Gaiam TV Fit & Yoga

A lot of the classic teachers & workouts/practices are great. But there are a few odd things & some functionality issues as well. I have a few GAIAM yoga workouts I’ve had (and done) for a long time & still love, but I wanted more variety & was stoked to see the HIIT workouts as well. Weird: on a particular series of Restorative Yoga there’s loud music in the background…??! Bummer, because the practices are good, but nobody I know wants to hear that during a restorative workout. FRUSTRATING: I have committed myself to doing one of the HIIT series – and it was off-line for a couple weeks… No explanation, and I can’t find a working support link. It was maddening enough to make me consider canceling my subscription… One more wish: that I could organize my “List” by workout type.

I think this Gaiam also made Yoga studio, which I fullheartedly loved for like 2 years until Fitness+ came out, then the app was kind of boring and the sync with Apple TV was kind of clunky. But then when I subscribed to Fitness+… and the yoga search was abysmal… but I loved the video component and the explanations. I use yoga for focusing on problem areas I discover while doing other workouts, so I need to search by keywords and filter. This seams to be the combo I was looking for! The filter is a little clunky because it’s only possible from the homepage, but the keyword search is great. The 2 classes I tried today were SO informative and did things to my joints that I couldn’t dream of. I hope this remains a 5 star for me and they keep updating the functionality.

I need variety in my workouts and this provides it. I wish there was more functionality like being able to sort by length of videos and create my own playlists. There is a My List option but you can’t create sub folders. Also the auto play of the next video function is weird. I don’t know many people who binge workout videos!