# Foundation Training — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of Foundation Training by Foundation Training, LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 87 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/foundation-training/id1391241562/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/foundation-training/id1391241562.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 71 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of Foundation Training? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - ✨ Life-changing pain relief - 💪 Improved strength and posture - 🧘‍♀️ Enhanced body awareness - 👍 Excellent instruction and trainers - ✅ Effective for injuries and chronic pain - 🚀 Smooth performance for some users - 📱 Free app with valuable content - 💯 Worth the subscription cost - 🌟 Highly recommended by users - 👍 Easy to learn and adapt - ✅ Solid concepts and science - 👍 Great for all ages - ✅ Daily routine for pain-free movement - 👍 Supports multiple streaming devices - ✅ Great setup for beginners **Cons** - 📉 Removal of free content - 💸 Expensive subscription - 😠 Difficulty cancelling subscription - 👎 Vague explanations - 😬 "Bro energy" from some instructors - 📉 Some users find content too much - ❌ App crashes and freezes - ❌ Login and registration issues - ❌ Downloads not playing smoothly - ❌ App not working after updates - ❌ No way to subscribe within the app - ❌ Invalid certificate errors - ❌ App has no functionality for some users - ❌ Removed key workouts/programs **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes iPhone 13 Pro / iOS 16.5.1 - Videos hang/buffer mid-workout - App freezes at title screen - Downloads are inoperable - Cannot create an account - Invalid certificate error - App has no functionality - App signed up user for unwanted trial subscription - Removed a 14-week baseline program **Most requested features** - Add a 'favorites' button on the home browse page - Link to Apple Health and Fitness app - More guidance for instructors' presentation style - Improve app functionality and stability - Make subscription process clearer - Bring back sample workouts ## Newest reviews (17 of 57) ### 5/5 — Foundation training is a must for people of all ages *2024-04-15* Started foundation training to help fix some lower back issues and it has become part of my weekly routine. I am a BJJ practitioner so getting injured is a weekly process but with foundation training I know how to get things fixed up. New content is added regularly and covering all walks of life. Thank you Eric Goodman and team for being this training to everyone. ### 5/5 — He *2024-04-15, version 3.17.3* He ### 3/5 — Great back help but they are removing content from the app. *2024-03-14* I have done foundation training for many years and it has greatly helped my back. There was a really great 14 week baseline program I completed many times. They recently removed that program and replaced it with a shorter version and removed some key workouts. Not sure why they did it but the new baseline program is much shorter and not as good. ### 5/5 — Great app, even better results for back pain *2024-03-13* The app works great. Reliable, easy to use, always works. The protocols with FT are something else though. Amazing. Truly effective. Easy to learn and easy to adapt to your particular needs. The team at FT are also on hand and very responsive to comments and feedback in the community forum that’s built into the app. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Spinal decompression & proper alignment *2024-03-11* This program is based on solid anatomical health tenets developed by doctors and therapists. There is nothing gimmicky or quick fix and no meds, supplements or other nonsense. It’s just about getting your body aligned and pain free. ### 5/5 — Foundation Training is amazing *2024-01-13* The program works—by doing the movements, my back has expanded, my posture improved, , I have more feeling of ease in my body, and my understanding of my body’s workings has gotten better. All in all a great program. A note to the developer regarding the app: as others have mentioned, videos do hang/buffer mid workout, especially at the beginning, which lowers the experience. The program’s still worth it, and it’s also worth improving. ### 5/5 — Answer to prayer! *2023-10-23, version 3.14.0* Eric is a God send. Thank you for helping this ol’ girl be able to do what she loves despite disease & injury. ### 5/5 — If there were ever a miracle pill… *2023-10-19* If there were ever a miracle pill… it wouldn’t be a pill at all. I found Foundation training through back pain. quite a bit of back pain. living years with scoliosis, a broken sacrum and many trashed disks. My spine was not happy and i felt pretty screwed. THEN, I tried this method called Foundation Training. I honestly felt immediate relief. It quickly started to help with my pain, so much so, it got me off 4 years of pain meds ! It is now my go to.… every day.… it keeps me strong, out of pain and able to surf. The genius of these simple movements, that are totally challenging and truly mind and body expanding, are real. The connections i can feel in my body now, it is life changing. Foundation Training has me surfing like this 67 year old… is 17 again! Get the app and get started 🤙🏼get strong ### 3/5 — Too much bro energy 😬 *2023-10-12, version 3.14.0* This is such an amazing program but the instructors with the most classes need some guidance. I think I hit on the worst classes during my free trial (“grab your butt, jiggle your butt” - to ensure the gluteus muscles aren’t engaged) but I didn’t see enough classes from other instructors to make the $170 price tag worth it. I’ll stick with the free options until they dial back the “dude” feel from the two main instructors. For those who can handle that aspect of things, the concepts and science behind the training are rock solid and of great benefit. ### 5/5 — Great app *2023-10-07, version 3.14.0* Would be better by having it link to Apple Health and Fitness app. ### 5/5 — Life Changing *2023-09-29, version 3.12.0* I absolutely love Foundation Training. After a severe back injury, I credit Foundation Training as the primary means through which I recovered. I started out with the book and 2 dvd set, and I was thrilled to see the subscription and app. I love all of the new material and the trainers are fantasitic. Thank you Dr. Eric for this fantasitic healing modalilty that you and your team have developed. ### 5/5 — Excellent progress *2023-09-24* Bad back pain is on the run! The progress being made is truly appreciated. Thank you ### 5/5 — If there were ever a miracle pill… *2023-08-17* If there were ever a miracle pill… it wouldn’t be a pill at all. I found Foundation training through back pain. quite a bit of back pain. living years with scoliosis, a broken sacrum and many trashed disks. My spine was not happy and i felt pretty screwed. THEN, I tried this method called Foundation Training. I honestly felt immediate relief. It quickly started to help with my pain, so much so, it got me off 4 years of pain meds ! It is now my go to.… every day.… it keeps me strong, out of pain and able to surf. The genius of these simple movements, that are totally challenging and truly mind and body expanding, are real. The connections i can feel in my body now, it is life changing. Foundation Training has me surfing like this 67 year old… is 17 again! Get the app and get started 🤙🏼get strong ### 3/5 — Crashes iPhone 13 Pro / iOS 16.5.1 *2023-07-23* After installation it asked for notification permission - this crashed the phone badly. Even a regular restart didn’t work since the phone didn’t react. After a forced restart i instantly deleted the app. But if a freaky moment. No app ever did this to the phone. - maybe just bad luck. flagging in case developers track this. ### 5/5 — Excellent progress *2023-07-07* Bad back pain is on the run! The progress being made is truly appreciated. Thank you ### 5/5 — Recipe for success! *2023-01-17* The best part about this app is how it moves you through the process of learning the fundamentals first, and then has many so many different routines to try… always adding new routines. ### 5/5 — Outstanding *2023-01-16* Foundation Training saved me from chronic back pain. It also helps improve your posture and breathing in everyday activities, which reduces your likelihood of reinjuring yourself. And it has activated core and posterior chain muscles I didn’t know I had. I can’t recommend it enough. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No more freebies *2025-01-07, version 3.20.2* I’ve had paid subscriptions of a year and then monthly for quite a while and enjoyed the routines. There seems to be too much content these days. Also, I return once in a while to do the original 12 minute which was a “freebie” along with a few other sample routines. This is no longer an option. No more sample workouts in the name of $$ and getting you to subscribe. Goodbye Dr. Goodman ### 1/5 — Rh *2023-08-03, version 3.12.0* Too hard to sign on and use the app never could work with it. Very frustrating. ### 1/5 — App is abysmal *2023-06-12, version 3.11.1* I’ve heard wonders about the training, but somehow the app signed me up for a trial subscription to some ftstreaming.com email that I have no access to. Too bad! ### 1/5 — Not worth the money *2022-07-30, version 3.6.3* Don’t waste your time with this app and training. Videos are far from great ne the explanations are vague ### 1/5 — App freezes / wont open *2022-06-16* Im so frustrated, really wanted to start practicing FT so bought the EXPENSIVE app. And it keeps freezing at the title screen, cant access the programs. This is so disappointing. ### 1/5 — No free content *2022-06-14, version 3.6.0* You can find at least the first exercise for free on YouTube so why isn’t it available here? Just put a price on the app so people know what they’re getting into. ### 1/5 — They make it very difficult to cancel your subscription *2021-08-23* Still trying to find a way to cancel my subscription I’ve messaged them other questions in the past year with no replies either. Too bad because I was a big fan ### 1/5 — How do you register? *2021-02-19* I would like to register but the only page that comes up is the one to sign in and in order to be able to sign in you have to have registered before !!! ### 1/5 — Cant subscribe *2020-01-21, version 2.7.0* Was told about how great Foundation Training is. Downloaded the app but I cannot sign up or purchase access to other videos. ### 1/5 — Cannot subscribe - App needs work *2019-08-30, version 2.6.1* I have heard good things about Dr. Goodman’s Foundation Training and was excited to see that he had the training on an app. The content can not be accessed unless you subscribe - fair BUT there is no means in the app to subscribe. To the web developers: please fix this. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Foundation Training IS the Foundation! *2026-05-04, version 3.32.0* When I first came across FT it was the original 12 Minute Workout with Dr. Goodman and two trainees on YouTube. It was free, incredible instruction, and it made me feel better almost immediately. Then a few years later, I had the great fortune to come across a brand new DVD set in a thrift store- score!! And then, finding out from @foundationtraining’s instagram page they put together a free app- I couldn’t have downloaded it fast enough!! I used the free “Community” content for quite some time, but began wanting to access all the other inaccessible features of the app exclusive to subscribers. That’s when I did myself the priceless favor of subscribing yearly. I will never go back!! I have abused my body, playing hard in 49 years, with lots of injuries. Without a doubt, the amount of information that Dr. Goodman, Coach Salas, ALL of the fantastic trainers, and all the FT Collaborators have made understandable, and relate able, for making bodily restoration attainable, I will be forever a student. In fact, my two year plan is to take a certification course!! I am giving Five Stars because my life is better with the FT philosophy and app! There is a ton of invaluable information within the app, and it takes time to discover it all (which I have not even come close to yet!), but when you have a lifetime to enjoy healthy body freedom, one morning and one evening at a time, that is the perfect timeline routine!! The last thing I would encourage anyone to do, download the free app, get familiar, then do yourself the most kind favor you can, and subscribe yearly. What you gain back in pain-free freedom to move, for less than $14 a month is outrageous!!! ### 5/5 — Foundation Training is life changing *2026-02-21* I cannot recommend this app enough. It saved me from the low back and hip pain that prematurely ended my career. After two surgeries, I’d come to the conclusion that I had to take control of my own recovery. I was on a pelaton for 60-90 minutes a day. Working out with great results but no amount of PT and stretching could fix my limited range of motion. I was merely working around it. Finding foundation training was the missing piece to beating the pain. To the enhanced level of control and feel within my own body. My balance is better. My posture is better. My pain is a thing of the past. I’m back to work, my life is light years better thanks to foundation training. Dr Goodman I sincerely thank you. ### 5/5 — Excellent!!! *2025-07-29* Dr Goodman and Jesse Salas go above and beyond to teach Dr Goodman’s method of Foundation Training. I’ve never seen such a comprehensive approach to not only building strength through poses and movement, but correcting and healing through them! They’re both amazing teachers. My husband has been faithfully doing Foundation Training for 10 months now. After 6 months, his pain from a sprained back was gone, his flexibility is massively improved, he is getting more wattage on his bike rides, feeling zero discomfort in a vehicle when sitting for long periods, his balance is even better than before and he’s always surfed and rides a skateboard. As a personal trainer myself, I have seen huge improvements in my own hinge mechanics when deadlifting and have been able to utilize FT spinal decompression to release tension and connect with my body before a workout better than with any other technique I’ve used before. Foundation Training is a no-brainer. Yes, it takes work and dedication, but what are you waiting for? Pain free movement awaits you! ### 5/5 — Changed my life *2025-07-28* Foundation training fixed a hip issue I had dealt with for 20+ years. Now I sleep pain free every night! Also fixed my posture. These movements get incorporated into your everyday movement. ### 5/5 — The Best *2025-06-18, version 3.24.0* They are the best when it comes to movement. Thank you. ### 5/5 — The Best *2025-02-25, version 3.21.1* Far my most expensive iOS app and worth every penny. ### 5/5 — Lumbar Fusion *2024-09-10* I had surgery over a year ago. Foundation helps me move right now and I will follow it for years to come to stay aligned. Also, what a great way to start and end most days to decompress mentally and physically. ### 5/5 — Foundation Training IS the Foundation! *2024-09-05, version 3.19.1* When I first came across FT it was the original 12 Minute Workout with Dr. Goodman and two trainees on YouTube. It was free, incredible instruction, and it made me feel better almost immediately. Then a few years later, I had the great fortune to come across a brand new DVD set in a thrift store- score!! And then, finding out from @foundationtraining’s instagram page they put together a free app- I couldn’t have downloaded it fast enough!! I used the free “Community” content for quite some time, but began wanting to access all the other inaccessible features of the app exclusive to subscribers. That’s when I did myself the priceless favor of subscribing yearly. I will never go back!! I have abused my body, playing hard in 49 years, with lots of injuries. Without a doubt, the amount of information that Dr. Goodman, Coach Salas, ALL of the fantastic trainers, and all the FT Collaborators have made understandable, and relate able, for making bodily restoration attainable, I will be forever a student. In fact, my two year plan is to take a certification course!! I am giving Five Stars because my life is better with the FT philosophy and app! There is a ton of invaluable information within the app, and it takes time to discover it all (which I have not even come close to yet!), but when you have a lifetime to enjoy healthy body freedom, one morning and one evening at a time, that is the perfect timeline routine!! The last thing I would encourage anyone to do, download the free app, get familiar, then do yourself the most kind favor you can, and subscribe yearly. What you gain back in pain-free freedom to move, for less than $14 a month is outrageous!!! ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2024-07-07, version 3.18.0* Great app , workouts keep getting better ### 5/5 — Much Love *2024-05-01, version 3.17.3* I purchased my first Foundation Training DVD set in 2013. I’ve been ‘practicing’ for over 11 years. Love the program and workouts now more than ever! I have a desk job, three crazy kids, a beautiful family - and I am 11 years post lower back surgery. Doing great! Nothing provides stability and pain relief more than Foundation Training. Thank you, much love. - Mikey Thomson -also, would love a quick ‘favorites’ button on the home browse page of the app- --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-11.*