Fitness Verv: Daily Exercise

Pros: The interval training workouts are really great. I’ve gotten a lot of benefit from the targeted strength training. I like the meditations as well. Cons: The majority of the walking exercises, in spite of their unique titles, are highly redundant. You do one, you’ve done them all. There’s not much to distinguish them from each other. The timer/reset format of the app is not very conducive for an authentic yoga experience, and the introduction of poses are not very sequential - use Down Dog or Nike Training Club for a better flow and more customizable practice. (Verv doesn’t always use the proper name of poses either, so if you’re trying to learn yoga vocabulary, this only gets you about 30% of the way there.) The running exercises are really hard for non-runners to start with; I’ve been using the sister app Running for Weight Loss. The sleep sessions are good, but doesn’t initiate auto-lock after it ends, so it will run all night and miscalculate your workout minutes on your Apple Watch.

I could never commit to working out to videos online and would quickly grow bored, but this app has kept me engaged for two weeks now and I’m seeing results! I love the single workouts and the ability to see all the workouts I’ve done. I don’t have to commit to an hour-long work out, but can accomplish many exercises throughout the day during breaks between working at home. I love the ala carte features, the visual clarity with different views, the timer, rest time while showing the next exercise, and the program progress line on top...all thoughtfully designed and organized for today’s multi-tasking mind! My only suggestion is to add more single workouts under 12 minutes that focus on more body parts. I would love to see a Women’s chest and back sculptor, Thigh and cellulite buster and...Flabby Arm Sculptor for Women!

I really love the app and the fact that it allows you and recommends to also connect built in music playlists! Saves a lot of time finding offline playlists and creates a one hub space for us as users. I love the challenges and connection to my apple health too. One recommendation I would suggest is to a add a feature to “connect to friends” using this app as well. After I recommended this all to a friend, I was looking for that feature but I did not find it. I think it would be awesome to add this “add friends feature” since we could expand our health and workout data and share it with friends. This would make the workouts even more fun, since we could recommend or share specific challenges. I also think having friends on the platform sometimes boosts the want to workout “since you see your friends working out” so it becomes sort of a game where you can compete. This would connect really well with the app’s motto on boosting people to lead healthy lifestyle and share it with others. Would love to see that added hopefully!