ABC Trainerize

Avantages

Sends notifications when clients do anything. Easy to communicate and message with them. Able to see what they are all doing. Able to check in and take them through workouts.

Inconvénients

Would be nice to be able to edit workouts within the app, so I can make changes when needed instead of waiting to get to a computer.

Avantages

I really like that I can upload my own videos. I also like that there are already videos included in the software to use while I continue building my own library. The ease of incorporating YouTube links in the software is also a plus.

Inconvénients

It took me a little while to figure out how to use it.

Avantages

I love Trainerize, the app allows you to send workouts directly to clients and alerts you when they have completed them. They also highlight you as a trainer to anyone looking for personal trainers in your area!

Inconvénients

The only downside which they have now fixed was only having Paypal as an integrated payment option. Unfortunately, I had to merge my business into another software program prior to the change but I still use Trainerize to setup and send programs to my clients and I recommend it to all my trainers and coaches.

Avantages

Constantly updated to better serve the trainer and client. Best feature has to be the push notifications/reminders.

Inconvénients

I want to access workout templates and assign workouts to training plans from my phone. I know this feature is soon to come.

Avantages

The fact that it contributed greatly in allowing me to expand my clientele and the way I track my client's progress. With the click of a button, I can go back and see how my clients are advancing. It's also great that they provide multiple means to track progress; such as body fat, pictures, and tape measurements. Once my client downloads the app, they will be able to see their progress, receive workouts and meal plans, and communicate with me through its built in messaging. I truly love this app and it's services.

Inconvénients

What I like least about the software is that I am not able to print out a client's progress the same way I could their workouts,that is the only bummer that I have against it.

Avantages

I like the ease of uploading my own videos, my clients find it easy to use and easy to follow. I like that I can design programs for program templates. I like that it appears that this is my app

Inconvénients

It is a bit pricey, I can't see exact meals my clients are having. I would like to be able to respond to check - ins using my apple watch for instant correspondence. It would also be nice to have a back office for trainers to have bookkeeping even if we dont use the stripe app that is actually very expensive for me to use.

Avantages

- Once you get the hang of it, writing training programs is SO FAST
- Provides a personal experience for each client
- The ability to run group programs but still provide a customized approach to programming and coaching!

Inconvénients

- it's set up to be training only so I have to improvise in order to provide lifestyle and nutrition coaching as well
- reporting has a lot of room for improvement for a business growth and development stand point (processing payments, tax statements, marketing/advertising)

Avantages

After 2 years, building workouts has become second nature. The flow of the phone app and the website work well together when programming individual clients as well as groups.

Inconvénients

The only flaw in the app is a lack of a booking platform for clients to both book into boot camps/classes and being able to see my availability in app (I combat this to an extent with google calendar integrated into my trainerize website)

Avantages

The software helps keep my clients accountable to me and makes it very easy to communicate with each other. I can train more clients this way by spending less time in person, yet still giving effective workouts.

Inconvénients

It's hard to think of any cons, because trainer is is constantly trying to improve the product. However I do wish it would sync with the Garmin watch like it does with Fitbit.

Avantages

I like the exercise video demonstrations and the ability to program.

Inconvénients

It is impossible to reach a live person. I don't understand why there isn't a customer service department if they claim to be open from "9-5." Also, I am trying to bill all of my programs through this app for the ease of my clients, and for tracking income to report for taxes, but this system only allows programs that are $1,000 or less. I don't understand why there would be a maximum charge from their system, as if they are stating I can't decide for myself what to bill for my products. It's extremely frustrating. For anyone that wants to pay up front, I have to charge them through Zelle because Trainerize only goes up to $1,000 per charge.

Avantages

My personal trainer uses this app to post workouts for me on the days that I do not train with him. I love using it because I can keep track of my sets and reps and the weight I used. Also on the app is my nutrion plan which is always good to have handy to refer to when going shopping for groceries.

Inconvénients

I enjoy this app as there is nothing that I can say about it in a negative way. It helps me stay organized with my training sessions

Avantages

Development team ate always listening to their users and always bringing new updates and better functionality.

Inconvénients

It's the best training platform I've used. There really aren't any. Any issues are quickly rectified. I'd like to see it become a stand alone training, nutrition and payment platform.

Avantages

I like having all clients in one spot vs. worrying about individual files. I use Trainerize for both online and in-home clients. My clients love following the workouts and they are easy on my end to put together. I also like the option of tracking progress through photos, measurements and weight. It really steps up the accountability for clients.

I've used the software for three years and they've continued to listen to trainers' ideas and improved it more and more. It is a necessity in my business!

Inconvénients

I wish they would incorporate healthy habits into the app. I have worked around it though by making habits as "workouts" to still allow clients to check in on them daily.

Avantages

I love being able to customize my clients' workouts using videos from the Trainerize database as well as my own YouTube videos. It allows me to create the perfect workouts for them.

Inconvénients

There have been a few recent changes I've been trying to get used to. The new master workouts grouping took me awhile to figure out although it makes sense especially when you have more thsn one trainer working offbof the same platform.

Avantages

This software is a great tool to train and coach your clients. It has a large library of exercises you can use to train them and a nice messaging system to communicate with your clients. The app is easy to use and has great tracking tools for the most part.

Inconvénients

I would say my least favorite things about this software are the price per client is a bit steep, and it is pretty limited on the type of nutrition trackers you can use for clients. If you want anything other than calories or macros you are out of luck.

Avantages

Its very easy to use, fully functioning. I like the ability to answer cleints on the fly in the messaging app.

Inconvénients

Sometimes the software crashes or bugs out, where the user has to completely reboot the app and it loses their progress, but overall a great app!

Avantages

This software is easy to use not only for myself as the trainer but also for my clients. (Not all of whom are tech savy) It helps to keep clients accountable no matter what their goals and my it allows me to continue to add on to my client base even when my face2face business is full.

The ability to take pictures, measurements and weight stats and see them all on a graph is a big plus as well. Some of my clients haven't lost much weight, but when we put the pictures together there is no doubt they are doing well.

I look forward to even more updates and to see where Trainerize goes with this app. Keep up the great work.

Inconvénients

I currently have no cons with this app. I have not worked on groups or meal plans I am currently just using it for single clients. Keep up the great work.

Avantages

Relatively easy to use, large library of workouts, extensive freedom to customize programs, simple and attractive website design, messaging inside the app, ability for clients to easily pay and set up recurring payment, ability to keep track of income.

Inconvénients

Lacking some services (to my knowledge) that would greatly improve user experience such as files for pdf's and pictures to easily send to clients, ability to set up habits for clients to track, and ability to modify/add scheduled messages for more automation.

Avantages

I have been using this app since 1+ years, and the best part is you can contact your trainer anytime through it.You also get customised video demo's for every exercise, which is just awesome.

Inconvénients

App is slow sometimes, and it just logs you out if your membership is over, that is bad.

Avantages

I like the ease of use and my clients can easily navigate the app

Inconvénients

It's tough to set up programs using your phone. It's much easier on a laptop or pc

Avantages

Ive been on it for years and there is always updated

Inconvénients

The price . Lesser competition has Been coming in and taking the pie

Avantages

We experimented with many other products until one late night I was fed up and searched for an application that did all of the things we needed it to do in one place. I some how found Trainerize and have not turned back since. We can effectively manage client programs while keeping engagement and motivation high. The automation features make things a lot easier. Our clients live in the app. Those that engage with it the most have had the best results.

Inconvénients

Some of the features on the dash are hard to interpret from the coaching side and the tagging features are a little bulky.

Avantages

So many: Workout tracking, progress photo, built in calendar, nutrition, app syncing, built in timers, ui, custom branding, custom app, etc

Inconvénients

Sesrching for workouts instead of reading them alphabetically, Trainerize Pay works well although the site sometimes can be annoying

Avantages

Trainerize is relatively simple to use for both the trainer and client. As a trainer I LOVE how easy it is to search for exercises to add to my clients plans, in addition to how easy it is to upload my own videos for clients.

Inconvénients

My biggest complaint is with using the "messaging" feature interface while on my phone (android app). I just find this part of the app a bit clunky. When I am typing messages to my clients the window I am typing in gets smaller and smaller and it's hard to then scroll to see the whole message I am typing/go back and edit typos.

Avantages

What i like most is that it has tremendous functionality and ease of use on both ends, for the trainer and for the client. In my experience, software programmers can have a difficult time looking at the programs from a user's perspective and also fail to consider the wide range of technical abilities of the users.

Inconvénients

The thing I like least is that Paypal is the only point of sale program that is set up to be quickly implemented.

Avantages

Simple and Easy to use. Makes communication of training programs to clients and collection of training data easy.

Inconvénients

It's buggy when using it to enter body stats and switching between apps - almost always crashes losing all of the input data. It has always done this.

Avantages

It is EXTREMELY easy to use. Not just for me, but for my clients as well. I rarely have to worry about being tech support for my end users. Trainerize makes my life easier, I love all the features on it. Especially the exercise mode where the clients can see all their exercises. Definitely a must have for a trainer!

Inconvénients

LOVE everything about it! But if there was more thing I could add is to have more exercises. The ones on their will be good for about 3 months, after that you have to reuse some. Other than that, it's great!

Avantages

I can do most things from mobile. It's user-friendly. Nicer to look at than competitors. Create a good experience for clients.

Inconvénients

It takes a long to to load and seems to crash or overload it's system. I can't do simple tasks like copying programs on mobile.

Avantages

I like how it is consistently being updated to make it better and easier to use. I also like the features that keep being added. The exercise videos are great, and keep expanding. I don't like to make my own videos. If there is an exercise I want, that is not recorded, I like that I can use Youtube videos. It's a very convenient and easy app. My clients love it.

Inconvénients

I wish you didn't need to use a PDF just to put a calorie/macro goal. I wish I could just set that without creating a PDF.

Avantages

I love Trainerize. I am the guy that is a power user of most software I use and I am very very critical. I have gone to quite a few before ending up at Trainerize. What I love is that their focus is truly on offering Online Personal Training. It feels very complete.

Inconvénients

The previous version of the app tended to be very heavy on memory which caused them to be slow at times. But now they have largely fixed this. Even though I have stayed with them all these years, can you imagine? Even if you just want it to create training plans it is great!

Avantages

A product of easy handling and training application, offering a great variety of activities. Besides the question of student management, which is great. Payment through the application makes the budgeting process much easier.

Inconvénients

Value could be improved a bit, but it is not something that hurts the application.

Avantages

I love how all-encompassing it is, and I love the designers' desire to constantly improve.

Inconvénients

It used to be quite buggy, but it's really stepped up in that regard. There are still a few features I'd like to have added, but overall, it's very good.

Avantages

Pretty easy for my clients when it comes to logging in their workouts, their food, and I love how easy it is for my clients to reach me video chat or through messaging.

Inconvénients

It's tedious to program out, the syncing of my fitness pal to the app has become difficult for my online clients, I wish I could have different sections broken down for: warm up, core/dynamic work, the workouts, and then have the cool down section so my clients.

Avantages

Easy to use interface for clients. Ever expanding exercise database. Super easy to create plans and progress as needed in the advanced editing option.

Inconvénients

Tough to search in the new search bar/area for exercisesoutside of the trainerize database.

Avantages

When I used Traiznerize I liked the most random thing but the workout logging system and weight tracking. It made it very easy for my clients to log their information consistently

Inconvénients

It had a lot of glitches which is why I ultimately switched. My programs would go missing, my clients would be frustrated and so many things didn’t work as intended. However, I went to another software that wasn’t better and I wish I appreciated what I had, trainerize was a great price!

Avantages

We are a full service coaching organisation and our Trainerize platform allows us to provide our clients with a rich experience around health and wellness. Ease of setup, ease of use, metrics, delivery of programs... a robust platform around helping our clients achieve lasting change.

Inconvénients

Limited integration with common fitness wearables, could do with more flexibility in adding calendar items.

Avantages

I love the ability to track all stats and use my own videos to serve my customers. My customers are wowed by the app and enjoy seeing their personal bests and progress in the app. I can't imagine NOT using this app.

Inconvénients

It can get glitchy once in a while when I'm with a customer. However, customer support is PHENOMENAL and they solve issues very quickly.

Avantages

Easy to use, love the video integration, new features always being added, ability for new clients to find me through Trainerize.me

Inconvénients

Nothing I can think of, off the top of my head. Every now and then there's a situation where I wish Trainerize had a feature for, but eventually it gets added because they're great at listening to what their users need!

Avantages

Ease of use: very easy to manage clients, programs, copy workouts.

Huge selection of workout videos if you don't want to spend time creating your own.

YouTube integration is brilliant.

Inconvénients

It would be nice to be able to export client's stats both for exercises and body stats.

Social media integration would also help advertising ie client x. Checked in for legs published on Facebook or ig

Avantages

Trainerize just keeps improving, updating, and getting better and better. My clients love so many of the features provided to make their workouts easy to access, easy to move around on their calendar, and easy to check in with me as their trainer. I can go on and on of the benefits of using this online training software!

Inconvénients

The one con is that it can be glitchy at time with opening the app and take quite a while to open up for me. I don't know if it's like that for my clients devices. It may just be mine because of all the data and video content I have stored inside that needs to be uploaded. But overall, a great software tool.

Avantages

My clients love it, multiple demographics. Online clients, in-person clients, older women & men.

Inconvénients

It’s improved so much but in the beginning (3 years ago) the interface wasn’t very user friendly. You can do so much more now.

Avantages

I love how I can keep all my online and in person clients on one software program. It also allows me to do nutrition coaching when clients add nutritional services. Partnering with other apps also allows for a great experience.

Inconvénients

The newer feature of Master Program is not my favorite.

Avantages

I love that this app is fun and easy to use for clients. They love the look of it! They really enjoy the interval training and how it counts for them. To have their food, weight, goals and workouts all in one is amazing and keeps them in check!

Inconvénients

Some of my clients have had problems opening the app until they’ve updated their phones.

Avantages

I like how my trainer was able to upload all the workouts and for me since I'm not super experienced I liked the videos explaining how to do each workout.

Inconvénients

It's only as good as your trainer and your knowledge. It'd be cool if there were preset workout plans you could select

Avantages

Quick, professional exercises to be able to give to my clients to do on their own, or when they are traveling.

Inconvénients

Trying to figure out the differences between my workouts, and my programs. Sharing things between those two also was difficult

Avantages

I can manage all my clients on it.lots of exercises in library. I can have a website with it and there are lots of devices for apps that can hook up to it

Inconvénients

Can't copy workouts to start a new client in that app. Gets stuck all the time I've called customer service a few times on issues and they will contact me but they don't follow through on solving the issue

Avantages

Updated regularly and the ability to save workout templates. I also love that it is an easy to use app, it really makes my programming for clients both in-person and online much easier. I also like the ability to substitute movements on the spot for when it doesn't work out perfectly. Lastly I really like that I can go back and review the previous workouts to better adjust programming for each client.

Inconvénients

A little laggy with the app, especially with the Android phones. Wish there was a "fill all" button for straight sets. I also would like the ability to add notes within each exercise.

Avantages

Easy to do and follow tutorials, and you can work out whenever you want.

Inconvénients

There appear to be some connectivity issues as a result of other apps updating on their end.

Avantages

I liked the compatibility with MyFitnessPal which r s huge, i like the ability to communicate . LOVE the ability to sell programs

Inconvénients

Very challenging to design programs quickly, especially right from phone.to me not as user friendly as some other apps

Avantages

Key features that stand out:
-The integration of external sources of metric data, Sleep, movement, health etc
- Nutrition plan building capability
- Client accountability

Inconvénients

The programming and complication of app.

On the programming it is more geared towards traditional body building and hypertrophic workout, becomes very complicated when trying to program more metabolic conditioning workouts or mixed modal sessions.

Application is pretty complicated for older clients and not as easy to use or appealing as some other software offers out there.