My AI Fitness App Gave Me a 'Punishment Workout' for Missing a Day — I Cried

I'm a busy mom of three in Austin. I work full-time, I have kids to run around to activities, and I'm always exhausted. I downloaded Fitbod because I wanted a personalized workout app that would adapt to my schedule. I thought it would be motivating....

I'm a busy mom of three in Austin. I work full-time, I have kids to run around to activities, and I'm always exhausted. I downloaded Fitbod because I wanted a personalized workout app that would adapt to my schedule. I thought it would be motivating. For the first few weeks, it was great. The app would suggest workouts based on my goals and my available equipment. I was making progress. I was feeling good about myself. I felt like I had finally found a fitness routine that worked for me. Then I missed a day. I had a sick kid at home, and I didn't have time to work out. The app sent me a notification: 'You missed yesterday's workout. Here's a punishment workout to make up for it.' I opened the app, and it had scheduled a 90-minute bootcamp with 500 burpees, 400 squats, and 300 lunges. I couldn't do it. I tried, and I broke down crying in my living room. I felt like a complete failure. The app was supposed to help me, not make me feel worse. I disabled the notifications. I changed the setting to 'encouraging' instead of 'motivational.' The app kept suggesting 'punishment workouts' anyway. It's like the AI is passive-aggressive and wants to punish me. I've stopped using the app. I go for walks now. I'm much happier. I've started to realize that fitness should be about feeling good, not about punishment. The app was making me miserable. I've bought resistance bands on Amazon to do gentle workouts at home, but I'm never going back to Fitbod. I've read about your state hates AI drivers and how AI is supposed to help us. My fitness app was making me feel like a failure. Has your fitness app ever punished you for being human? I'm traumatized. I've started writing a blog about my experience. I want to warn other women about the dangers of fitness apps that use punishment as motivation. It's not healthy. It's not helpful. It's just cruel.