Great in Theory, Awful in Execution
Been using this app for 6 months. Absolutely love the functionality. It works very well at providing an interesting list of exercises each day for my workout. But...
There are so many things wrong with this app it is almost unusable. Very frustrating:
Consistently quits and often difficult to get it to relaunch
If you want to add a set, it causes an error--every time. There is a clunky work-around I've discovered, but it is frustrating.
The interface to edit the type of exercise of equipment is very cumbersome. There is no easy search feature.
I laughed when I saw people at the gym printing out their workout and keeping track on paper, now I know why!
There are so many things wrong with this app it is almost unusable. Very frustrating:
Consistently quits and often difficult to get it to relaunch
If you want to add a set, it causes an error--every time. There is a clunky work-around I've discovered, but it is frustrating.
The interface to edit the type of exercise of equipment is very cumbersome. There is no easy search feature.
I laughed when I saw people at the gym printing out their workout and keeping track on paper, now I know why!
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Unstable
Does not save properly and changes seem rare and arbitrary
Very Glitchy
The program is great the application struggles to connect to the servers. It will often not submit and reset all of your progress. Does not allow you to change the weight in the application.
Quirky
I use it but when I decide to change the weight, it doesn’t let me. So frustrating. Also, the date is wrong.
Totally unreliable
How is this app still so bad? Almost every time I use it, it either cannot connect to the server, or even worse crashes when I try to submit my workout. It’s gotten to the point where I have to take screen shots of each page of my workout so I can submit when the app decides to start working again. This doesn’t seem like a difficult product to maintain. So what is going on???
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Create account?
I would like to use this app, but there is no way to get in touch with Support to create an account.
Buggy
In theory this app is pretty great and that hit balance is your workouts to hit all muscle groups, to use different methods to work the same muscle groups etc. And it increases the workload very gradually.
HOWEVER, the app itself is always rife with bugs. Either at duplicates all your workouts, or doesn’t let you submit them, and rather just resets all the workout data that you’re already entered… Or it won’t let you change the weight for the exercise exercises, even though it offers a pulldown menu to do exactly that… Every time you do it it’s just revert back to what it wants. A lot of just app coding errors like that. Wish it could be better.
Also you are not allowed to give feedback directly to active trax, you have to do it through your gym, and they aren’t always cooperative or interested.
HOWEVER, the app itself is always rife with bugs. Either at duplicates all your workouts, or doesn’t let you submit them, and rather just resets all the workout data that you’re already entered… Or it won’t let you change the weight for the exercise exercises, even though it offers a pulldown menu to do exactly that… Every time you do it it’s just revert back to what it wants. A lot of just app coding errors like that. Wish it could be better.
Also you are not allowed to give feedback directly to active trax, you have to do it through your gym, and they aren’t always cooperative or interested.
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Never loads
Decent app when it loads but more often then not, get to the Y ready for workout and it won’t load. Kinda useless when it doesn’t work regularly.
Fix it!
Latest update shows the developer did not test it before posting it for use. Obviously they don’t use it themselves.
Buns
Nothing works
Never loads
Decent app when it loads but more often then not, get to the Y ready for workout and it won’t load. Kinda useless when it doesn’t work regularly.
Horrible App!
This app is horrible! Half the time it logged you out and you lose everything that you input. The other half the time when you try to input it manually, it tells you that you didn’t even put a number in your rep section and you can’t submit until it’s done. Both the web version and the app are horrible! Don’t use this app. Do yourself a favor and find something else and be willing to pay for it because this will not help you track properly!
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Love it
This is FREE. It works
As described. My YMCA showed me this app.
Now I can go to the gym and follow these suggested workout. It has been a huge help. I don’t have to figure out which machine and weight to use it tells me. Come on anyone know of any other app that tells you which numbered machine to go to and what weight to select.
If not then this is definitely 5 stars.
Did I mention it’s free. Thanks.
As described. My YMCA showed me this app.
Now I can go to the gym and follow these suggested workout. It has been a huge help. I don’t have to figure out which machine and weight to use it tells me. Come on anyone know of any other app that tells you which numbered machine to go to and what weight to select.
If not then this is definitely 5 stars.
Did I mention it’s free. Thanks.
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Latest version regressed
Never has been a great app, but latest version is worst. Hangs up much more frequently, requiring me to turn phone off and back on. Almost always refuses to submit workout after Incomplete one. Have to go on web browser to go to Activtrax site and manually fill in workout sheet.
Amazing Idea, HORRIBLE implementation
I went to the Y to get in shape. I personally hate working out part of because I never know what to do. This app gives me step by step instructions so I don’t have to think about my routine, I just open it up and go.
That said, the app is buggy as heck. It crashes constantly, logs you out mid workout, create workouts where every exercise is duplicated, losing your workout which requires you to force close the app, etc.
If you’re going to use the YMCA for your workout, this can help you get started, but you may grow frustrated the longer you use it as it seems like it was developed by someone with no professional experience, likely made for fun by the head of ITs brother in law. ChatGPT could build a better app than this.
That said, the app is buggy as heck. It crashes constantly, logs you out mid workout, create workouts where every exercise is duplicated, losing your workout which requires you to force close the app, etc.
If you’re going to use the YMCA for your workout, this can help you get started, but you may grow frustrated the longer you use it as it seems like it was developed by someone with no professional experience, likely made for fun by the head of ITs brother in law. ChatGPT could build a better app than this.
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Mike
I updated this week and this version is terrible. It will not add additional exercises and it will not submit the workout when it is completed.
Update is terrible
Old version although crashed once in a while, actually worked. New version does not. You cannot add exercises or additional sets to generated workouts.
Loses workout
Really glitchy. After new update I’ll record my workout exercises then finish the floor ones at home. When I get home and open the app I have to log on and now have lost all my entries. Every time you close the app you now have to log in. This means you have to go to the website and re-enter all your information, if you can remember.
I’m sure the gyms pay a good price for this app, but I’m not sure I’ll continue to use it. Maybe find a separate app to log.
I’m sure the gyms pay a good price for this app, but I’m not sure I’ll continue to use it. Maybe find a separate app to log.
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App doesn’t work
I started using this app because the Y suggests it for people starting their workout journey once you have your first meeting with a personal trainer.
The app has never submitted a workout regardless of how many times I’ve tried and no one seems to know what the problem is. The app showed 3/24 (my start date) and “day 1” since the day it was set up.
I figured 128 people couldn’t be making these problems up when I saw the rating but figured I’d try anyway…and it doesn’t work!
The app has never submitted a workout regardless of how many times I’ve tried and no one seems to know what the problem is. The app showed 3/24 (my start date) and “day 1” since the day it was set up.
I figured 128 people couldn’t be making these problems up when I saw the rating but figured I’d try anyway…and it doesn’t work!
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So glitchy
Been using this app for years. Chronically unreliable. Right now the app is locked up and will not create the next workout or accept the current workout. I have tried logging out and logging back in, restarting my phone and even uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Totally dead in the water.
