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It's killing me in the best possible sense. Great app Just updated and now the push ups have vanished. No idea why. Only seems to allow you to use 3 plans then just goes on to a gradually escalating program of exercises every 2nd day forever, so far as I can tell. The app will not create a plan. Really annoying. Got a plan! Yay.

First and last time user..... actually didn't even get that far as in actually using it. Didn't work the day after registering. when I tried to open the app the next day, it just crash for the next few attempts and after a few day just gave up. No reply when feedback was sent, not even from the robot when an automated generic response.

App crashes after making my plan. Can't get it to work at all. Hopefully it gets patched! Have tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Updated: Must set a date for the PFA for it to work. The app says you don't need to but just set a date and it'll work.

Great app although it is annoying when the music is stopped by the instructor. Although i downloaded the sound assistant app on the galaxy store (only samsung) which fixed the problem when i changed some settings.

I find it extremely annoying that when doing the exercises, the vocal instructions would pause any music you've got going. As there is only 5 seconds between each exercise, you can't unpause the music and left exercising in silence which is not optimal. Turning the phone off fixes this but the timer pauses during exercises when the phone is turned off meaning you can do a certain exercise for minutes. I am never going to use this app again if I have to do crunch bicycles for 2 minutes again.

Easy to use. However, stops my music when it plays it's narration making it very annoying to use. I found myself missing the start of excersizes when moving from one position to another. Would be cool to be able to adjust the wait time. As a beginner I found it lacked a way to learn each workout during a workout.

This was so useful to get me fit for my PFA. Though some of it's features are not up to date compared to other programmes. A bit confusing how to navigate the options. Though great value for the price. But for the exercises you will need: Medicine ball, kettle bell, yoga mat and skipping rope. This is also another down side. Overall it was pretty useful.

I like the app overall, it looks great and the guides are very useful, but as others have said the edit function doesn't work so I can't rearrange the weekly plans to suit when I do team sports. As this feature was spoken about in the podcast which praised the app's flexibility, it would be really nice if that part functioned as it should. I've reinstalled too and it still doesn't fix it.

I hope you have better reliability with your new submarines! I used this app a few years ago and found it to be really good and helpful so I decided to download it and use it again. After inputting my personal details (which involved scrolling through approx 630 screens to get to my birth date - there has to be an easier way of doing this!) I can no longer access the app as it keeps crashing during opening. Not a good impression ADF. 2* mainly for it's previous incarnation!

Excellent general fitness application. I have but one suggestion - I don't live in a place where it's always practical to do things like shuttle runs outdoors. This could be down to weather, Covid-19 restrictions or simply location. Usually I replace the exercise with something else. If the app were to give you a list of exercises it wants you to do, and then offer alternatives for the individual exercises that I might be unable to do... Then that would make this thing essentially perfect.

Overall great app, just wish that you could input other exercises/activities that you may have done instead of the directed workouts, that way it doesn't seem like you haven't worked out at all when you've just done something different. Also would be great if I could play music in the background on my phone while running the app.

App worked well proir to the latest update version 1.11.5. Since the update, The app appears to be stuck on the opening page with the quote " A goal without a plan is just a dream". With a "try again" bubble that when pressed, does nothing. I have tried uninstalling the app, restarting the phone and re-installing the app however have the same result. Have contacted the developer twice in the last month with no response.

Never got past the set up. I am 45 and to input my birth date, I had to scroll back 45 years with one tap per month (over 500 taps). No direct entry for date that I could see. Maybe there is another way, but not easy to find. After all of that, it asked me for my password after I had already signed in so back to square one! Broken and a bit useless. Maybe the app itself works fine, but the set up is appalling.

If it wasn't for all the glitches and other issues such as not being able to rearrange workout programs to suit days etc it would actually be pretty good. I'll continue to use it as no doubt the exercises it contains will be beneficial to do prior to commencing basic but with some sorting it could be a whole lot better.

Inputting your date of birth is a hassle. There's only the option to skip back a month and no option to input manually. You're meant to be able to use your ADF Defence Jobs login credentials to log in, but even after resetting the password and Inputting all my details, I get an error about a password. Turns out, you can type anything into the password field and it'll allow you to proceed. Used it in the past, the content is really good, but the app needs work.

Great app so far (although I have only had it for a few days). I only have one problem; the extra downloads within the app are very large in file size. This conflicts with the very small amount of storage on my phone. It would be great if when you moved some app files to sd card these files would transfer over freing up more space.

A great workout app, the concept is well implemented and an effective workout. Not sure how effective it is at passing the ADF fitness assessment as I haven't completed it but I personally found great fitness improvements using this workout. Adding a skip button to the breaks could be a nice improvement, music controls during the workout aswell as recommending stretches post workout but other wise the app functions well, is easy to understand and gets the job done.

The "edit" schedule button has stopped working again. It was broken for several months previously and was fixed. It broke after the most recent update. Besides that the workouts are good and explained well. Cool down/ stretching would be useful if it was also a specific routine like the workouts.

Not sure if there is truly a guided workout plan depending on the date your PDF is but it certainly changes depending on the levels of extremism. App provides information on each exercise plus an audible video for each as well as tells you what will and won't pass while undergoing testing. The only downside is how quickly some of the exercises last for, aka on the rasirst difficulty its 10 / exercise. Too easy? App works perfectly fine otherwise and had no login issues. 100% recommend it.

I really really like the idea of the app but I cannot even launch it on my Pixel 6 Pro, after sign in it repeatedly crashes.

Absolutely love it! However there's a couple of things I would like to see in the future. I know I haven't entered my PFA date ADF active, trust me when I get it I'll enter it straight away you can stop reminding me everytime I open the app XD. I would also love to be able to play music at the same time, nothing beats shaking like a washing machine with the encouraging voice of David Bowie telling me I can beat it.. Even if it's only for a day. Also an ability to reset to week one. Thanks!!

This app is fantastic, great workouts. Being able to choose the duration with timed rests, its easy to add weights if desired it offers several types of routines like, HIIT or plyometrics you can view the entire workout for a personalised selection. they are full body workouts some more focused on legs or core depending on your choice and the voiceover helps to keep the focus and motivation. theres descriptions to the moves with a video to perform correctly and be confident to avoid injury.

App decided to log me out. When I logged back into the account, all the past progress had disappeared. Asked me to create a new plan. What's the point of registration if your data is not kept?

I haven't even had a chance to use it. As soon as I click on the app to use it, it shuts me out. I had a chance to add in all my details like my name and date of birth. So the app has taken personal details but won't let me use it. If someone could explain, that would be a great help. I really want to use this app and give it a better rating.

Good, training for the future, only problem is a couple of the exercises are not demonstrated very well and is confusing on what yo do.

I just tried to open the app and it crashed, I even tried restarting my phone and reinstalling the app. I reckon it's something to do with the latest update the has broken it on Android for me. Never mind, it's fine now. I simply opened it without an internet connection, I'm not sure if it's a coincidence or that's simply how to fix it. The apps working fine now so 5 star from me.

Very hard for 1st timer, but will be rewarding. Good listening to instruction, kept me motivated

A great app for anyone wanting to get fit without having to go to a gym or lacking weights. You don't need to be a Defence Member either and the exercises are mostly free weight (occasional kettle bell and small weights required every once in a while, or just use some heavy object). Very well suited for people on time limits and the exercises do not require much space.

So far so good. I've tried out my first day of leg workouts and it's certainly preparing me. Great layout. Cheers. In regard to a previous review, I also agree that it would be great if you could add specific cool down exercises to the app.

Workouts good..but some exercises are skipped within the workout - not sure if this is be ause Im at beginner level. Also the tracking of completed workout in progress doesnt seem to work. If these glitches can be sorted out..will rate higher.