STUDIO: At Home Workouts ١٧+

As someone who LOVES OTF, I had high expectations for this app. I’m a new mommy who can’t deal with an 8-hour cancellation policy or adhere to someone else’s schedule. I need it to work on my schedule. This app does exactly that. I get in, I work out, and I’m done. I’m not wasting my time.

I do have an issue with the apps organization and my husband agrees. There’s no good way to find the type of workout you’re specifically looking for. And there isn’t much of a description of what each workout is. The “filter” menu should be first like “what type of workout would you like today?” And then ask the questions and guide you to class options. I feel like the filter menu is hiding and most people don’t see it out the gate. Also, there doesn’t seem to be a rhyme or reason to the order of the classes listed. From a sculpt to a HIIT to a tread to a walking class, there’s no order or method to the madness, it’s all kinda just slapped in there.

Studio is an awesome platform for treadmill, cycle, strength and conditioning, and more. I love the classes I’ve taken and feel that the workouts are intense and achieve results. The app, however, is glitchy and since releasing their own brand on in home equipment, it appears that the folks at Studio do place emphasis on ensuring the app is consistently working well, updated with new content. They are also slow to non-existent on making fixes or additions, even when committing to doing so. A sizable client base - I would venture to guess likely the vast majority - uses the app and pays for the service in that way…therefore, Studio should pay more attention to ensuring content updates, additional classes available outdoors and in new modalities, and reduce technical difficulties for users who have planned / limited scheduled workout times. When I plan to workout at 6am, the app just needs to work. Doesn’t help me that the app doesn’t work at 6am but works at 2pm. This product space - boutique studio workout apps - is becoming a crowded space and in order to keep up with the market share and not lose to others, including the big in the space Peleton, Studio needs to emphasize quality and reliability. Classes and instructors are great - just need a little help in keeping things fresh and tech support.

I love this app for a lot of things. I started using this instead of Orange Theory as it was the same kind of workout but way cheaper and on my own time. However, some of the instructors annoy me so much. I swear, a lot of the time I’m 50% enjoying my workout and 50% sweating internally at the instructors. My biggest complaint is many of them speak WAY too much. I like to get into the music when I’m running, and I enjoy to be motivated and pushed but not even 10 seconds. I have to keep turning up and down my volume; 10 seconds of music pumping through my earbuds and flowing through me, followed by 20 seconds of quickly having to lower my volume because of the shrill voice of an instructor. Seriously, we don’t need “instruction” or “motivation” so often. The least you can do is allow us to filter the instructors by how much they talk and the music:speaking ratio. A lot of them also mess up. Cmon, you can do better. I’m sure talking into a microphone for 30 minutes is not that difficult of a job. But when we’re supposed to be having a 2 minute rest and they forget and go right into another sprint 1 minute in, it’s really annoying. So please, keep this app up, it’s great. Just get better instructors.