Others say...

"Hard to use but full of good information."
Well to begin with it isnt very user friendly.
But when one figures out how to use the program its ok.

"Neat Software!"
Great fitness software at a reasonable price. Very user friendly!

"Alot of great features for planning your fitness program"
Vivonics Fitness Planner has alot of features that are really a pleasure to discover. One thing that I think is outstanding is the way it shows anything that you have eaten too much of in red. That's great...but even better, when you click on it, you are shown which of the foods contain it and how much from most to least. Since I teach dance, I do notice that it is hard to find fitness information that includes dance as an exercise. Dancers are very fitness conscious and it should be included in more books and programs. I do doubt that there is a better Fitness planning program than this one. It is very easy to locate foods and nutrients, etc. I am still learning to use it...but it isn't difficult at all. I really do recommend it.

"Ugh!!!"
While the program has a good database of exercises (with a lot with cool demo's) and nutrition, it's hard to navigate and has a bad interface. The program window is a fixed size and text overlaps. The programmer's solution is to change your screen size!!! I like my screen the way it is and won't change it to run just this program! I set up my exercise plan and found that it was time-consuming to manipulate. For instance, for three sets of one exercise, you have to click several things to get the exercise to show up and then repeat the process two more times instead of allowing for a copy/paste. I tried to print my plan and I got one page that had the days on it and the second page had the last third of my workout on it. It comes preset with a calories burned report and the ability to customize other reports. Again, a time-consuming process involving multiple clicks. To sum up: Good database of exercises and nutrition, nice demo's, bad interface, time-consuming customization of plans and reports, bad printout of plans. Look elsewhere to spend your money.

"An excellent program"
While I had only used the trial version of the Vivonic Fitness Trainer, I found that it contained all of the tools necessary to design and monitor a personal fitness program. Everything is easy to customize, from the days on which you work out to the type of exercise you do. Keeping track of calories and nutrients is simple with the food-journal...you simply type in what you ate and how much, and it calculates everything for you. These great tools are easy to use, and the interface is attractive. I highly recommend this program, especially to those on weight loss programs or those who have other fitness and nutrition goals.