SHRED vs Fitbod

SHRED vs Fitbod, with RIRLift for lifting

SHRED if you want classes and circuits alongside lifting, with friends; Fitbod if lifting is the point and you want sessions built around recovery. RIRLift is the free pick for lifting alone, with every weight set from your last set.

What separates SHRED and Fitbod

• Lifting only, or lifting plus classes

  SHRED pairs guided strength programs with live and on-demand studio classes, HIIT and cardio, all in one membership. Fitbod is built around strength sessions; cardio, warm-ups and cooldowns are options in its plan settings.

• Where the workout comes from

  SHRED starts from programs written by its coaches, such as Bulk or Lean-X, then adapts them to your goal, equipment and schedule. Fitbod generates each workout from your goal, equipment, split and the recovery of each muscle.

• How the weight is picked

  SHRED's AI suggests weight, rest and tempo and adjusts them as you get stronger. Fitbod raises load or reps when you finish comfortably and alternates heavier and lighter days on purpose. RIRLift sets the next set from the reps you had left and the next session on double progression.

  

• Price after the trial

  Both give 7 days free. SHRED is $12.99 to $19.99 a month or $99.99 to $119.99 a year in the US, depending on the plan; Fitbod is $15.99/month or $95.99/year. After the trial, both need a subscription to keep training.

• Training with friends

  SHRED has a live workout feed, gym leaderboards, challenges and synced partner workouts. RIRLift has friends and challenges but no public feed.

SHRED, Fitbod and RIRLift in real weeks

Two lifting days and two HIIT classes a week

You lift Monday and Thursday at the gym and want two conditioning sessions at home in between, from the same app.

App	What it does here	For this lifter
SHRED	Runs a coach-built strength program on lifting days and on-demand HIIT or studio classes on the others, in one membership.	Fits best: both halves of the week in one app.
Fitbod	Builds the two lifting days around recovery and can add cardio to a session.	Fits the lifting days.
RIRLift	Runs the two lifting days free and sets each weight from your sets. No classes and no interval timers.	Fits the lifting only, free; pair it with a class app.

If the classes matter as much as the lifting, SHRED is the one app that covers both.

Garage dumbbells in 5 lb steps

Upper day at home with a rack of dumbbells that jump 5 lb at a time. You told RIRLift what you own, so every weight rounds to a pair you have.

Exercise	You logged	Next session	Why
Dumbbell Bent-Over Row	50 lb, 12 / 11 / 10 reps, 2 left	50 lb × 11	Not every set reached 12, so the weight holds. The weakest set hit its target of 10, so the target moves to 11.
Arnold Press	30 lb, 10 / 10 / 10 reps, 1 left	35 lb × 6	Every set at the top of 6–10: one 5 lb step to the next pair, reps back to 6.

Both numbers are pairs on your rack, and each one came from what you lifted last time.

Plans for lifting days

• The best workout with dumbbells, for the dumbbells you actually have

  Adjustable dumbbells and a bench, 4 days

  Dumbbell upper and lower days with the bent-over row from the example.

  4× a week · 71 sets a week · ~45 min

  Add to RIRLift

  Add to RIRLift

  Scan with your iPhone camera to add this plan.

  See the plan

• The best workout for full body, for your week

  Only 2 days a week, longer sessions

  Two full-body days that leave room for classes in between.

  2× a week · 45 sets a week · ~50 min

  Add to RIRLift

  Add to RIRLift

  Scan with your iPhone camera to add this plan.

  See the plan

Make it fit you

• Tell it your equipment first

  Pick what your gym or garage has once. Swaps stay inside that list and every weight rounds to a step your dumbbells or plates make.

• Expect one light first set

  RIRLift doesn't import from SHRED or Fitbod. On a new lift it starts light and asks for one max-reps set, then works from it.

• Keep your conditioning elsewhere

  RIRLift logs lifting and timed holds. Run your HIIT or classes in another app and keep RIRLift for the lifting days.

When a different app fits better

• You want HIIT, circuits or studio classes in the same app. SHRED, with on-demand and live classes.
• You want sessions built around muscle recovery. Fitbod, with recovery per muscle on a body map.
• You're on Android, or want a feed and leaderboards. SHRED. RIRLift is iPhone and Apple Watch only, with no public feed.

Questions

Read next

• Fitbod on Apple Watch, and an app that runs on the Watch alone

  What Fitbod's Watch app needs the iPhone for.

• Fitbod vs Gymverse

  Another adaptive-plan app against Fitbod.

• The home gym app that loads your own plates

  Lifting at home with the equipment you own.

• How RIRLift picks your next weight

  Why the Arnold press went to 35 lb and the row held.

• Free workout tracker apps

  Free tiers compared, if a trial isn't enough.

• Fitbod alternatives, free and paid

  More apps that build workouts for you.

More ways lifters use RIRLift

• Fitbod on Apple Watch, and an app that runs on the Watch alone

  Fitbod's Watch app needs the iPhone to start and swap. RIRLift starts, swaps and sets weights on the wrist.

• Fitbod vs Gymverse

  Fitbod generates each session; Gymverse runs a multi-week plan with RIR and deloads. Who fits which.

• The home gym app that loads your own plates

  A rack, a bar and your own plates: weights rounded to what you can load, and a plan that skips the machines.

Every lifter and goal