Sweat: Fitness App For Women

I have been using Sweat for over a year and am nearing the end of one of the Yoga programs I signed up for. I’ve previously completed a Pilates program and a mobility 6 week program. My goal was to do activities that are great for my joints and provide more resistance training. This app has made me active at least 3 times a week which was my goal. I work full time and felt like I didn’t have time for long workouts. That’s why Sweat is great because most of the workout programs offer 30-40 minute workouts with options for longer workouts if you want. They also have both gym and home workouts with options to substitute exercises based on what equipment is on hand. It works out great for me and has gotten me active again. I’ve lost 10 pounds in the last year, not intentionally, just because I am actually prioritizing moving my body more. There’s also a step tracker, water tracker, etc to stay healthy and a meal planner. I don’t really use the meal planner feature but I have made a few of the recipes so it’s nice to have for smoothie and snack ideas mainly. I am feeling stronger than before and feel as though I have far more stamina and energy. It really is geared toward all fitness levels and the programs build you up to more complicated exercises or, as is the case with yoga, more complicated poses. It’s been amazing for me!

I love the workouts. Love the selection and how you can find workouts to fit your environment and equipment availability. They have pregnancy and post-pregnancy tailored workouts. The easy ability to substitute exercises for various reasons. Logging your weights in workout for weighted exercises. Love the trainers, especially Britany and Kayla, everyone’s cool though, since you can find them on IG. Love that it has a calendar that shows you the days you did it so you can see your consistency. Love the January and mid year challenges. Love the On Demand section and how you can save favorites and basically create your own program from scratch from the programs themselves as well as others. How they’re always growing and adapting and have a beautiful community (an in app forum!) supporting each other. Some of the ladies even have podcasts that I listen to on my daily LISS treadmill walks (trying it because Kayla talked about it in a Reel the difference between treadmill being steady state vs starting and stopping outside). I love their positivity and encouraging of people to love what their bodies can do. Encouraging the health benefits, the mobility, the benefits of strength training to your daily life, healthy relationship with food. I even discovered one of the last times I was in the app that some exercises even have an anatomical drawing now if you I forget swipe or click through on the exercise of which muscles are being targeted. The app and community just keeps getting better and better!!!

This is my go to fitness app. There is something for everyone. I primarily use the fitness programs, but the app offers recipes, shopping, a forum, and educational reading. I started doing BBG from the PDF version for about 3 months (Pre-training and BBG 1.0). I since have transitioned fully to the app. Here are my thoughts: App Pros -Easy-to-use and appealing design -Includes weekly challenges, targeted workouts, targeted recovery, and a wide selection of fitness programs (not found in the PDF version) -Built in timer for both circuits, rest, and recovery -Meal and snack recipes and plans for everyday (same as PDF) -Build in grocery list builder -Alternative workout recommendations for each move -Education section includes the same information as in the guides -Ability to move your workouts around Mon-Sun. -Notifications to help prevent you from overtraining -You can schedule non-Sweat workouts App Cons -Weeks only starts on Mondays. Rest time is set, cannot increase or decrease. The trainers recommend adjusting this to your level, but the app does not allow for it -You do not get too keep the workouts like you do in the PDF version. If you cancel your subscription, all access is gone. Please note: Some fitness programs may require a gym membership. Others can be done without any equipment. Overall, I love the app, the community, and the programs. The app functionality has come such a long way since launch. If you haven’t tried out the recent version, I HIGHLY recommend it.

Edit: I still like the app. Some other areas of improvement is to allow swap exercises to happen eg the day before doing the workout. You can only swap exercises the day of. On the day of it can take sometime as you try to figure out the exercise you want to swap. I have been using the app for 6 months and still get confused ln finding the programs etc. I wish that the cardio days the app would populate options to do from trainers too if you don’t want to walk, run etc This is a really good app. The features I really like is the: ability to swap exercises, the timer included in the app, ability to record weight lifted, and the ability to swap programs between fitness folks (I have not yet) and even incorporate a workout from another program under different fitness folks to your calendar. How to strengthen: initially I was just a little confused when I began using the app, because of the layout ( I saw different sections for programs, then challenges and was not initially sure on what to do but eventually figured it out), Really appreciate the meal plan, would be nice if in the future they can consider adding food swap features with similar food macros. One other improvement is to maybe change up the cool down exercises and allow swap features for those too. I love the app and am glad I invested in it and am absolutely loving chontel Duncan’s program, which is really my style of training!To me it has been worth it!

I’ve been using this app since 2020 and it’s still one of my favorite things ever. It’s super user friendly and tailored to women with busy lives. I feel like they made it just for me😂. I’ve tried a lot of fitness apps, but this one is hands-down the best. Everything is intuitive and it makes staying fit so simple. The programs have everything you could ever need - good descriptions and clips of trainers doing each exercise, the option to schedule all your workouts each week and get reminders, the ability to follow a program but still pick workouts from any other program you want, and my favorite - you can sub any and every exercise in your workout (and they give you a lot of sub options). My favorite program is Kayla’s High Intensity (BBG). I like that you can do it in your living room or at a gym. Let me tell you - if you stick with it for 6 months and eat a healthy diet, you will be in the BEST shape if your life!! I started out in pretty bad shape and half a year later I couldn’t believe what I saw in the mirror, and I was just doing my 45 minute workouts ~4 days a week. When I fall off, I always come back because I remember how good I feel when I’m following my program and how rewarding it is. Kayla and team - thank you SO much for this app please never change it it’s perfect and a gift to women everywhere ❤️💪🏽🔥