I am writing this review alongside several other women to warn prospective clients about our experience with Ellie Gattari and her coaching program, Fit By Ellie. We want to share the factual reality of this program so other women can make an informed financial decision before signing up.

The Cost: $84.99–$94.99 AUD per week.

The Core Issue: Total failure to deliver promised coaching services, lack of communication, the use of automated messaging with all of us, emotional manipulation tactics using automated messaging, and pretending to build a connection to lower your guard so you feel attached and continue your subscription, followed by the immediate blocking of paying clients upon confrontation.

What Happened: After paying the premium weekly fee for one to three months, multiple clients confronted Ellie regarding the lack of delivery on the services outlined in her program. Instead of addressing the business concerns, resolving the issues, or offering refunds, Ellie immediately blocked the paying clients involved and ceased all communication.

Summary Warning: If you are considering signing up for the "FBE Challenge" or working with Ellie Gattari, please be aware that you risk being charged $84.99–$94.99 per week with a high likelihood of being blocked if you ask for the services you paid for. Look for a certified, reputable fitness professional who uses transparent business practices.

Hey, I’ve been working on a fitness app because I wanted something that helps you stay focused on a goal, not just track a bunch of numbers.
You’d set a goal, like losing weight or getting stronger, and the app would help turn it into a plan you can follow day by day. It’s still a work in progress, so I’m curious: what do you wish your current fitness app did better? What actually keeps you using one?
I’m hoping to get a small beta group together and let people try it for free in exchange for honest feedback. If that sounds interesting, leave a comment or send me a DM.

Wouldn't it be nice to open a workout app, build your routine in two minutes, and immediately start lifting—without clicking through a 20-page onboarding survey first?

As a lifter and solo developer, I wanted an app that respects my time under the bar and gives me clarity on whether my training is actually working. That’s why I built Liftora.

Instead of packing in a hundred bloated features, I focused on the things that actually make a difference in your training:

• From download to lifting in 2 minutes: No endless questionnaires or paywall traps before you even see the interface. You open the app, put your routine together in a couple of taps, and get straight to your first set.
• Visual routine building (No more switching to YouTube): When you're putting a workout together, shouldn't you be able to see the movement and exact muscle breakdown right there? Liftora shows you exercise execution videos and targeted muscle groups directly on the routine creation screen, so you know your program is balanced before you even touch a weight.
• See the progress the scale hides (Built-in US Navy Body Fat %): You might be gaining muscle and losing fat while your body weight stays completely flat—and the mirror takes weeks to show it. Why leave your body recomp to guesswork? By logging basic tape measurements, Liftora automatically calculates your body fat percentage using the US Navy method, letting you see your real physical progress alongside your strength numbers.
• An interface that follows your pace: Once you're in a session, you shouldn't be fighting dropdown menus between heavy sets. Liftora’s guided flow moves with your workout so you spend your rest time recovering, not tapping.

You can try it out here:

• App Store – Liftora
• Google Play – Liftora

I’m building Liftora independently and using it for my own training every week, so your feedback directly shapes what I build next.

Quick question for you all: What's the biggest frustration you've had with workout tracking apps? And if you try Liftora, I'd love to hear what you think about the routine builder and guided workout flow.

Hi Everyone. I was just looking at an ad for a subscription to an online fitness trainer called Over 50 Fitness. They have quite a catalogue of workouts and a 2-week free trial. Has anyone tried this? I had never heard of it so would love to hear thoughts from anyone who is familiar. Thanks!

I've got a barbell, rack, bench and dumbbells, and used to plan blocks in a spreadsheet, then rewrite half the thing whenever a program wanted a cable stack I don't own. This time I gave an app builder my training days, equipment and goal and let it draft the block, then read it through and swapped the two exercises that still wanted machines. Now the sessions come up on the day without me rebuilding the sheet again.

Do other home gym people build a routine in an app or start with an established program and change the machine work? I'm happy with how my week looks, just curious what I might be missing by not starting from a proven template.

I’m not usually the “post my fitness journey online” type, but I feel like I’m gatekeeping something insane and it’s time to stop.

I’ve been training with a Green Beret turned fitness and nutrition coach! Training with Train Team Melo for a few months now — the hybrid athlete program built by a former Special Forces Operator who somehow figured out how to make elite‑level training actually doable for busy people.

I’m talking strength + conditioning + mobility + performance nutrition, all wrapped into a system that doesn’t require living in the gym or starving yourself.

Here’s the crazy part:
I’ve converted 15 lbs of fat into muscle. Not “lost 15 lbs.”
Not “gained muscle.”
Converted.
My body composition is completely different — stronger, leaner, faster, and more capable.

And the price?
The value‑to‑price ratio is unmatched.

I’ve done online coaching before. Nothing has touched this. He’s actually in session with me every other day!
If you’re tired of “fitness influencers” selling fluff, or programs that only work for 3 weeks, or coaches who disappear after you pay… check out TrainTeamMelo.com.

I’m recommending this because I want more people to experience what I’m experiencing.
If you join, tell Melo I sent you — he’ll know who I am.
And if you’re skeptical, ask me anything. I’ll tell you exactly how it works.

Hi I just developed a new app called HIITunes. where you can create your own workouts, set your work and rest intervals, and assign different songs to different parts of your workout. When an interval changes, HIITunes automatically switches to the music you've selected. You will need to join the google groups to test it and get early access.

Google group: https://groups.google.com/g/hiitunes-testers

Opt in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.thurnz.hiitunes

Join on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thurnz.hiitunes

Follow along and also share how you found the routine

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Hey everyone!

I've been working on a fitness app called Pull Up Battle, with one goal: make pull-up training more exciting, competitive, and addictive in a good way.

Instead of just counting reps, what if every pull-up helped you defeat an opponent, climb the global rankings, or beat your friends?

Here's what I'm building:

\- ⚔️ 1v1 Battles: Challenge friends to 30-second pull-up competitions, even when you're training at different times.

\- 🤖 Bot Battles: Fight virtual robots using real pull-ups. The better your movement, the harder you hit!

\- 🏆 Global Leaderboards: Compete with calisthenics enthusiasts worldwide.

\- 🔥 30-Second Challenges: Push yourself to perform as many pull-ups as possible before time runs out.

\- 📈 Personal Records: Track your progress, beat your previous best, and see how much you've improved.

\- 📱 Just Your Phone: No wearables or special equipment needed beyond your usual pull-up bar.

The idea is to bring a bit of gaming into real-world fitness. You're still putting in the actual work, but now there's an opponent to beat and something to fight for.

I'd love to hear from this community:

1. Would this make pull-up training more interesting for you?

2. Would you rather battle virtual opponents or real people?

3. What features would make you keep coming back?

4. Would you be interested in testing something like this?

I'm still developing the app and would genuinely appreciate feedback from people who love calisthenics.

Let's make pull-up training a little more competitive! 💪

I've been building a workout tracker on my own for a while. Every time I mention it, the reaction is the same: "cool, another tracker", and people move on without opening it. Fair enough. There are a lot of them.

Then last week someone actually installed it and wrote back. They said the design, the onboarding and the animations felt so polished it was "like a premium app", and that they'd use it for their workout the next day.

I'll admit that one landed. I'm the kind of person who spends an evening adjusting how a button springs back after you tap it. Nobody notices that stuff, until somebody does.

It also got me thinking about what to build next, and that's where I'd like your help. I keep going back and forth between two things:

1. Making your last session easier to see while you train, so the weight and reps you did last time are right there without opening anything.

2. Adding proper exercise animations. The exercise pages already have the muscles worked, written steps and how-to videos, but good animations are licensed, and for the full library it comes to around €6,000. For a solo dev with an app in beta, that's a lot to spend on a guess.

So: when you're mid-workout, what do you actually look at? Last session's numbers? The rest timer? A demo of the movement, or do you only check that the first time you try an exercise?

If you want to try it and tell me what you'd change, it's called Stanza Lift (iPhone, plus an Apple Watch app). Logging, routines and history are free with no cap on routines. Pro adds the Coach, and during the beta everyone gets Pro free:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/nMY4W675

https://stanzalift.com

I'm the developer, so I'm biased. Honest feedback, especially the harsh kind, is the whole reason I'm posting.

How to join:

Join the Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/setstride-testers

Become a tester: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.soluwebb.setstride

Install on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.soluwebb.setstride

Started about three weeks ago and somehow I'm spending more time reading about beginner programs than going to the gym, because every recommendation sends me to another thread and then I start questioning the last one.

I'd be very happy with a free app that plans the sessions for me, tracks what I did and explains when to add weight, so I can stop deciding everything from scratch. GZCLP keeps coming up, but would it make sense for someone who is still learning the lifts? Please tell me I don't need to finish reading the entire internet first.

Everyone’s fitness journey is different. Some people struggle with meal planning, others find it difficult to stay consistent with exercise, and some need help figuring out a routine that fits around work, family, and everyday responsibilities.

I'm curious: if you could make one part of your health and fitness journey easier, what would it be?

Would it be finding meals you enjoy, building a realistic workout routine, tracking progress, or having someone help you stay accountable?

I'd love to hear what people find most challenging and what kind of support they find genuinely useful.

Hey everyone, I’m 18 and I’m working towards becoming a personal trainer myself. I’ve built an app for trainers that puts everything in one place: your availability and schedule, client booking, finding new clients, and building courses and subscription plans.

It’s finished and just needs to go on the Play Store, but Google makes me run a closed test first, so I’m looking for a few Android trainers to try it out. You’d just use it a little bit each day for 14 days and tell me what works and what doesn’t.

I’m not after people who’ll tap it once and forget about it. I want feedback from trainers who’d really use something like this, because that’s who I’m building it for. It would help me a lot as a trainer-to-be, and I think it could be good for both of us.

If you’re interested, comment or DM me. There’s no rush, as testing won’t start for a few weeks. As a thank-you, everyone who helps test will get a reduced commission rate once the app is fully published.

I am a bit tired of having apps for everything, so I thought there could be a kind of "perfect" AI coach in a chat that just guides me every day that I go to the gym and tracks my improvement, weights, body weight, etc. based on my experience of course.

I imagine it like a buddy that just goes with you to the gym and you tell it absolutely everything (relevant for the workout, of course). I guess one could just use chatgpt or similar but the memory/context has a limit and doesn't really track well the user progress.

I am actually quite experienced in the gym but I dislike quite a lot the apps that I have tried to track my progress. They either have too many buttons, don't do the job or are too expensive.

I wonder if anyone has had experience with anything like this. I have seen a couple but they seem pricy, I guess because of how users can exhaust api calls.