Most running plans break when life happens. kaizen adapts to the running you actually do, continuously updating your training so you keep progressing toward your goal.
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This hits a real pain most running plans assume perfect consistency which which just isn’t how life works.
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Kaizen is a hard app to recommend, its ui is slow and clunky, the plans that it gives you are confusing and the price is pretty steep for something that has these issues.
The app tells you how far you should run in the week and lowers the amount of distance if you've had a particularly hard run (tempo), there are ways to say you are planning to run x time at y event but there is no specific plan like runna or garmin it just tells you to run distances per week.
If your looking for future weeks they dont update unless you plan runs in their excruciating interface - and even then the distance doesn't seem to be affected until the week is complete.
Id say this app is good if you just want a weekly goal and no specific session runs i.e. 3x5 at 5km pace, if you want to do that you have to do it off your own back and setup your session yourself.
As i say difficult app to recommend to anyone really.
P.s. i did try and email them some suggestions and they told me that they were working on some of them, now that they've officially launched on product hub i can see that it was not true.
@mark_davies9 I appreciate the honest feedback Mark. Sorry to hear kaizen hasn't live up to your expectations yet.
I've been working hard on our next major feature which will be released in the next week and should help address your frustrations and hopefully will mean you're able to get more value from the app in the future.
the adaptive piece is really interesting - most training apps just expect you to stick to the schedule no matter what. how does it actually adjust? like if you miss a few days or run longer than planned, what kind of changes does it make to keep you on track?
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Love this. How does it compare to Runna?
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As somebody who struggled to follow my Garmin training plan fr this reason, this is an awesome idea. I'm highly partial to at home fitness apps that adapt with you instead of being generic but claiming personalized. Does it adapt from the first run you do with Kaizen or is there a "learning" period to learn a users habits?
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Interesting idea. How well does it adapt when someone’s schedule becomes inconsistent rather than just slightly off plan?
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finally a running app that doesnt guilt trip you when you miss a week lol
"Plans that punish you for a bad week 7" is the exact reason most adaptive running apps fail — 16-week static blocks vs. real life. Weekly-load targets instead of prescribed paces is the right lever, and the 3:24→2:28 personal story is the believability anchor. Curious how kaizen handles phase-shifts (marathon block → base season) without losing accumulated fitness context.
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Well I'm definitely the target audience, since my schedules can be up and down a lot.
is there a way to connect the app with a Samsung Galaxy smartwatch?
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This hits a real pain most running plans assume perfect consistency which which just isn’t how life works.
Kaizen is a hard app to recommend, its ui is slow and clunky, the plans that it gives you are confusing and the price is pretty steep for something that has these issues.
The app tells you how far you should run in the week and lowers the amount of distance if you've had a particularly hard run (tempo), there are ways to say you are planning to run x time at y event but there is no specific plan like runna or garmin it just tells you to run distances per week.
If your looking for future weeks they dont update unless you plan runs in their excruciating interface - and even then the distance doesn't seem to be affected until the week is complete.
Id say this app is good if you just want a weekly goal and no specific session runs i.e. 3x5 at 5km pace, if you want to do that you have to do it off your own back and setup your session yourself.
As i say difficult app to recommend to anyone really.
P.s. i did try and email them some suggestions and they told me that they were working on some of them, now that they've officially launched on product hub i can see that it was not true.
I wouldn't re-sub to this app.
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@mark_davies9 I appreciate the honest feedback Mark. Sorry to hear kaizen hasn't live up to your expectations yet.
I've been working hard on our next major feature which will be released in the next week and should help address your frustrations and hopefully will mean you're able to get more value from the app in the future.
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the adaptive piece is really interesting - most training apps just expect you to stick to the schedule no matter what. how does it actually adjust? like if you miss a few days or run longer than planned, what kind of changes does it make to keep you on track?
Love this. How does it compare to Runna?
As somebody who struggled to follow my Garmin training plan fr this reason, this is an awesome idea. I'm highly partial to at home fitness apps that adapt with you instead of being generic but claiming personalized. Does it adapt from the first run you do with Kaizen or is there a "learning" period to learn a users habits?
Interesting idea. How well does it adapt when someone’s schedule becomes inconsistent rather than just slightly off plan?
finally a running app that doesnt guilt trip you when you miss a week lol
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"Plans that punish you for a bad week 7" is the exact reason most adaptive running apps fail — 16-week static blocks vs. real life. Weekly-load targets instead of prescribed paces is the right lever, and the 3:24→2:28 personal story is the believability anchor. Curious how kaizen handles phase-shifts (marathon block → base season) without losing accumulated fitness context.