A Guide to Fitness Apps

A Guide to Fitness Apps

Need a little help creating your workout plan? Fitness apps can provide innovative ways to keep track of your habits or help with your workouts. But, there are far too many of them! Here are just a few to help you get started:

Ultra Fitness
Free; iPhone

Ultra Fitness provides detailed workout plans for your personalized fitness goals. Whether you want gain lean muscle or you want to put on muscle mass, ultra fitness has a day-by-day, detailed workout plan for you. After your trial run, if you continue to use the app, you can also pay for even more detailed workouts, meal plans and recipes.

Nike Training Club
Free; iPhone

This is a free workout generator. This app leads you through a 15-45 minute workout from your phone and talks you through them step-by-step. It can help you focus on a particular body part as a beginner, intermediate or advanced level.

My Fitness Pal
Free; iPhone and Android

Keeping a food journal can make you more conscious of what you are eating, and My Fitness Pal helps you do this right through your phone! Every time you eat, you search the app’s database and input your meal or snack so it can keep track of your daily habits.

Map My Run
Free; iPhone and Android

For you runners out there, this is a fantastic app for you. Map My Run uses your phone’s GPS to track your running data, including your duration, speed, mileage split and calories burned. You can then save your workout and keep track of your progress.