80% there
Ive used the app for a year but have decided to cancel my subscription.
This is a good app if you just want to do the exercises as decided by Evolve on the days decided by evolve.
I've tried to adjust the app about 20 times to fit around what I want to do but it keeps reverting or just won't.
For for example, I want to train three times a week but alternate upper body and lower body but it won't let me do that and the certain exercises that I can't do my Jim and I change it on the system only for it to revert back to the old exercises again.
I do love the way it incrementally increases the weight, but when I try to adjust the rep ranges as I prefer to do slightly less than Evolve wants me to do it doesn't like it
Overall, it's handy because it's on your phone, but I'm reverting back to old school pen and paper so that I can achieve the workouts that I have time to do rather than what Evolve wants me to do
This is a good app if you just want to do the exercises as decided by Evolve on the days decided by evolve.
I've tried to adjust the app about 20 times to fit around what I want to do but it keeps reverting or just won't.
For for example, I want to train three times a week but alternate upper body and lower body but it won't let me do that and the certain exercises that I can't do my Jim and I change it on the system only for it to revert back to the old exercises again.
I do love the way it incrementally increases the weight, but when I try to adjust the rep ranges as I prefer to do slightly less than Evolve wants me to do it doesn't like it
Overall, it's handy because it's on your phone, but I'm reverting back to old school pen and paper so that I can achieve the workouts that I have time to do rather than what Evolve wants me to do
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UI needs work
Programming is… adequate for what I need. I enjoy not having to plan it out myself. The app is genuinely poorly designed. It’s complicated to use, not clear on where settings are or what they change. I’ll constantly end up in menus with no way to back out of them or simply a black screen, requiring a full app restart. The poor app interface is making me consider canceling my subscription. Update: I cancelled my subscription after writing this review after the app broke multiple times during my next workout.
The app doesn’t take into account any of my inputs regarding sleep, soreness, etc. stating I barely slept and am incredibly sore will have the same workout as if I stated I got 10 hours of sleep and feel like a god. It also doesn’t take into account my preference for low vs high reps.
In the current update version there will be a program setting to “select workout” that when clicked gives me a blank screen with the only option being “view all workouts”. Why am I PAYING a workout planning app to simply build the program myself? Even when I do select a workout, I am not taken back to the program page but have to manually back out of the 3 menus deep.
In the program planning the app will state is it giving me “low reps” and recommend 12 reps in a set. Additionally, it will state in the warmup planning it is building for RPE 7 for 6 reps and the actual plan will state RPE 6 for 5, among similar glaring issues that point to low quality control.
The app doesn’t take into account any of my inputs regarding sleep, soreness, etc. stating I barely slept and am incredibly sore will have the same workout as if I stated I got 10 hours of sleep and feel like a god. It also doesn’t take into account my preference for low vs high reps.
In the current update version there will be a program setting to “select workout” that when clicked gives me a blank screen with the only option being “view all workouts”. Why am I PAYING a workout planning app to simply build the program myself? Even when I do select a workout, I am not taken back to the program page but have to manually back out of the 3 menus deep.
In the program planning the app will state is it giving me “low reps” and recommend 12 reps in a set. Additionally, it will state in the warmup planning it is building for RPE 7 for 6 reps and the actual plan will state RPE 6 for 5, among similar glaring issues that point to low quality control.
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PR’s at age 60
I have been using Evolve for about 16 months and powerlifting for 8 years. Since I started using Evolve I have hit PR’s at virtually every meet. Love this app and the flexibility to modify the plan is very helpful. Next up is USPL Raw Nationals!
Terrible
Didn’t want to review here but they’re deleting my message on discord. Used the app for over a year. The programming sucks. Ascending RPE and ascending sets while periodizing accessories and keeping them below RPE 8, who does that? Always felt sore and still not putting on muscle. Only way to make progress was gaining a ton of weight. Won’t be renewing again. Cheers
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Deceptive free trial
When finished filling in the initial intake questionnaire, the app asks you to click to continue to get 3-day free trial, get I was charged IMMEDIATELY.
