Fitness 4+

I’ve been using the app for almost a year and more consistently in the last 2 months since purchasing a fitness tracker watch. I have been more motivated towards reaching my goal and “closing my ring” since this purchase, as without one, it only logged my movement if I had the phone on my person at all times - this was not convenient for me. For the last month, I’ve closed my ring nearly every single day, but I’ve been realizing lately my “awards” are NOT reflecting that. This was a huge motivator for me to continue to use this app. There’s really no purpose otherwise, there are plenty of fitness apps out here I could use otherwise. I enjoy setting a goal, reaching it, and being rewarded for so. I have completed a full week, Monday-Sunday, and yet the award has not be “awarded”, along with my longest streak, being at 8+ days. Also, BIG CON for me is the week running Monday-Sunday, and calendar reflecting that as well. Like really, where in the world is that normal? Everything is Sunday-Saturday, and as for myself completing goals, that is the way my brain is thinking. Being different in this way is just an annoyance, along with the fact it’s not an option that can be changed. Honestly, if my “awards” are not at least fixed, I’m over and done with this app. The issues are too much to continue.

The Fitness+ app is a feat of comprehensive and quality design. The instructions are excellent, the synchronization across devices is (fairly) straightforward, and the production quality of music and video is great. Sure, some things could be improved, but overall it’s an app that has embedded itself in my life pushing me to be active and therefore healthier.
For its future iterations that would involve more user-friendly features and advanced and integrated design, I’d hope some thought would go into how some exercises require different views and visual perspectives. If I have my head facing away from my screen — as is often the case doing yoga or Pilates — I’d like to see an alternative view offered on a different device. Usually I use my laptop to stream, but I could set up my phone or even watch so that I could see it from a different angle. Currently, if I stream on my laptop, I cannot also watch on my phone.
I’ll say that if this kind of multi-device screening becomes a feature, I’d suggest producing a CAD version of the exercise sequence so it’s easier to see — not simply the same video made smaller and hard to see on my watch and/or phone.
To the last point, it would be helpful to see the yoga movements abbreviated at the beginning so I’m aware of what’s coming. Many, many times, my head is down (as instructed) and I’m following the spoken cues only to realize when I glance up that I’m doing something completely wrong.

I have completed 100+ trainer led workouts in the last 7 weeks. I have enjoyed the variety of trainers, workouts, and music. This app has motivated me to stick to my goals and create a life changing routine that I actually look forward to every day. Building a plan 1-8 weeks has been great. I like that you can pick up to 5 different types of exercise, chose your daily time commitments, and then on that day modify the time/video for your suggested exercise. I do get frustrated when I do a workout, I can see it on my summary for the day, but it does not “check” off of my plan. I have had this happen 4 times in the last 6 weeks and it is discouraging when I’m on track, but have to redo a workout just to get the completion credit. Competing with other friends has been great. I switched from 8 years with Fitbit Premium to Apple Fitness+ with an Apple Watch primarily because FP got rid of challenges. I would love if I could have 2-3 friends competing with you at a time, but the 1:1 is better than nothing. Sometimes the awards are not totally accurate with the activity that it should be awarding for. There have been times that I have exceeded a previous goal, but the award gets “stuck” at a previous metric. I have used my Apple TV, iPad, and iPhone to exercise and all have maintained a considerably seamless. Overall my Apple Fitness+ experience has exceeded my expectations and previous experience with Fitbit.