Boostcamp: Workout Programs

Let me start by saying I’ve tried many things. Notebooks, excel, other apps, etc… for extended periods of time before finding Boostcamp. This is the only app I’ve stuck to and used consistently, 5 days a week for… most of 3 years, since Jan 2024. Ive used the paid version for nearly 1 yr. The free version is more than good enough, but the paid version allows for more customization. This app is great for a couple of reasons. First it promotes consistency, and second it promotes personal investment in working out. How: a routine paired with intuitive tracking of progress takes all the guess work out of the gym. This is coming from someone who works 12 hour days and rarely knows what day it even is. This app rules because I go into the gym and just click start on whatever day is next in my routine. Set it and forget it. As for personal investment in the grind, this app motivates you by allowing you to change up YOUR routine and record YOUR progress… it gives YOU ownership and makes it easy instead of the focus being a product or fitness influencer.. it makes it about you. Then on top of that the app rewards you, when you make a PR it tells you, when you finish a workout it tells you. When you are consistent it tells you. It leverages our human propensity for rewards. Lastly the team is great. I had an issue with access and they helped me get it sorted out within hours. They have amazing user support which is unheard for imo for applications.

I’ve been using this app for 2 years to log my workouts and it’s been a huge help for me like immensely without it I would’ve been lost in the gym. I love this app so much it’s been such a great help to track what I’m doing to see if I improve and or get stronger but there’s this one bug that I hate and it’s so annoying. Whenever I complete a workout or just press complete workout and don’t log anything to skip to the next day it just freezes and I have to shut out of the app and reopen it all the time or it just happens whenever I press complete workout or I’m done it just freezes at the “share w your friends” or the part where you look at what muscles you hit and you gotta press done for or ok in the top right corner to move on. But other than that I love this app and it’s been a huge help to me.

The content is amazing, especially for a free app, however I’ve encountered issues with weight/reps/notes not saving when I do not have a stable internet connection. I’ll enter information, the app seemingly takes it, then it’ll throw a network error and delete the information I just entered. Without a good connection, I am unable to see the routine, as well, leaving me stranded in the gym waiting for it to reconnect. I like that it saves my information, but the fact that it’s ALWAYS looks for a good connection means the minute my gym’s wifi goes out, I’m stuck waiting. This turned my sub-hour gym trip into a 1.5 hour trip. Is there an offline mode or something similar? Also, I am unable to see the coach’s notes at the beginning of each day/week. There’s an ellipses, which should mean the coach said more, but it seems I am unable to access whatever extra was said. I feel like I’m missing vital information for progression or understanding the routine better from the coach’s perspective.