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I have stopped & started god knows how many plans, followed God knows how many influences & downloaded God knows how many apps. Empower has changed my life. It's the only plan I have ever been consistent with. My relationship with food has never been better & the results I am.seeing physically & mentally. Lucy my coach has been incredible i cannot thank her enough. Honestly empower is the best out there I cannot recommend it enough.
After seeing the negative reviews I felt I needed to back Empower!!I joined empower about 3 years ago wanting to change my lifestyle rather than loose weight quick. I had Emma as my coach who was just amazing.I lost over 10kg with Emma and that was through a calorie deficit of only a couple of hundred NOT an unhealthy amount which some of the negative comments say.Empower is exactly that, the coaches and team empower you to make lifestyle changes and choices not to dictate what you can and can’t eat!! If you need that then go to bloody weight watchers. My weekly check ins were personal to me and I looked forward to them! Emma and my other coach dropped me messages in the week to see how I was getting on with eating and just general catch up.I sadly was going through a lot during my time at empower and I don’t think I’d of got through it without their support and care. I felt so isolated at one point but Emma regularly checking got me out of a pretty bad headspace. Empower didn’t just help me loose weight and create better habits, they helped me gain confidence and put myself first which I am forever grateful for.
Awful was the worst app and wouldn’t link with anything and the worst support, took your money for no actual help! Make you sign up for months and ridiculously expensive, had to cancel through my bank eventually and wasted a lot of money! I was already a fitness fanatic but wanted more food guidance but recipes were too hard to follow and foods you said you didn’t like they kept putting back into the plan! Not personalised atall generic and money grabbing worst 3 months weight loss/food advice ever
I started this app with high hopes. The first month was genuinely motivating — everything from meal plans to workouts was conveniently in one place, which made staying on track feel easy and enjoyable. I felt like I was finally investing in myself, and the price seemed justified… at first.But once I entered the second month, it quickly became clear that the “coaching” aspect — the part that supposedly sets this app apart — is extremely surface-level.Each week, you’re prompted to complete a check-in to help your coach understand what’s working for you: which workouts you enjoyed, how the meals were, how your weight has changed, etc. You’d assume this is where the personalised coaching magic happens. Unfortunately, it feels more like a box-ticking exercise.I gave clear feedback multiple times — like wanting to avoid gluten or not liking certain meals — yet those foods kept showing up in my plans. When I was between gyms during a house move, I requested home workouts. What I received? A plan that still included machine-based exercises. It started to feel like no one was actually paying attention.And then there’s the 30-day cancellation policy. You’re told at the beginning of your contract (mine was 3 months) that you need to give 30 days’ notice to cancel — fair enough. But I never received any reminder, despite the app having an always-on chat function where coaches regularly contact you. A quick heads-up would have been easy — and respectful.In my final month, I decided to give it one last proper go. On my first check-in, I’d hit my goal weight — a big milestone. But my coach didn’t acknowledge it at all. No congratulations, no recognition. It was incredibly demotivating and made me question whether they even read the check-ins.In summary: This app is decent for a kickstart — the first month is helpful if you’re feeling lost and need structure. But after that, the value drops off fast. The coaching is impersonal, the attention to detail is poor, and the price just doesn’t reflect the service. You’ll likely get the same tools for a fraction of the cost elsewhere — without the false promise of “personalised coaching.”
Empower is awful. They provide cookie cutter plans, they will put you on very low calories, and many of their responses feel automated and unhelpful, they never fully answer questions. Emma is very good about posting online and making her coaching/life seem a lot more fabulous than it is. Take one look at her Instagram and you’ll see she’s in an active ED, which is very dangerous for her clients. She’ll gladly take your money, use it for her fabulous “therapeutic getaways” while teaching you to start your own ED. I’m very worried about clients that join her coaching that have had already suffered from ED’s in the past. Past coaches and clients are starting to talk about how they’ve developed disordered eating from following Emma’s advice. This company should be permanently closed. I’m actually surprised there haven’t yet been lawsuits.
Not the online experience I was hoping for. Like others have said, it feels very structured and promising at the start, but as the weeks roll by the lack of actual coaching, responsiveness, and adaptability begin to show. Nice people, but perhaps not the most qualified when it comes to personal training. App setup: 4/5User friendly app. Nice chat feature with your coach. Well organized. Too many separate groups that require special invites. Offers a mediocre quantity of “lessons” such as meditation and yoga. Coaches: 2-3/5Friendly and personable at best. Not once have I received feedback on how my targeted muscle groups were progressing. Most feedback was focused on mental health instead of physical progression. Coaches are more like cheerleaders. Workouts: 3/5Good tutorials. Love the additional comments on how to go about the different sets. Easy to see numerical progress. Limited to one body group at a time (in my experience). Very intense and unrealistic to stick to one targeted muscle group within the week. On your own to figure out exercises to fill in the other days. Expectation of only 1 rest day a week. Meals: 3/5Hit or miss. Only given 4 choices per meal per week. No access to old recipes unless you favorite them. Feedback: 2/5Not very personable. Feels like they say the same thing every week during check in. Give very surface level advice.
After a couple of years of really bad mental health, not doing any exercise and using food as "comfort" and overeating, I found Empower and they gave me so much for the last 6 months. Special thanks to coach Lucy for being always very supportive and keeping me accountable and informed. I've absolutely loved all the recipes and program.I'm stepping out of Empower very happy to have achieved what I wanted. I have gained confidence moving my body again and turned movement into a routine, creating good habits, which was my MAIN goal. I now feel much more confident in my own body and all this without being restrictive and enjoying exercise more than I thought I would ever do! I'm super thankful to Lucy, Emma and the Empower team 🩷
This coaching was a massive waste of my money. I can’t believe I spent £130 a month for nearly a year and didn’t really lose any weight. Also this was a time when I was actually a decent weight but didn’t realise it. If anything I learnt terrible habits from this coaching like eating biscoff and other sweet things which made me put on weight.
I have to say to begin with I was really excited about empower, the meals looked great and the communication was great. Over time as others have commented, the communication lacked, foods I hated were added in week after week despite telling whoever the coach was that I didn’t like them. The answers were very generic and i couldn’t tell you who my coach was. I lost weight, but of course I did, they took me down to 1250 calories. For someone who’s got High activity levels this is dangerous. I was with them for 18 months. Yes I lost a lot of weight, and yes I learnt a lot but it’s all about calories and eating lots of fake foods with this coaching app. Yes I like chocolate but they made me question whether I had an eating disorder by the promotion of this. In fact I actually do just like a bit of chocolate - and that’s ok! I would say if you are someone with no gym experience it would be ok, or someone who doesn’t understand portion control. Your average person or someone with eating disorders should stay away. It’s a real shame whatever has happened to this business to start with it was great, I’d imagine because many of the coaches have left. I’m not sure if more personal issues have gotten in the way, but don’t think for one second Emma is the person coaching you, she’s an influencer who is a business woman making a lot of money and going on a lot of holidays. I would also say the marketing is misleading saying this is not a cookie cutter plan, if you want something not in the recipe bank, they’ll just tell you to skip a meal which isn’t very helpful!!
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