JustFit: Lazy Workout & Fit

I hate when people ask me “does this work” when I’m trying a new workout thing. Anything that gets you motivated and moving works! That said, I’m 3 days into this and I am SORE. I’m glad to learn some new exercises but it’d be great to also list if you have issues in more than one area! For example, my rotator cuff was injured two years ago when I was lifting weights and isn’t quite the same, but I also have issues with my hips from falling off of a horse. It’d be nice to not have to pick one or the other, and it’d also be nice to say “hey my legs can barely move, how about we swap the squats for something else today?” Update: as I’ve gotten further, I’ve found an issue that lowers my rating. I have a pretty limited schedule and I have mine set to 15-20 minutes of exercise as that’s the best I can do daily. Well, despite that, my workout still took 40 minutes this morning. Good thing I can just cut out some of my morning but that’s not ideal. I’d also like to be able to add more activities - I ride horses and can easily burn 400 calories on a longer day. But there’s no option for that anywhere! And no way that I can see to submit said feedback. Not sure I’m going to continue after the 28 days; it started out strong but these two things have me unsold

I got this app for the sitting exercises, unfortunately that is not what I received. I understand the plan is to follow the exercises on certain days. However with my work schedule I need to squeeze in workouts when I can. I attempted to do a workout for a different day, but the app told me I needed to start with day one. I didn’t have 36 minutes to workout at the time, so I was disappointed. When I was able to do a workout I learned the time of the session is not entirely accurate. The rest period and the demonstration time is not included. It would be nice to know the total time. Another problem I experienced is the pulse was not accurate at the start, too high (I compared it to my Apple Watch). And it was inaccurate at the end of my workout too low (again compared to my Apple Watch). In fact this app told me that I didn’t workout at all. I find that statement disappointing on an app that advertises people can exercise in bed or in a chair. Instead of discouraging people from doing these exercises perhaps a motivational suggestion would be more appropriate. Also so much for no jumping exercises. What was the point of the questionnaire? The user can only choice one problem area. I said my knee yet I get jumping jacks, lunges and squat exercises and no chair exercises.

Disclaimer - I’m 52 years old and have no real physical problems except for some creaky joints now and again. I got this app because I let myself get really out of shape and needed some help on reconfiguring my work out philosophy. I’m a former athlete so I was trying to push through my workouts and found that, in my current state of fitness, was not going to work. I needed some strength training and a lot of core training. These little workouts are really fitting the bill! Great little workouts to combine with some cardio make for an almost circuit training workout I can do by my desk (I work remotely). I have my little stair stepper that I get on before and after my daily work out and then I do the core workout in the afternoon. I like this because it’s manageable amd seems to be effective. I don’t see my new workout program getting derailed because I’m getting my muscle tone back in manageable bites during my day. But that’s just me