Eric Leija - Primal Fitness

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Last verified 7 Aug 2026

4.3 136 ratings · App Store

1. 4/55+ star content, delivery needs improvement

   I’ve been using this app for daily workouts for about 4 months now. In my review I distinguish between the workout content and the technical delivery. The content is the best I’ve found. Exceeds 5 stars. Eric’s workouts are challenging, diverse, flexible, educational, etc. Any superlative you can think of - the workouts have it. I especially like the mobility/recovery workouts and how there is a (different) workout for 6/7 days of the week. There were KB moves I was afraid to try but Eric has educational videos that breakdown the moves. I’m happy I got the yearly subscription. The excellent content is handicapped by the app delivery. I see lots of room for improvement there: 1) Thus far, the monthly release updates have had various bugs - I don’t think there’s sufficient regression testing. 2) It should be easy to identify if a workout is a full follow-along or not. 3) The workout real-time displays should report progress with more granularity - e.g. workout 2/3 complete, rounds 1/4 complete. 4) full workout times should be accurate - they always say 60mins but many times it’s more like 45mins, sometimes even 30mins. 5) option to silence the app’s music, so it doesn’t compete with one’s personal playlist choices. 6) Last point for this review, more engagement from the admins and Eric on the FB page.

   mskwh · 7 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Quarantine Beast Mode

   First off, I want to say how grateful I am for the insane amount of free content Eric puts out. I started doing some of his workouts during the three and a half months I was stuck at home with a few kettle bells and dumbbells. His emphasis on form and the active recoveries are above and beyond anything I’ve done. After using free content for a couple of weeks I gladly purchased the 8 week single kettle Bell program and couldn’t be happier. I will say it was a little clunky on the website but the app has GREATLY streamlined everything. I see a lot of people complaining about two things: Eric not doing the entire workout on video. And having to go in and out of videos during the workout. I couldn’t disagree more. I personally would NEVER want to watch a video for my entire workout. I workout outside a lot and switch things up. The modularity offered by breaking the workouts up into different work sets is awesome in my opinion. After I learn the different work sets I have been putting together my own workouts and have incredible freedom in doing so. I always decide what I’m going to do ahead of time and keep a journal/log. Eric is teaching you HOW to work out. If you’re looking to copy someone for 45 minutes there are hundreds of other (lesser) videos out there. The usability of the app and the ridiculous amount of content and the constant stream of new stuff coupled with the quality easily warrants 5 stars. Just download it already!

   It will eat your life. · 7 Aug 2026

3. 3/5Almost amazing

   I’m almost in love with this app. Leija makes some of the most amazing workouts i’ve ever done. I am speaking specifically to the 8 Week simple savage course i’ve purchased. i love the workouts, but have paused the program for myself because i don’t like using the app for it. i wish there was an easier way to check out the whole workout without having to go through all the videos. I hate that i can’t use my own music and have to listen to tribal drums or whatever sound was chosen for each video accompaniment clip. The music choice isn’t awful but it’s repetitive. Realistically, i imagine a large percentage of people following along are doing so from their phones and it’s just not that optimized for the phone. i’d love 2 options- one where you watch every video, and one where you just have a timer built in and exercise/rep counts i can read and do myself. Click on the movements for tutorial clips if i need. Some of the sets go for 5-10 rounds, which is totally fine but having to keep the app open (can’t put it in my pocket and keep my spot/timing in the workout) the whole time and listen to the music and the “let’s go!” before each round really makes me not want to do the workout. I say all this because I REALLY want to run these Leija programs and use the app, but as it stands now i’d rather just read through the workouts, write em down and do it myself.

   Awwwliver · 7 Aug 2026

4. 3/5The App needs more attention to detail

   As the tital said, I've been using the app at home for over a year now and it needs a little more attention to detail, the main gripe I have is Eric seems to misscount some of the sets, meaning some exercises will be uneven, we will do 3 sets instead of 4 sets so one side will be uneven and we will have to replay the video to add a set to balance the sides out. Also there are still a few workouts thats don't include a video and the screen will be black while the timer is running which will lead the screen to shut off and we will have to stop the exercise to turn the screen on which is annoying to have to interrupt mid set like that. It also seems that Eric will do the same workouts as another month when he seems to be "busy" as in traveling or what not, some months he seems to skip adding anything new and falls back to previous months exercises which is kinda boring. It was said that he hired that strength and conditioning coach to come in and add to the workouts but that only seemed to last about a month and then went back to his regular exercises. I still really like using the workout as a guide to follow, incorporating some of Knees Over Toes Guy's techniques into Eric's workouts to work on mobility but I think it could be better for those that pay every month for a service.

   Corman1313 · 7 Aug 2026

5. 1/5Unusably disjointed, glitchy, and blocked by paywalls

   Do not download this - the only I've never given a 1 star review and I wish I could give it zero. I am so disappointed because I love his kettlebell workouts on instagram and i saw the great reviews (from a year ago) for this app -- I've never seen an app this bad in my life, and I work in tech. You could POSSIBLY enjoy the one non-paywall'd workout series if you could run this on a computer with multiple screens and have a printer for the PDF - but on your phone? It froze, restarted, redirected to the wrong menu at least 20 times just getting through the warm-ups (there is no total time listed for any session so hope you're not on a tight workout schedule) and then didn't realize i needed twin kettlebells until I played the first video. There are daily workouts - well, 3, as I can't seem to scroll down even if the bottom one is half cut off. The volume is too low to hear and a majority of the videos don't even have explanations on move or form other than 'JOINT MOBILITY' randomly flashing on the bottom. The few comments you find on all videos and sections boil down to "I'm so confused" or "what happened to the old useful version of this app?" The whole thing's beyond broken and I'm not sure what happened, but if they're trying to inspire anything primal beyond rage, they've got a lot of work to do.

   nikk.etc · 7 Aug 2026

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