SHREDDY

I used the Shreddy App for one month and overall it was a decent workout app. I did the New Glutes Home guide alongside additional workouts from the App in order to achieve my goal of 4-5 workouts a week. The workouts themselves were pretty good— I liked that they were not plyometric heavy and did feel well rounded with exercises that targeted the full body. They were effective with minimal equipment and I do feel like I saw some positive changes in the month I completed the guide. I would have liked to have access to stand alone cool down sessions for rest days. I took two stars off for the user interface and actual usability of the app because that is what made me not continue with Shreddy as my main workout App. I found the user interface to be clunky and difficult to navigate. It was not clear how to do a workout outside of the planned weekly workouts from the guide. When I did complete a workout from outside of the guide, it was not added to my progress for the week. Also I had issues with completed workouts from the guide still being listed as undone; I could not figure out how to manually complete it after the fact. During the actual workouts, the app could be glitchy— sudden disappearance of timer sound cues, skipping of exercises and cool-down moves. Overall I would recommend the Shreddy App if you want access to a variety of workouts and aren’t fussy about the actual usability of the App. I would not recommend the Shreddy App if you want an intuitive seamless experience with your workout App.

Love Grace, not so sure about my love for this app. The concept is nice, the videos are nice, the workouts are nice, and the meals look and seem easy and tasty, but they app itself needs some work. Pros - I love that users can track reps/numbers/history, though that isn’t novel to this app. Very customizable. OPTIONS on options on options. Cons- If we want to deviate from the basic settings on the app, it’s fairly easy, but extremely tedious to replicate those settings across the program (days v weeks v program, and meals, especially if meal prepping for days/the week). The customization is nice for those who aren’t just starting out with weights, but it’s a PAIN to add in exercises. Maybe there could be an option to complete the workout and save the reps done without auto filling the rest of the exercises as complete for people who are just starting out and might not be able to complete a full set, yet want to work towards that and see their progress. Numbers of reps could default to the number shown in he default workout, versus always being set at the first iteration in the set. It would also be helpful to have one function that sets to kg or lb for the entire app instead of having to adjust for every exercise. The meals, while tasty, seemed repetitive and were limited in terms of scope, but I see that selection growing as the app grows. Additionally, the most frustrating thing was that the app kept crashing during my workout, deleting all previous info from my workout. An autosave function would be beneficial, I think. Overall, nice concept, but needs work.

I find it really helpful to have my workouts written out before heading into the gym AND there are videos to follow along with. This is kind of standard for these apps but where Shreddy prevails is in having a tracker for your weights used, a community chat (where I’ve made actual friends), and additional workout videos you can follow along with. What really sold this for me was that the meal plans are vegan and plentiful. Any other app I’ve tried pretends to have ‘vegan’ and ‘vegetarian options’ but in reality it’s 2 basic meals on repeat. Shreddy has very thoughtful meals that are easy to prepare and are darn tasty. There have, of course, been minor glitches with the app. BUT what I think is amazing is how darn fast the developers/app team has responded to fixing them. What I appreciate is that they really listen to their users and have been pumping out updates and fixes. I can’t wait to see what’s next for this app. Shout out to the hard working Shreddy team