We all want to get in shape. The problem is that most give up due to a lack of visible results, motivation and support. To compensate for this, many fitness apps for cell phones are available on the market.
Practical, they allow you to maintain your physical shape at any time without a large financial investment and without necessarily resorting to gym equipment.
But how to choose the best app for you? Below, find a list of the main fitness apps for cell phones.
Mobile fitness apps
Runtastic
Runtastic is a mobile app from the Adidas group designed primarily for runners, but also adapts to around fifty other sports. It is available in a free version and with a premium subscription to unlock all its features.
The simplest (and free) use of Runtastic allows you to track your sports sessions: real-time progress, tracking the data you are interested in, performance report, etc.
Thanks to your smartphone's GPS, Runtastic calculates your speed, distance covered, time per km, calories burned, etc. This data can be configured according to your preferences.
At the end, a summary of your training session will allow you to track your results and share them on social media.
MyFitnessPal
MyFitnessPal is a calorie counter that offers to help you lose weight. Once your goals have been set (according to your weight, height, age, etc.), the app records and indicates the number of calories you absorb daily according to the target limit.
To support you in your efforts, MyFitnessPal has a large food database that lists nutritional information for over 4 million foods.
Additionally, the app can use the step counter built into your smartphone to calculate the number of calories burned in order to deduct them from your daily allowance.
Health
Health, is a free app developed by Samsung that allows the user to experience different aspects of well-being in their daily life: physical activity, nutrition and sleep.
This fitness and health app is, of course, available for Samsung-branded phones, but also on the Play Store on most Android phones.
Quite broad, the Health application scope would suit people who want to centralize and control various criteria of their shape and health.
From daily walking to sports sessions, through your eating habits, weight change, stress level, heart rate, not to mention the quality of your sleep…
8fit
8fit helps you improve your well-being and health by putting a personal trainer and nutritionist in your pocket. The app offers personalized training plans as well as tailor-made healthy recipes.
8fit has 3 main categories of functionality:
- Physical training adapted to any fitness level or high-intensity fractional training (HIIT).
- Recipes designed by nutritionists to help you achieve your goals while filling with energy.
- Monitor your progress, including the ability to add meals and activities outside of available plans.
