Keelo - Strength HIIT Workouts Reviews

Great app that keeps improving

twalls268

I needed something to replace my expensive CrossFit membership. Since I had garage space and 80% of the equipment, I needed an app that could take the workout planning out of workouts. Keelo was perfect for that. There is room for improvement by adding new workouts, but they keep doing that, so I’m all In.

Got two things right but the rest matters

Taan

Update: I added one star for two reasons. One, it appears you can hit a refresh button on your today workouts to have the app suggest something different. Two, coach and development team responses indicated that they have a different philosophy on working out tired muscles. I haven’t researched this but I’m sure there is something out there that supports their claims since there is something that supports every claim out there. You still however cannot see your schedule in advance and can not customize it yourself. I will continue to evaluate but my legs are killing me. It’s unfortunate that I felt compelled to write this review because I really like using this app. I’m still in my trial period so I’m still evaluating it. The exercise selections are great but the best part is the timer and workout tracking on the Apple Watch. Once you select them and learn the sets from watching the videos, you don’t need the phone anymore. The watch gives you a 5 second vibration countdown when you approach the beginning/end of a set and you keep going. Once your done it asks you to input your weight or time and your done. This part is done very well. The problem is with the personal trainer and scheduling part of the app. First, you don’t know what your workout is going to be the next day. It won’t tell you until that morning which can be frustrating in and of itself but what makes it worse is that it doesn’t recommend the right exercises. The first day I used it, it recommended a squat strength exercise then the very next day it recommended a conditioning exercise with two variations of a squat. My legs were so soar from the first day there is no way that is the right recommendation. I sent a message to the trainer who was quick in responding the first day when I asked about the scheduling but this time I didn’t get a response and I believe it’s because there was not much she could say. The app recommended the wrong exercise. This would be less problematic if you could modify your schedule but as far as I can tell you can’t do that. I’ll prob continue to use this for the trial period because it really is a great companion to the workout but I doubt I’ll sign up especially since the personal trainer part is very flawed.

Great App

cygam00

The app is great - no guess work, just load the workout and go. Also, I had a problem with the app and Apple Watch, and Hoon Kim, the founder, responded promptly via email and is working to help me resolve the issue. That type of response alone makes this a company worth dealing with.

1 free workout is not basic

Bsinkop

The one free workout is not basic. It involves pull ups. How many people have the equipment or the physical strength to do pull? As a woman I certainly can’t. This is a subscription based program and I have no reason to purchase it since you didn’t show me anything worthwhile in the preview.

So Close...

BMartFM

Update 11-21-17: Keelo responded to my original review. The TL;DR paraphrase version is ‘Barbells are super awesome. Machines and any substitutions for barbells, like you tried, are bad. Nothing is as good as barbells. Here’s some barbell science. Use barbells or use nothing. That’s why.’ Ugh. I didn’t write a review to argue the merits of using a barbell (or to get criticized for improvising), I was specifically noting that this app requires barbells for 25% of every-single-workout. We get it, Keelo kids love their barbells. But if you are like me and don’t have access to any barbells (no matter how super legit next-level awesome they are) then you will never be able to do the strength workouts in Keelo, which make up a 1/4 of each workout in this app. And by the sound of it, Keelo doesn’t have any intention of that ever changing. I suppose I’m back here writing a response to theirs because of how close Keelo came to meeting my needs. For a moment I was very passionate and excited about it, sharing it with others. But now that I’ve shared my feedback with them from a customer standpoint, and seen how unwilling they are to even consider the idea of providing alternative strength workouts for those without barbells, it gives the clear impression that Keelo puts their vision of how it should be above all else. This Apple ‘we know best’ approach will work for everyone who has all the equipment, and I’m confident they’ll be huge fans, but what about everyone else? Best of luck to Shana and the Keelo team. Original review: I really like this app. Honestly, I do. Of all the workout apps I have tried thus far, this one suits my needs best. The workouts are challenging, I love using the daily routine when I don’t want to think about what to do, there are warm ups and cool downs, the variety is refreshing, their mission is inline with mine, and the polish on the app is cherry. However, after using it exclusively for the entire two week trial, I cancelled. Why? For me, one main reason: I don’t have a barbell. This app would be PERFECT for the solo gym member, because a gym provides all the equipment you need to do every exercise in Keelo. For me, I use workout apps for working out with restrictions. Little time, no gym nearby, or limited equipment at home/hotel/small community fitness center. In Keelo, if you don’t have access to a barbell, you can’t do the strength training portion of every daily workout. The app provides no substitutes, variations, or alternatives, so you miss out on 1/4 of every workout (warm up, strength, conditioning, cool down). That’s a bummer, because there are plenty of strength exercises that can be done with other equipment. It also has me wondering how long before the daily barbell routine recycles exercise patterns and gets old. One other issue I had was the app not remembering my set weights. I repeated a strength workout (twice I tried substituting barbell with a multipurpose cable gym, ?) and it did not remember/save what weight I used when I did the workout previously, so it started me back down at low weights to work back up. Not a huge issue, but it seemed unintuitive. If this app added alternative strength workout options I would throw myself into Keelo ?. But for me, paying full price for the membership and only getting 3/4 of the value from the app makes me feel like I’m not getting all the benefits, and so I sadly have to pass. Strong work by the Keelo team! If I see a 25% discount or strength workout alternatives I will definitely be back.

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Great app that keeps improving

Got two things right but the rest matters

Great App

1 free workout is not basic

So Close...

Best ever

Apple Watch Audio

Amazing workout app