We have been using the Coach for over 2 years and we have a good Freeletics review that you will find useful.
We keep seeing this question over and over, is Freeletics Coach worth it? or, Will it work for me?
There are MANY people struggling with Freeletics who are wondering this exact same thing. Does this mean that Freeletics Coach isn’t for them? Not at all. This has more to do with your inner talk than anything other people are experiencing.
If you are looking to join Freeletics to get into shape, but you’ve been inactive for sometime – it’s going to be a challenge. The free version or coach version doesn’t matter – if you are out of shape, even if you do yoga, it’s going to suck.
COACH UPDATE:
- This page is mostly referring to the Bodyweight Coach
- Click here for Freeletics Running Coach
Freeletics workouts are going to challenge your physical and mental comfort zones, so it’s not if the coach is right for you, but, are YOU right for the coach?
What kills you can make you stronger… right? There are countless of examples of people pushing through and getting amazing results. The truth is, this may be an easier road for some and that’s OK.
Getting Started
Before you invest your hard-earned cash into this workout program, you should know exactly what your goals are. So, what are your goals? Before you begin ANY workout program, you should know WHY you are doing it. Many who have have the coach already knew what they wanted, below are some of their goals:
- Lose weight
- Gain Muscle
- Stay Fit
- Improve Overall Fitness
- Prepare for a Mud Run, Marathon, etc..
Have this in mind before you start, you are going to need it when you enter your information into the coach.
Fitness Test – Freeletics Coach
Physically, Are You a Beginner?
Freeletics is not a workout, it’s not a DVD you play on your laptop – this is a sport!
When done correctly, it get you in shape much like doing Crossfit or gymnastics will. Like these sports, it will take time to get good at them, but once you have done it for a few weeks, your body will see tremendous changes.
Focus on getting started! Don’t think about how short the workouts are, how little you think you’re doing – just stick with the program! If you want to learn to swim, you wouldn’t expect to get going until you’ve mastered the basics. Same here.
Having your goals is great, but remember, this is not a race, this is your life and if you want a great-looking body – which will take time. So be patient,
Also, whether you are a beginner or not, after reading about injuries on reddit, you should be thinking about recovery and nutrition throughout any workout.
We were all beginners at one time!
Can You Do Freeletics Without the Coach?
Doing Freeletics without the Coach is possible, however you will need to be well versed in training to be able to put together a training program that you can follow to suit your fitness goals. Freeletics Coach takes the guessing out and has been designed to suit your specific training goals and needs.
Bottom line, if you want a free Coach, you will need to pick a few workouts to do a week and structure it so you can get the right mix of training, intensity, and cardio to build your body how you like.
Will Freeletics Coach Help Me Gain Muscle?
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f muscle gain is your goal, Freeletics can help you get there – fast!
Why? As mentioned in the free nutrition guide, high interval training by Freeletics builds lean muscle naturally. The high repetitive movements put a lot of strain on muscle fibers and stimulate cell development.
Building muscle by doing bodyweight exercises takes sometime, however, your diet will need to be adjusted so you make gains.
One difference between Freeletics and other HIIT programs is that Freeletics workouts focus much more on building muscle. For example, if you want to gain muscle, you don’t do Insanity – maybe p90x, but definitely not the other. However the Freeletics Coach combines your current fit level with a number of strength & cardio exercises that will develop muscle.
UPDATE: Freeletics has a GYM workout app that involves weights! Check it out!
Will the Coach Work if You’re Skinny?
Yes! This is not meant to make you a skinnier! If you are fat, then you will burn that fat and use it to build muscle. If you are skinny, you will build lean muscle as a result of Freeletic’s high intensity interval training.
The only thing you may want to do if you are looking to gain weight is eat more! The truth is, no skinny person got shredded and buff by not eating. If you get the strength Coach, you will gain some pounds if you eat correctly.
Don’t think you will just do the workouts and eat and gain weight. You still need to do your homework and learn your own biochemistry in order to produce the result you want.
Looking to Just Lose Weight?
Freeletics offers an easier level of training, the endurance level. This level includes modified exercises so you can complete more reps, faster. Being able to do more reps, although using less of your body, you are able to keep your heart rate going and get through a workout faster. The modified movements will be easier to get through, however, it’s the strength workouts that will really burn fat up.
Freeletic’s Strength Coach is for athletes who can do at least 5 pullups un-assisted. The pullup is an amazing movement that, when done at max reps, can really build the upper body nicely. Your heart rate may slip when performing pullups, but know that this movement includes almost your whole body. The more muscles involved in a workout, the more fat you can burn.
How fast you burn fat will be up to you and your diet.
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Be Honest, Do you smoke?
Surprisingly, there are a lot of people who want to get a new and active lifestyle but they currently have vices like smoking and tobacco. These are hard addictions to quit and they add a significant challenge to your success.
Freeletics will make your lungs work just as hard as your legs and arms. If you are a life-long smoker and have issues breathing, the workouts may do you some good, but don’t push it if you cannot breathe. For those who have a habit, it’s recommended you 1, see a doctor before any activity, and 2, start walking.
Smoking and being inactive means your muscles don’t get the oxygen they need to perform normally. By doing squats or burpees, you are going to squeeze the little juice you have and increase risk of injury.
Try walking 10-20 minutes a day in the morning, stand vs sit at your desk. Find ways to start moving without putting much pressure on your lung capacity.
While there is more to this particular subject, it’s recommended that you start with baby steps if you are a serious smoker. A new lifestyle is harder to get if you have unhealthy habits like smoking.
Is the Coach Necessary?
This question gets asked a LOT! Our best answer is, YES! Why? Because Freeletics will customize a 15 week program specifically to your goals, current physical shape, and availability. If you decide to only use the free version, that’s fine, but you will need to schedule and create your own daily routines from the top of your head.
You don’t get the benefits of doing hell weeks! These are weeks that are designed to peak your training every 4-5 weeks so you can really dig into your body and get more from the coach. These hell weeks are designed to test your current physical state and push you to the next level of training. The coach will mix 2 workouts in one training session!
how can i register, i’m from the philippines
Just download the app! From there you can upgrade
I downloaded the app but cannot find any warmup routines. I don’t want to purchase the coach yet because I do not know if I can do the exercises and survive the intensity.
Stefanie,
I created a bit of a section for the warm up, warm-up, but the warm up is:
50 jumping jacks
10 lunges
5 yoga push ups
10 arm lifts while in pushup position
5 sitting in stride position, and rolling onto your back and having your legs swing over, its kind of complicated since I cant find the exact movement name.
50 knee highs
10 squat jumps
You can survive what you set your mind to =)
Looking to loose some body fat but gain muscle as well. Do you suggest going for cardio and strength or only strength coach?
Thanks!
I suggest cardio and strength. That will help burn fat and build lean muscle. Strength may be harder if you are not in cardio-shape, so I suggest the combo as it mixes both very well and will help your athletic performance more.
If I want to get lean and build muscle which option during the registration do i choose because only 3 options of lean, fit, build muscle are available where only one is picked?
Strength and endurance.
Also, will you get the same results without using the coach option?
Mahdi,
Probably not. When you get the coach, you have an instructor, a system and workouts that are assigned to you based on your test and ongoing results. Chances are, if you are not very familiar with training yourself, the motivation will not be there in the long-run and you will find it hard to pick workouts and train yourself.
Will it be a hard switch over from just doing bodyweight exercises? (I’m currently following the routine in http://www.bodyweightstrengthchallenge.com)
I’d like to try something new and bodyweight exercises are fun.. But I’m a bit scared that the intensity will be too high..
SCARED?!?! Boy if you don’t quit that scared nonsense…. lol
Don’t be anything other than motivated to test yourself out. The goal is to become athletic, I don’t know any athletes who reached their potential without going through some pain. The intensity is HIGH on purpose, it’s how you get to change and mold your body. The workouts are shorter so the time it actually sucks is far less, but the results are awesome.
I don’t know anything about bodyweightstrengthchallenge, but if you like these types of workouts – Freeletics is up your alley. Dont be skurd…
Hi. Very well explained. I am on it. And it feels awesome.
Thanks Salman!
Let us know if you have any questions!
I have no doubts Freeletics will do wonders for me! Im already pretty athletic and have a decent athletic build, but im still thin and wanna build some muscle. My only question; is the coach necessary to get when doing freeletics??? Or could I just do all of the free workouts provided to buile the muscle I desire?
Hey Ken!
Coach is only necessary if you dont know how to put together a training plan (which tends to be the majority of folks). I think, especially for freeletics, using the coach will help take the guessing out of training, and allow you to build more easily on previous efforts.
You will need to know how to build muscle before doing the workouts, IMO, in order to select which workouts to do when.
Can I gain weight and muscle without using the coach?
Sure, you can create your own schedule and use the workouts as part of an overall strategy to gain muscle. That being said, it takes a well versed person to be able to create their own training schedules.
Hi,
How does this fare against doing bodyweight bodybuilding (typical 6-12 range) workout for building muscles? I don’t see many variants of exercises here such as diamond or elevated push ups. Will freeletics still help me achieve similar progressions?
Great question! THere are elevated pushups, there are many more advanced movements such as 1 handed pushups, elevated, and pistol squats etc… Freeletics will do what you want it to do. The main goal is to get people to burn fat and be athletic. If your only interested in aesthetic results, you could try a more weight-based approach.
This is not for bodybuilding – yes you will get lean – but for just building muscle, we think you may include Freeletics training with another type of training in order to get the results you want. The fact is, doing high intensity training helps with shredding fat and building cardiovascular conditioning.
Thanks for responding. I guess I will stick to traditional bodyweight training and add some burpees to the regime.
Also I was wondering. How is the FL style push-up different in its affect?
The way you do the pushups, for speed/time, is designed to get leaner. If you are looking for bulk, you should do pushups slower and at lower reps.
I am a vegetarian (lacto ovo). Do you have a nutrition plan that you suggest? I am keen to get the coach but would like to know if you can cater for a veggie
Hm… Dom, thanks for the question.
While we currently don’t have a veggie only plan, I do suggest you check out vegan freeletics, he may have a better option for you in the immediate future. However, we will take it into consideration and maybe create a veggie version!!
Thanks for the reply. I will check out vegan freeletics but would really welcome a veggie nutrition plan that you would suggest best suits the fitness regime. Thanks for the consideration.
Hi i want to ask you if freelatics can make your face a bit slimmer too?
Because i have only a little fat but my face is too big and chubby.
Thank you
Hi i want to ask you if freelatics can make your face a bit slimmer too? Because i have only a little fat but my face is too big and chubby.
hello i was wondering if the nutrition guide has vegetarian or eggitarian options.
Vidhi, as of right now, no, however that’s something that wouldn’t be too hard to modify as you just need to find out how to supplement your protein options with vegetarian options (avocados, protein powders, nuts, etc). Here’s a good link you may find handy, http://www.nomeatathlete.com/vegetarian-protein/
I’m sorry, this might be a stupid question, I tried the coach for a week after which i cancelled the subscription. I did it because I found the exercise plan weird. for the first weeks the coach gives you one workout a day that I complete in 5 min plus another 5 for the warm up and stretching in the end. I do know that the workouts get tougher with time, i’ve seen the Aphrodite one and the other tough ones. I just don’t get how does everyone claim such good results with such short workouts. maybe I don’t understand something, am i supposed to do the workouts 3 times a day or what?
Adrian, there are no stupid questions. A few things we should quickly go over is, your diet, your consistency, and your goals. Your diet will dictate the speed of your results, atleast how you look. The consistency dictates your long-term results and overall improved abilities to perform and finally, your goals dictate what workouts you do and how hard.
Don’t look for quick results, that doesn’t happen here. Yes, the workouts get harder, but you need to step up and stick with it. The first week or so is to get you in the flow. If you do Aphrodite without ANY background of fitness o movement, you can tear an ab muscle or back and you will be OUT of commission for weeks. Don’t fall into the trap that you know what’s better for you than a professionally designed workout. Yes, you are immpatient, good! Just that eagerness and attack YOUR DIET! Get lean in 30 days with a very solid food plan and use Freeletics to make your body look and feel fantastic!
There are no shortcuts here, sorry, but you do get to be apart of something that can forever change your life. Don’t quit so fast, keep at it. THere’s a reason almost everyone doesn’t finish insanity – it’s too hard too fast for the average person. There needs to be a ramp-up time so you can properly execute what you need to so you get to where you want faster.
Hope that helps!
Looking at doing Freeletics. And will get the coach. I have a few questions though if that’s ok.
Firstly, I would want to do the one that is both strength and cardio, because I want to lose weight, but also want to build strength. However, I will be doing a fairly detailed running plan to build up for a half marathon later in the year and a marathon next year, so don’t really want to do any running in the workouts. Is that possible? If it’s not possible, I could go to the gym and do the sprints on a treadmill, would the app be able to work with that (I know it uses GPS to track/time your runs outside).
Also, a lot of what I see of Freeletics has people doing the workouts outside. Is that the way you have to do it?
Lastly, would it be possible to do 3/4 Freeletics workouts and a couple of traditional weights sessions. As well as doing my running?
Godon,
The running that is included in the strength and cardio program is going to help you. The workouts will include mostly short sprints and some longer runs. As far as runs go, the running ap wont be able to track your treadmill runs. You will benefit from having a track that you can accurately measure your distance. Sprints, regardless of what you think, are great for marathon training!
You don’t have to do it outside, its just nice =) there are tons of people that do the workouts in the gym, or basement, or in bedroom. You will see that the workouts don’t require much, a pullup bar and some track =)
You can do whatever you want with your workouts – just get rest and make sure you are consistent.
I decided to sign up. Doing fitness test today, and starting properly tomorrow. I wondered if you know if there’s an option to do the runs on a treadmill.
It’s recommended that you find a place that you can measure accurately the distances. If that’s allowed on a treadmill, go ahead, but the best is to do it at an actual track.
I am 178 cm tall and 80 kg. My goal is too build muscle and lose all the fat at the same time.What program should i choose? Strength + cardio or something else?
I am planning to start to take a coach for gym and nutrition, but i had an injury from my left knee tree years ago and since then i dont do any leg trainings, except riding bike or similar, if i do too much pressure next day i get pain, my question is, does the coach takes on the consideration of the past injuries while creating the fitness plan? How does the system works?
Best regards
T.
Tugyan, STOP and go talk to a DR. right away! You want to make sure you have all the appropriate information before moving on and unfortunately, I am not a dr or physical therapist.
The Coach ONLY provides you the tools, you are responsible for making adjustments. For example, you have the option to do modified moves, hand-helped squats for example. More info here https://freeleticstraining.com/freeletics-exercises/
As for the system, i assume the coach, it is explained here: https://freeleticstraining.com/what-you-need-ask-yourself-before-getting-the-freeletics-coach/