Life Changing home workouts!!
I can’t say enough good things about Caroline Girvan’s workouts! Strength training, diversity, inspiring, easy to follow, fun!!! Not to mention all the other fabulous content, research, articles, recipes and so much more… Caroline and the whole community of CGX is a daily staple in my life and I am forever grateful.
Thank you Caroline!!!
Wendy R
Thank you Caroline!!!
Wendy R
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You need to make a function to remove a whole program from the calendar. How brutal removing each day.
Response from developer
We hear you, Emilie. We're working on it!
Fantastic app
I absolutely love the layout of the app. Caroline and her team pay meticulous attention to detail and all decisions are carefully considered.
I love that feedback of any kind is responded to and where possible they make every effort at CGX to meet the needs of the user. It really feels like this is ‘our app’.
The download feature is great for when travelling or anywhere with out internet, the articles are very interesting and can be reassured that Caroline wouldn’t publish anything if it wasn’t from a source that she trusts.
Finally, it isn’t just about the app that keeps me coming back it is the very well presented and carefully considered workouts! I think MOST workouts on the app range at around 45 minutes and it is clear that this is a happy medium because of course, it would be impossible to satisfy everyone’s requirements. There is a selection of longer and shorter workouts if that’s what people prefer and between programmes there are regularly mini series or stand alone workouts published.
Caroline stresses that it is YOU VS YOU and to make these workouts your own. These workouts enable adaptations to suit you, your capabilities and your needs and goals.
Thank you Caroline and the CGX team!
I love that feedback of any kind is responded to and where possible they make every effort at CGX to meet the needs of the user. It really feels like this is ‘our app’.
The download feature is great for when travelling or anywhere with out internet, the articles are very interesting and can be reassured that Caroline wouldn’t publish anything if it wasn’t from a source that she trusts.
Finally, it isn’t just about the app that keeps me coming back it is the very well presented and carefully considered workouts! I think MOST workouts on the app range at around 45 minutes and it is clear that this is a happy medium because of course, it would be impossible to satisfy everyone’s requirements. There is a selection of longer and shorter workouts if that’s what people prefer and between programmes there are regularly mini series or stand alone workouts published.
Caroline stresses that it is YOU VS YOU and to make these workouts your own. These workouts enable adaptations to suit you, your capabilities and your needs and goals.
Thank you Caroline and the CGX team!
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for your incredible review! You're absolutely right – CGX is YOUR app and we love hearing everyone's ideas to make it just as amazing as Caroline's workouts 💪💫
Needs more
I am enjoying the beast mode program but I'm kind of disappointed that the app doesn't include all her YT workouts. It's also kind of annoying that when you start a program it doesn't automatically take you to the next workout when you finish one. For example, I'm on beast mode day 7. When I go into the app to start my workout, I have to find the program, then scroll to down to whichever day I'm on. Maybe it's not big deal, but it is just really annoying to me. I would LOVE a feature that has recommendations for alternative workouts to incorporate a cable machine or more equipment (ie instead of db row, do cable rows). I love her videos but I feel like it's hard to incorporate some of my equipment.
A feature to add more rest time between lifts/ sets would also be great (Ladder app offers this) and maybe an add on of 10 min abs or HIT as an option when you finish your workout (a feature BODi offers) Adding in/ teaming up with my fitness pal or something similar for counting macros/ calories would also be a nice touch, but that's not a big deal really. I love CG YT and just really wish the app had more to it. Just some ideas to help take the app to the next level. CG is my absolute favorite trainer and I'd love to get more out of her app.
A feature to add more rest time between lifts/ sets would also be great (Ladder app offers this) and maybe an add on of 10 min abs or HIT as an option when you finish your workout (a feature BODi offers) Adding in/ teaming up with my fitness pal or something similar for counting macros/ calories would also be a nice touch, but that's not a big deal really. I love CG YT and just really wish the app had more to it. Just some ideas to help take the app to the next level. CG is my absolute favorite trainer and I'd love to get more out of her app.
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Response from developer
Hey there, thanks for sharing your feedback and ideas, we really appreciate it! Watch this space 😊💪
Ongoing calendar issues
Putting a new program onto your calendar is so difficult. It is so frustrating! It doesn’t flow! Please fix this because the app is perfect but scheduling your workouts should also be!
Response from developer
Hey Jade! We're not aware of any issues with adding a program to your CGX calendar. Reach out to our Support team and they'll get to the bottom of this for you: 💌 support@cgxapp.com.
CGX workouts are fantastic and great value !
I am a long term ( as in over three decades including my own experience as being a trainer in the earlier years ) weight lifter and since 2020 I haven’t stepped into a gym . Caroline Girvan’s workout style really fits with how I like to train and fits in with my work at home schedule. He app workouts are brilliant and she provides many workouts and different training modalities and specific longer programs as well as shorter workouts and workouts for specific body parts . I really couldn’t ask for more !
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for your incredible feedback 🤩 And there's so much more still to come! 💪
Brillant app!
UPDATE (Sept 2024):
I have been using the CGX App for a year now and still think it is the best out there. The lastest program, “PE” (incorporating both pre and post exhaust), might be my favourite to date!
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
I have been following Caroline for quite some time and was so pleased she decided to create an app. The app is brilliant! I love the easy to navigate format. I love the articles (I read them post workout while cooling down with a protein shake), I love the "how to" videos explaining proper form, but most of all I love the workouts! Everything you love about Caroline is here on an app and at a very accessible price. Well done Caroline! this is the best fitness app ever!
I have been using the CGX App for a year now and still think it is the best out there. The lastest program, “PE” (incorporating both pre and post exhaust), might be my favourite to date!
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
I have been following Caroline for quite some time and was so pleased she decided to create an app. The app is brilliant! I love the easy to navigate format. I love the articles (I read them post workout while cooling down with a protein shake), I love the "how to" videos explaining proper form, but most of all I love the workouts! Everything you love about Caroline is here on an app and at a very accessible price. Well done Caroline! this is the best fitness app ever!
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Response from developer
Hey there! Thanks so much for your feedback, we really appreciate it! And we love your post-workout protein shake and knowledge article routine :)
Content is amazing, app not so much
The app user experience can be so much more streamlined, especially the calendar and the program navigation. The calendar is straight up buggy. I’d like to know at a glance which workout is up next without tapping in to see what those dots mean. Loading takes a while. Knowledge articles could be attached to their appropriate workout programs for easy access. Going back out of the workout page, then to the search bar, then scrolling through search results before finding the related content is tedious.
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Response from developer
Hey there, thanks so much for your really helpful feedback. We appreciate it a lot – watch this space! 💪
Certain features not working
I tried the app because I was having internet issues working out at a hotel fitness room in the basement. I like that the content can be downloaded ahead of time, but it wasn’t able to record that I finished the workout (maybe because there was no internet connection?). I also cannot see the workouts I have completed, and I have to search for a specific workout.
Adding notes feature wasn’t working for me, it gave me an error message and I cannot copy paste the notes either, so I just didn’t bother. It was working at first, but it didn’t save the notes so when I checked it again the notes were gone. Then when I tried doing it again, I kept getting error messages.
I also wonder why have heart rate monitor etc if it is not able to track it? Are we supposed to connect it with an iWatch or something? I don’t have any of that. Just curious why bother creating the feature if it is not doing anything.
I am still debating whether to continue subscription or not, I do like her workouts but not sure if the app features are working for me.
Adding notes feature wasn’t working for me, it gave me an error message and I cannot copy paste the notes either, so I just didn’t bother. It was working at first, but it didn’t save the notes so when I checked it again the notes were gone. Then when I tried doing it again, I kept getting error messages.
I also wonder why have heart rate monitor etc if it is not able to track it? Are we supposed to connect it with an iWatch or something? I don’t have any of that. Just curious why bother creating the feature if it is not doing anything.
I am still debating whether to continue subscription or not, I do like her workouts but not sure if the app features are working for me.
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Response from developer
Hey there, thanks for your feedback! CGX should absolutely count your downloaded workout towards your Workout History, even if you're offline when you do that workout. You'll see your completed workouts in the Settings > Workout History area. And the heart rate monitor links up to Apple Health on your iPhone or iPad. For any issues with CGX, always feel free to reach out to the experts! 💌 support@cgxapp.com.
Waiting for developers to address bugs before I subscribe again
The workouts are great, the app needs a LOT of work. Casting to your TV, which is essential, is buggy. I tried to search for particular workouts and the filters don’t work like they should. For example, I try to search for a full body workout that’s over 40 minutes and it gives me a long list of every possible workout, including upper lower, etc. And God forbid I pause the video while casting. It takes close to a full minute to stop glitching. Probably the most annoying thing is that the app throws up different random glitches from time to time. I can’t even remember all that I encountered during the two months I had a subscription.
It’s really a shame, because the quality of the content is excellent. But there is no way I would pay money for an app that has this many problems.
It’s really a shame, because the quality of the content is excellent. But there is no way I would pay money for an app that has this many problems.
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Response from developer
Hey Latta, we're sorry to hear you were disappointed with CGX. We're not aware of any issues with casting so we'd love it if you could get in touch so we can work through that with you: 💌 support@cgxapp.com. We'd be happy to walk through those other issues you're having, too.
