Future Reviews

The app is ok It s helpful for learning the basics of weight lifting and some accountability but it is not really personalized to you I ve had a minor injury and it took weeks for my trainer to remember to exclude exercises that would make it worse like running and jumping the same with some other basic requests for things I could not do The exercises seem to be set workouts that are sent to many people who use the service Be aware that the selection of exercises is pretty limited and doesn t include weight machines only barbell dumbbell and some resistance band exercises Also don t expect much guidance for things like nutrition

Cool idea and app If you can afford spending some extra time on some back and forth communications and are generally healthy with no past injuries than I would say give it a go The platform service programming still has a long way to go it is a shame Future does not have a vehicle for receiving feedback on the app Here are the issues I had 1 My coach did not pay attention to details which required me to repeat myself and keep correcting him Examples would be - He gave me workouts on days I specifically told him I can t do workouts on He included equipment in the workouts that I don t have after I sent him a video of the equipment I do have When I pointed those things to him there was no accountability and he did not bother to make the changes in the app as I requested over and over again 2 it is nice to hear motivational recordings like let s do this or way to finish the day strong and my coach is a nice person but that is hardly worth 150 There was no added value to having a personal virtual trainer Examples - he did not give me any feedback on my performance even though he has plenty of information available to him He did not explain why he was giving me certain workouts and exercises so as far as I know there is no rhyme of reason to anything He did not address any nutritional aspects I have acquired zero knowledge about best practices for myself Worst of all - I actually had to bring to his attention the fact that I am working on the same muscle groups on consecutive days without recovery He changed it after I mentioned it but did not admit to making a mistake No accountability whatsoever 3 The app itself still has a lot of technical glitches like workout with no instructional videos instructions that does not match the video you are seeing timers jumping ahead on their own The user does not have the ability to edit things on their own either So if your coach doesn t correct their mistakes there is nothing you can do about it The app does not come with any type of manual either so you have to figure everything out on your own and I would not say it is super intuitive It has some cool features but you may not find out about them 4 There is no feedback vehicle - am I suppose to be the one training my trainer and improving their performance You would think Future will realize that it can get awkward for a user to criticize a coach to his face and will put some mechanism in place to collect users feedback and deliver it to their coaches anonymously

I elaborated on my physical capabilities challenges and issues in the first facetime chat I felt that Future did not take my needs and challenges seriously Future is suitable for young and fit people and unfortunately not good for people who might have injury or arthritis or other physical conditions as the trainers cannot customize based on the limitations It is expensive as it is not as customized I would have loved to keep the subscription but the coach s insensitivity caused a hand injury that I have been dealing with for the last 3-weeks I wrote them several emails but other than basic courtesy I did not see a response that would indicate that they would do anything to change It seems they have enough happy young people and do not care for others Unless they strategize to sell to only their target market it will bite them eventually Good luck to Future I might report to BBB

I tried Future for about 4 months I had a fantastic coach but the program didn t work for me - I don t have workout space in my tiny home and I couldn t do many of the exercises due to bad knees The company requires a 200 deposit for the required Apple watch but haven t returned my deposit nor have they provided the return instructions for the watch I can t access the app and you can t contact them through their website This would keep me from trying them again at a later date