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Freeletics is great, but sometimes it pushes you too much. The whole no excuses thing is great and motivating, untill you injure yourself by overtraining and not having enough rest.

I know, cause I injured myself like that and could not exercise properly for a year.

Just something to be cautious about.

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That's good to know and interesting. Honestly I've felt the opposite, like it's not pushing me hard enough. But my experience so far has been on the Starting Strength and Fit For Life routines, so maybe those are designed to work out a bunch of muscle groups but not super push you. Once I'm done with this cycle I'm planning to move to one of the more serious ones and will keep your caution in mind.

It will ramp up difficulty over time. I think that part of issue was that the algorithm assumed I will be progressing despite me being over-trained and not progressing anymore.

I used it for two years before it got to that point.

The real trap is that it feels really good to finish super hard session. Endorphins flow and you feel like a hero, so it is hard to make yourself stop. It is sort of addictive.

I mean, it is good app and I liked the experience, except for how it ended and how frustrating it was to not be able to exercise anymore.

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