FitSync

by Antonio Wells Aug 26, 2009 5:00 AM – 7 Comments

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Free Workouts, Track Your Progress, Compare & Share with a Worldwide Community. Features: Searchable libraries with over 1600 exercises, videos, 360 workouts, 50 fitness plans. Create exercises, workouts, plans. Schedule workouts. Log & sync your results to your FitSync.com account. Real-time charts/reports.

Price: Free, $2.99

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Features & Ease of Use:

FitSync Android App offers a mobile view of exercises/workout routines in their database. When you register, you can sync your entered data with reporting to charts online. You can search workouts and apply them to your dashboard for quick reference. If you have the discipline to stick to workouts, the information given can prove golden!

Gripe Alert: I find the website and application to be very convoluted and not intuitive to understand initially. It would be great if some workout routines had visual diagrams or more video demos as reading the descriptions can be like reading furniture assembly instructions (without diagrams). My presumption of the app is that it would offer suggestions on weight/reps, but I can see how that can become a liability. The app is very laggy.

: FitSync List of Saved Workouts

: FitSync Workouts by Group Type

: FitSync Excercise Detail

: FitSync View Excercise Chart

Usefulness:

FitSync can be useful to users that workout and are looking for a resource to suggest exercise routines.

Frequently Used:

Frequency of use is user dependent.

Interface:

The user interface kinda resembles an iPhone interface, yet a close look from a designers’ eye reveals holes. The transition animations moves really slow. You can see other screens hiding behind the right-most scroll bar. In an effort to save screen real estate, workout descriptions are stuffed into a tiny text box in which you have to select and scroll to read (or navigate to the overall workout, scroll to the individual workout to read better).

The user interface needs some fine tuning for performance and usability.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

AndroidTapp.com Rating! (3.5 out of 5)

Should you Download FitSync? Give the Demo a Shot and tell Us what you think in the Comments Below!

Developer: FitSync Corp.

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7 Comments

By KangaAndy on September 2, 2009 at 12:08 am:

YES!! i tried FitSync cuz they have a 4.6 out of 5.0 in d Android market and i gave them a 5 too becauze i use this app everyday. If you actually work out, you’ll knoe this app is the real deal. The app don’t tell you what to lift cuz everyone is different and the app lets you set your own goals for your ability and need. So its not liability but millions of different bods with different strength! If your ready to try, just start with a weight you can lift 10X, then increase over time. FitSync got tons of workout plans with suggested sets and schedule so you can schedule your workouts and know exactly what you need to do each time. I agree with ya that videos are great but I think some members submit their workouts without videos. That’s why I’m a trainer so I can show you how Don’t know why your trial was laggy but down here she’s zipping away fast. The demo is slow maybe cuz a zillion people are on it? but when I got my own account it run fine, no worries.

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By Rock Mueller on September 23, 2009 at 3:29 am:

5 stars from me. Love it. My gripe alert is that I don’t think the reviewer has seen the inside of a gym. A lot of hte workouts have rep targets but not weight because the user will set that themselves.

As far as lag, it aint the app, bro its your G1! My G1 sux! crashes if I have more than a few apps open and the browser freezes so when using fitsync in the gym I turn off all theother apps and there’s no lag.

What I like the most is that this is a serious app and doesn’t ahve gimmicks and or trys to sell you more junk. I use it everyday.

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- By Android Tapp on September 23, 2009 at 5:22 am:
  
  In contradiction, I see the inside of a gym 3 days a week. My comparison for rep/weight suggestions was to most fitness magazines. Some articles will suggest rep/weight and add a disclaimer for you to adjust to your comfort or build as your body adjusts.
  
  The app is laggy. FYI, we write guides on how to improve performance on Android phones, so that was ruled out. Lastly, from the average consumers perspective, the phone shouldn’t have to be restarted and kill everything running just to use this app. Number 1 rule in mobile app development; assume the users are impatient and will not wait on your app.
  
  It’s not a bad app, I just had higher expectations of it since I have a personal need for it.
  
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By gayleforce on October 6, 2009 at 1:11 am:

Luv this app! I live at the gym and pool and this app is what I’ve been looking for its great for serious fitness people.

Now i have a question maybe off topic because I found this post because I was looking for ways to speed up my G1 and then I found this app and tried it.

Now for my questions, I was going to replace my G1 because my Mac nerd BF’s iPhone runs everything (including the Fitsync) wihtout any lag I can see and his never crashes but then, guess what? T-Mobile just upgraded me to the Doughnut? system over the weekend and now my G1 doesn’t crap out every time I try to do something so all I can say is before the upgrade my G1 ran llike crap and now it runs almost as fast as an iPhone. So a little off topic but i’d say anyone with lag problems on Android apps go upgrade it.

Oh by the way the coolest thing in fitsync i don’t think you mentioned in your review is a rankings section which I’ll have you konw I beat my BF in ALL THE TIME!!! How many bodyweight squats can you do?! teasing only, love the site and the app reviews.

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By ajulot on November 24, 2009 at 8:17 am:

plz i’d like to know how to download fitsync on my PC.

thx in advance

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By Junot on December 15, 2009 at 11:24 am:

ajulot, There’s nothing to download to your PC. You can goto http://www.fitsync.com to use the free Web account. Then if you want to use on your Android, you buy at Android Market.

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