Really helpful
Misleading
Initiative and dependable
My favourite feature is being able to change how many days a week I do for the next week.
The best! I’ll be using this for all weightlifting programming.
Pleasantly surprised
Amazing Tool for Training
Title
Terrible app
Excellente app !
J’apprécie particulièrement la possibilité de modifier facilement les exercices, de trouver un équivalent en fonction du matos à disposition. Le système de notation des lifts, que ce soit sur des lampes rouges et blanches comme en compétition ou via le RIR, est top !
La programmation est également excellente, assez proche de celles que j’ai suivies et élaborées par des coachs réputés, avec la flexibilité de la modifier à tout moment en changeant l’objectif général ou le volume des exercices techniques ou d’assistance. Bref un excellent outil !
Great potential, room for improvement
Good stuff
1. Configurable
2. Relatively simple to use
3. The programming and progression for the main lifts seems solid.
4. I really like how it handles rating the main lifts. (3 lights, and RIR)
However there are a couple of weak points. Before I go into them I should note that they have announced a new version of the app that is supposed to address some of these issues.
1. Obfuscation. There is basically no information on why the programming is organized the way it is, sometimes it can feel random.
2. Accessories programming. This is a huge weak point. There is no progressive overload, or periodization for accessories. It feels like it just picks a random movement, random rep range, and will only prescribe a weight equal to whatever you did last in that accessory regardless of rep range or set number.
3. General bugs. There is a good amount of buggy behavior in the programming. For example it frequently puts in more sessions of pulls per week than I have set as the maximum for the week.
4. Support. There is a discord server with a QA, bug reports, and new user help channels. I’ve only been in the server for a couple of weeks. However most questions and posts go unanswered. If there is a response to a help request it is almost always from a community member, not from the devs.
Response from developer
Thank you so much for your feedback! Like you pointed out the backend programming logik is very complex and we are working hard on a new version that aims for fix the pitfalls of the first one including better explanations for the programming, programming of accessories and persisting bugs. We are also working on expanding our team to make sure we meet the growing demand and no questions or problems go unanswered. Thank you again for sharing this!
Its ok for intermediate lifters that dont have time
If you dont have solid technique on your lifts this app is not for you, become proficient with your technique and get stable 1 Rm’s before considering paying for this app.
Another issue is if you dont know what mistakes you are making in your technique the app won’t help you, so you have to know what you’re doing wrong and make tweaks to the program to add corrective exercises.
Response from developer
We completely agree, some people would much prefer to do it on their own and that is completely fine, we provide custom programming for those who just want to show up and do what the program says without having to think about it. Also the app is not best for complete beginners, we recommend at least 3 months of olympic lifting experience so you get comfortable with the technique. The app does assess your weakpoints (based on your ratios) and provide you the exercises you need to improve and we aim to fill that gap in technique direction with our Discord Community. Thank you for your honest feedback, if you were for any reason unsatisfied with your experience we'd love to give you a full refund just email us at support@weightlifting.ai! Kind regards
Okay programming, terrible customer service
You’ll get an invite to a discord server which is a good place to get feedback and talk about weightlifting.
But the customer service is terrible. Free training camp attendance is advertised as a perk for annual subscribers. When they offered a training camp, there was no $0 option for annual subscribers. The owner told me to pick the monthly subscriber option and I would get reimbursed. After three months of back and forth, I still have no reimbursement and he stopped responding to my messages. There does not seem to be a “customer service” option on the app or through the website.
Response from developer
Hi, we are working on making the updates much more frequent as we are also expanding our team and improve on the customer service side as well! Love that you saw progress with the app. All of your valuable feedback will be carefully considered and taken into account for the future, if your issue has by any chance not been resolved yet please shoot us an email at support@weightlifting.ai and we will be happy to refund your payment. And to make up for your experience we'd also be happy to give you 6 months of the new version of the app that is coming out completely free on us so you can give us your feedback. Thank you for sharing your feedback and kind regards!
Mitigated :/
Love the flexibility and adaptability!
Response from developer
Thank you for sharing this!! Love that you are enjoying the community, happy training!
Issues
Response from developer
We're sorry to hear that! Not sure where the issue is, if you are still unable to sign up we'd be happy to assist you just shoot us an email at support@weightlifting.ai. Kind regards!
App Crashing
Response from developer
We're so sorry to hear that. We are working hard to correct all the bugs and crashes. If you are still unable to sign up and would like to do so, please email us at support@weightlifting.ai and we will be happy to assist you.
App keeps crushing
Doesn’t work
Love the App!
Response from developer
Thank you so much, keep crushing it!
Support hasnt kept up with bugs
Wow!
Response from developer
Amazing, we love to hear that!
