Basic features are missing
I love the Barbell Medicine programs, and was excited to try out the official app to make tracking of workouts easier. However I found that it is missing basic features like pausing workouts and managing already logged workouts, and probably others.
I logged a workout with dummy data to see how the app works, only to find it impossible to delete it afterward?! Logged workouts should be fully editable to allow mistakes to be corrected.
I work out at home and occasionally life happens and I have to pause my workouts for an hour or two, or sometimes longer. I need the app to reliably cater for this scenario. The Liftin app implements this perfectly, and I would love to see something similar here.
Another concern of mine is that this app does not seem to be receiving regular, meaningful updates. The UI is still, after several years, very rough looking and not much thought seems to have to into the UX design like into some of the other apps in this space.
I desperately want an app that makes tracking of the truly excellent BBM programs easy, but this is not it.
I logged a workout with dummy data to see how the app works, only to find it impossible to delete it afterward?! Logged workouts should be fully editable to allow mistakes to be corrected.
I work out at home and occasionally life happens and I have to pause my workouts for an hour or two, or sometimes longer. I need the app to reliably cater for this scenario. The Liftin app implements this perfectly, and I would love to see something similar here.
Another concern of mine is that this app does not seem to be receiving regular, meaningful updates. The UI is still, after several years, very rough looking and not much thought seems to have to into the UX design like into some of the other apps in this space.
I desperately want an app that makes tracking of the truly excellent BBM programs easy, but this is not it.
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Life changing program and great application
I’ve been using the BBM for a couple years now, starting with the free beginner program then checking out the free trials of other programs and buying several (hypertrophy, powerbuilding) and since the beginning of 2024 for personal coaching. I was a coach potato (and looked like one) when I started with BBM and now I look pretty jacked and am the strongest and healthiest I’ve ever been in my life. 100/10 would recommend and check out BBM’s free podcast and seminars if you want to dive deeper!
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Recent bugs. But amazing overall.
Not sure if it’s iOS 18 or if it’s the new screen size of the iPhone 16 pro but the app now has bugs on my new phone. The buttons on the bottom “home, history, and the button and “programs” “profile” are now skewed and unresponsive Which limits my ability to fully access everything I need on the app. When it’s fully functional it’s a 5 star app.
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Great programs. Just needs minor tweaks
The programs are great. Worth the purchase. I rerun old ones all the time. The user flow doesn’t get in the way, very easy to jump into the next workout and see what’s you need to do. Also easy to look back at previous sets of an exercise, whether the exercise is part of the current template or not.
Only gripe is the button and box extents are too small and should extent beyond the outline if possible. As in, I miss hit the number pad 20-50% of the time. And I will record 58 reps instead of 5 reps at RPE 8 because I miss hit the next box with my thumb. There is a next arrow for navigation (it’s also too small), but that’s not how people use phones. You touch the open box to go there.
Otherwise, it’s a solid app.
Only gripe is the button and box extents are too small and should extent beyond the outline if possible. As in, I miss hit the number pad 20-50% of the time. And I will record 58 reps instead of 5 reps at RPE 8 because I miss hit the next box with my thumb. There is a next arrow for navigation (it’s also too small), but that’s not how people use phones. You touch the open box to go there.
Otherwise, it’s a solid app.
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Best app, Great programs
This is hands down the best strength training app. Plenty of free programs to see if like their methods. Plenty of paid programs to keep it interesting and piling on gains for years.
