIT on the 5th day.
3) when I have committed to one specific premium program (ie-low impact routine), some days seem to be repeats almost identically to the ones that you complete within next few days. Bottom line, if the app was more customizable for members, this app would be perfect!
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Response from developer
Hi Reflux bb! We are so glad you're enjoying the app so far and we appreciate your feedback. Would you contact our CS Team at Help@jillianmichaels.com, please? We love to go through these points with you providing you with tips and guidance. We do communicate with MyFitness Pal and Lose iT! Allowing you to add external meals and workouts. The Workout Generator will allow you to select the duration, area of focus, intensity for individual workouts or you can combine as many programs as you like and the app will keep track. Keep in mind you can customize each Premium Program allowing you to preview and swap exercises before starting your session. Our CS Team is ready to help. Looking forward to hearing from you. Happy Shredding! :)
Love it!
I’ve tried many other exercise routines in my life and this one works best for me. I like being able to work out at home, alone or with friends and family. Things can get crazy around here so there are times I’ve stopped working out for a couple days and even a couple months. No problem with this app I can jump right in wherever my current fitness level is! I do not like wasting time, so I want to feel like I’ve worked hard but I don’t like having a miserably difficult workout either. Jillians app gives you different levels to choose from, the opportunity to provide workout feedback, and modifications for each exercise. I also appreciate the variety of workouts available and I have used the yoga, hiit, 6 keys, and several others. Which brings me to another feature I love!!! - the ability to preview each exercise in the routine before starting or even afterward if there’s a move you want to work on alone. A very well thought out app!
I eat a plant based diet and the recipes I’ve tried so far are delicious! The app offers meal plans according to your dietary preferences. I don’t use the meal plan, I just pick and choose from the recipes. Everyone loves the maple coconut overnight oats!!!
I eat a plant based diet and the recipes I’ve tried so far are delicious! The app offers meal plans according to your dietary preferences. I don’t use the meal plan, I just pick and choose from the recipes. Everyone loves the maple coconut overnight oats!!!
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for your 5-Star review we're happy to know you're enjoying the app! If you need assistance please contact our CS Team at Help@jillianmichaels.com. Happy Shredding!
worth it
I was a bit slow to use. my first 30 day workout took me about 70 days to complete. But then I decided to re-commit I’ve been doing a 30 day workout that six days on one day off and i actually show up. I also decided to try to use the meal planning option. They give you a complete grocery list for the week with the ability to check off items as you get them in the store. You can say how many portions you want how much meal prep you want to do and you can also say if you like or dislike the items (so things don’t reappear) and there are a variety of diets you can cover. I wish they would let you be a little more specific with allergies.. I’ve got some weird ones like cabbage and kiwi. But that would really be my only flaw. It is definitely worth the 15 bucks/m cause you get a personal grocery assistant and tons of different workouts to to choose from and videos with instruction. give it a shot it’s better than a gym, cheaper and covid friendly. about me - 5’2 130lbs at the start 122 now aged 32. was pretty fit until ligament surgery on my ankle last year. this is helping me gain back my calf, thigh and glut muscles lost during recovery and PT.
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for your 5-Star review we're happy to know you're enjoying the app! If you need assistance please contact our CS Team at Help@jillianmichaels.com. Happy Shredding!
Efficient workouts with great results.
I have been using this app since March and am still really enjoying it.
I have struggled to juggle motherhood, work and exercise as I just don’t have the time or support to get to the gym or do long workouts as I once did. I can use this app at home while my toddler plays nearby & actually complete a 30 min session. She will even tolerate a session when I get home from work! Although the sessions are shorter than I am used to, they are efficient & I feel as though I have had a great workout each time. I started seeing results faster than expected and can see my fitness progressing. I am stronger, fitter, firmer, flatter & rounder in all of the right places.
I highly recommend Jillian Michaels app/workouts.
I have struggled to juggle motherhood, work and exercise as I just don’t have the time or support to get to the gym or do long workouts as I once did. I can use this app at home while my toddler plays nearby & actually complete a 30 min session. She will even tolerate a session when I get home from work! Although the sessions are shorter than I am used to, they are efficient & I feel as though I have had a great workout each time. I started seeing results faster than expected and can see my fitness progressing. I am stronger, fitter, firmer, flatter & rounder in all of the right places.
I highly recommend Jillian Michaels app/workouts.
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Amazing - wish I could cast this to my tv
I’ve had my subscription for a couple of weeks now and am absolutely loving it. Jillian Michaels has been a real inspiration to me and continues to be a constant positive influence (which I’ve always appreciated and love about her - THANKS JILLIAN!) - that vibe has definitely carried over to this app experience. The only thing that I can say that would improve this experience is to add in the function to cast this to the tv like maybe via chrome cast. I find that to be a huge benefit that other fitness video streaming services do and I was disappointed that I can’t do that with this app.
Otherwise, usability is easy, navigation is effective, content is fantastic. I’m impressed by the workout generator for quick 7 min workouts. I’ve been really using this to supplement another routine from a different fitness streaming service that I’m doing for that extra push when I’m feeling energized.
Otherwise, usability is easy, navigation is effective, content is fantastic. I’m impressed by the workout generator for quick 7 min workouts. I’ve been really using this to supplement another routine from a different fitness streaming service that I’m doing for that extra push when I’m feeling energized.
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Great concept but needs work to improve.
Like many other reviewers I love Jillian & love her story! Love that I have a similar story to hers which allows me to want to follow & trust her workouts. A couple things that I hope would improve soon:
1. There have been times when I do a workout & I’ll put the days on my planner to know what I’m suppose to do...I have gone to the app ready to workout & it’ll seem like I just did that workout the day before. And turns out I did & the app somehow didn’t log that I did it.
2. I can’t go to previous days to check my workouts or what workout I did. If I want to combine to workout series, it’ll only keeps track on 1 of them for the day view.
3. I m previously was able to change the amount of time between each exercise, when I went to go increase the time bc it wasn’t allowing me enough time to move between workouts. It was gone. I really liked that feature.
4. I was switching between days and when I would go to my current day it kept changing the workout (please don’t alter the workout unless I change it OR put a button at the bottom to change the workout sets.
5. Also there was a fitness test at the beginning. Is that gone? I haven’t seen it and would like to test my fitness level throughout the course to see the improvement I’ve had!
I only use the app for the workouts, so I have no comments toward the logging of food or recipes portion.
1. There have been times when I do a workout & I’ll put the days on my planner to know what I’m suppose to do...I have gone to the app ready to workout & it’ll seem like I just did that workout the day before. And turns out I did & the app somehow didn’t log that I did it.
2. I can’t go to previous days to check my workouts or what workout I did. If I want to combine to workout series, it’ll only keeps track on 1 of them for the day view.
3. I m previously was able to change the amount of time between each exercise, when I went to go increase the time bc it wasn’t allowing me enough time to move between workouts. It was gone. I really liked that feature.
4. I was switching between days and when I would go to my current day it kept changing the workout (please don’t alter the workout unless I change it OR put a button at the bottom to change the workout sets.
5. Also there was a fitness test at the beginning. Is that gone? I haven’t seen it and would like to test my fitness level throughout the course to see the improvement I’ve had!
I only use the app for the workouts, so I have no comments toward the logging of food or recipes portion.
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Near Perfection
I love this app. It’s got a huge variety of workout choices and it is SO flexible in that if you have a day where you’re going to struggle to fit in a full workout, the app provides shorter alternatives so you never miss a day. For me, this is amazing as I have a busy job so will use lack of time as an excuse. No more!! It also responds to what you tell it. (Regretfully) yesterday I said a workout was easy so the intensity ramped up and I paid for it today!!
The only things I would recommend to tweak (and this is nitpicking to get to ‘complete perfection’) are: no blurred videos, a bit more commentary from Jillian on the specific muscles we’re working, pull in more info on calories so that if you added eg ‘toast’ the app might recognise the calories just to make diet tracking a bit less clunky.
I love it though. Congratulations to everyone who made this app happen! It’s very impressive!
The only things I would recommend to tweak (and this is nitpicking to get to ‘complete perfection’) are: no blurred videos, a bit more commentary from Jillian on the specific muscles we’re working, pull in more info on calories so that if you added eg ‘toast’ the app might recognise the calories just to make diet tracking a bit less clunky.
I love it though. Congratulations to everyone who made this app happen! It’s very impressive!
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