TRX: Strength & Home Workouts

I’ll begin by saying the TRX product itself is great. Well made, easy to use, and a great way to get in a good workout. That said, the app is almost comically terrible. I am not sure where to even begin with the problems but it’s almost as the none of the developers who created the app (or any human for that matter) ever even attempted to use it. A short list of the many problems: - There is no way to search for an on-demand workout - Despite this technically being an app filled with video content, videos only work in portrait mode, when you rotate the interface becomes unusable - On the iPad, rotation doesn’t work at all, which is incredibly convenient for all those portrait only iPad cases we all have - AirPlay functionality is a complete mess. If you can get it to work, my phone regular goes to sleep WHILE something is playing thereby pausing the workout - Despite there being music playlists embedded into the on-demand interface, for some inexplicable reason you can’t play music during a the video - Setting up the app to work with my Apple Watch required multiple restarts/uninstalling/reinstalling and it is still hit or miss on whether or not it will actually track anything I am currently still on a trial of the TRX All Access membership, which in the surface seems like it could have a decent amount of content, but the experience of using this app is so dreadful, there is a 0% chance I would ever consider extending. End of rant.

The app regularly loses my workouts, putting up the spinner right as I finish, never allowing me to save, and it eventually crashes. Per customer support I’ve uninstalled and restored multiple times. The actual workouts are great, and I can make them harder as I improve. Some of the training videos forget to switch sides, just moving on to the next exercise. When I realize this, I just rewind and do the exercise again on the other side. I tried the calendar but it’s way too manual, going to each exercise adding it to one calendar date which doesn’t even display the day of week. I’d like to select an exercise and choose which days of the week I’ll use it (repeating), or tell it to repeat that exercise every Nth day. Sometime when I rotate the phone to landscape and back, the buttons disappear until I close the app. Does anyone at trx use the app? Searching for workouts is usable but could be way better with check box style filters, (x)kettle bell and (x)TRX straps, (x) suspension training and (x) HIIT, with the existing (x)20-40 mins. Overall I love the TRX straps, and the app is barely tolerable. If I didn’t regularly lose data it would be 4 stars. I originally thought to rate 1 star for data loss, but this isn’t crapware, and has potential to improve. Downgrading from 3 to 2 since customer support hasn’t responded after several feedbacks sent due to losing my workouts.

As a personal trainer since 2006, ironically, I’ve struggled with having consistency with my own workouts. Having the TRX app has allowed to have my own digital trainer and program for MY needs and my schedule. With the wide range of workouts that the app offers, it allows you to choose from level of intensity, time available for a workout, or even incorporating other modes of training (like kettlebells to battle ropes). This has empowered me to stay fit not only for myself, but for my personal training business as well. I love TRX. It has truly been a blessing for me in so many ways. TRX has enriched my life monetarily, my clients’ health and fitness, and also my own fitness program. I thank God for TRX! Amen!