Move Your Bump 4+

Well Worth It-Great Prenatal/Postpartum Content

I’m a first time mom who works in fitness. Before finding Nancy’s program Move Your Bump, I had purchased another prenatal workout program, but it was monotonous with little variety which made it difficult for me to commit to doing. Thankfully, I discovered Move Your Bump and am so glad I did! There is a wide variety of workouts broken down by trimester, including barre, strength, conditioning, posture, stretching, dance cardio, just to name a few. She even has sections for Trying to Conceive and Postpartum. The content is thoughtfully curated and safe for all stages of pregnancy which helps take the guess work out of it. Plus, the workouts are appropriately challenging without leaving me too sore to move the next day. As a trainer, I know that is a sign of an intelligently sequenced exercise routine. I started using the app when I was 13 weeks along and have done some type of workout pretty much every day since then. It’s helped me to feel less lethargic, kept my blood pressure at a good level, and helped me to slow the weight gain to the recommended weight according to where I am in my pregnancy. I can’t recommend it enough! Thank you Nancy and team for keeping me moving and feeling good throughout my pregnancy and beyond! In addition to keeping me healthy in the prenatal stage, I feel confident that your program will help my postpartum recovery to be more easeful.

Expectant mama review - Robyn H

This program was exactly what I was looking for. As a former athlete and someone who has stayed active since college, finding ways to stay active in a way that I looked forward to during my pregnancy was a big priority. I wanted to keep up my strength training, while also knowing with certainty that I would need a whole new approach to working out - as pushing myself in a relentless way was no longer going to work! I needed coaching on breathing and core engagement, and also reminders to pace myself and slow it down by listening to my body. The videos in this app do just that. You can tell that they aren’t just winging it, and that movements are tested to be safe for the changing body. They have resources within the app to help with specific challenges you might have in your pregnancy, for example I got BAD spd flareups and they have a resource for supporting that. Also loved that they were mostly guided by pregnant mamas! Definitely made it easier than trying to keep up with someone who wasn’t actively pregnant, haha. But also, dang, these women are fit pregnant ladies! Love the community and accountability aspect as well. 5 stars!

terrible and outdated app (exercises ok though)

I used this app for 5 months of pregnancy and 7 weeks postpartum. The video content shows you workout moves that are safe pre and post baby, saving you the time and effort it takes to research otherwise. However, the app’s functionality and user experience are TERRIBLE. Very hard to navigate as there is no filtering functionality and the categories for workouts are not intuitive. It takes 8 clicks to get to something that should only take 3. The music is weird (lots of EDM but then you find cheesy songs like the OC’s Forever Young sprinkled in), there is no closed captioning available, and the instructors are inconsistent (e.g., any workout with Larissa is way easier than with Nancy but it doesn’t tell you that a workout is beginner or advanced, and there is no functionality for users to rate workouts). The postpartum content is especially subpar, which led me to cancel my subscription. There are literally multiple 10-min videos of Nancy just talking with a physical therapist. This is NOT how people consume content today! This experience may have been OK 15 years ago, but this app needs a serious refresh. On top of that, it is very overpriced at $30/month when apps like Peloton are $13/month with a much better UX and more comprehensive content that keeps getting updated (including some pre/postnatal workouts). Overall I’m a disappointed mama with this app.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for taking the time to share your thought! We’re so sorry this was your experience. We’ve since updated our app and moved into a new platform. We’ve re-organized our categories and workouts, added in new follow along programs, offer an in app community, live Q&As and so much! All of our outdated content has been removed and we’ve are adding brand workouts weekly with so many new options! We’ve also lowered our rates and have different membership options to make it more accessible and flexible based on your needs. Your feedback is so helpful as it’s allowed us to revamp and updated all of the above to improve the user experience. We believe your mission to help keep Mama’s moving their bump which is why we invested in our app updated and will continue to!