$750/mo for coaching??
Bought MAPS Anabolic during the Black Friday sale and honestly, the program itself was solid. Nothing revolutionary, but it followed good strength and conditioning principles and gave me something structured to follow instead of winging my workouts for once. I got noticeably stronger and saw good results.
That said, I expected a lot more from the overall experience. Even at 70% off, it basically felt like buying a giant stack of PDFs. The workout plan, nutrition guides, mobility stuff, bonuses — everything was just more files to sort through, print, and drag to the gym. In 2026, it’s kind of wild they still don’t have an app.
The biggest letdown was the included “free” 45-minute coaching call. The podcast and promotional material made it sound like you’d get personalized advice on tailoring the program and nutrition to your goals. Instead, it was nothing but a sales call for monthly coaching. The coach was friendly enough, but every part of the conversation circled back to upselling me. He spent 40 minutes using high pressure sales tactics and then 5 minutes saying, “Yeah, follow the program as it’s laid out and bump calories by 2-300 and you’ll see great results.” That’s the extent of personalization.
Out of curiosity, I asked the price: $750/month, paid upfront. Bro, that’s a car payment, or rent, or groceries for most people. Told him that’s crazy and he only ran down a list of sales perks and that I’d get more free programs as part of it. For that price, I can work with a local trainer multiple times a week for 3 months and actually get in-person coaching plus a gym membership. $750 a month for online check ins and weekly FaceTime follow ups/program adjustments. He even followed up the next week to see if I’d reconsidered the offer.
Overall: good program, good structure, decent results. But the lack of tech, the overload of PDFs, and the aggressive coaching upsell really took away from the experience for me.