The experience of exercise has forever changed with the introduction of phone apps and wearable smart accessories that can help us really maximise our workout routines so that we can keep ourselves on track. Whether you’re a novice, or a seasoned exercise fiend, most of these apps know exactly how to cater to your fitness level so that you’ll always find yourself being pushed to the next level.
Here are 23 fitness apps that will help you challenge yourself to the utmost, and help you to reach greater heights with your workout routines.
General workout
1. Nike Training Club
Price: Free
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: iPad, iPod Touch
As you might expect from a company like Nike, this app houses an entire database of full-body workouts ranging from 30 to 45 minutes. They also record your training style and fitness level, so that you get daily personalised recommended workouts that are best suited to push you to the next level.
2. Fitocracy
Price: Free, with in-app purchases
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: iPad, iPod Touch
Set your goals, and then have fun leveling up your life like you would in a game. You’ll get points when you complete certain milestones, and even have badges that you can share with your friends and the Fitocracy community to celebrate your achievements!
3. Carrot Fit
Price: SGD5.98
Download: iTunes
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
If you’re looking for some humour in your workout, Carrot is a bot that’s going to be the tough boot camp instructor you can’t get rid of. One of their signature workouts is called “7 Minutes In Hell” – we’ll leave you to figure out what that entails.
4. FitBit Coach
Price: Free, with subscription options and in-app purchases to unlock features
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Fitbit, Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
Based on data from your Fitbit or Apple Watch, the Fitbit Trainer is able to figure out your fitness level and recommend you personalised workouts (although you still could use the app without those devices). You can also feedback to the app on how you found recommended workouts, so its future recommendations would be better tailored.
Running
5. Strava Running and Cycling GPS
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
As the name of the app suggests, you can use it for either running or cycling. It tracks your route with GPS and gives you detailed information about the distance and terrain that you’ve just covered, including your pace, and approximately how much calories you would have burnt from your workout.
6. Zombies, Run!
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
For those of us who love an imaginative twist in our workout routines, this app literally transports you into a zombie apocalypse story. Each of your workouts are a continuing chapter of the story, where you have to run around escaping monsters or finding supplies for your base.
7. RunKeeper
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
After you’ve set your running goals, the Runkeeper app keeps you updated about the time and remaining distance via audio messages. It also allows you to challenge and compete with your friends on a leaderboard.
8. Charity Miles
Price: Free
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
If there’s anything better than keeping fit and healthy, it’s being able to do so while helping others at the same time. Charity Miles is an app that actually donates money to your selected charity as you run (it works for cycling too).
9. Map My Run
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
Map My Run doesn’t just map your route – it also provides you with a detailed breakdown and analysis of your run so you can really understand and compare your progress. The app also supports music and phone call integration within the app itself.
10. C25K
Price: Free, with in-app purchases
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
C25K actually stands for “Cough 2 5K”, and brands itself as a trainer to help couch potatoes become marathon runners. As its name suggests, its training plans range from those suitable for even uninitiated non-runners, to those meant to push the limits of even seasoned marathon runners.
Weightlifting
11. GymBook
Price: Free, with in-app purchases
Download: iTunes
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
Get inspired with the range of bodybuilding routines that the app suggests, or simply customise one that you’re comfortable with. Each set comes with a short animation to give you a visual demonstration of how they should be done, and which muscle groups it works out.
13. FitnessBuilder
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
Whether you need help devising workouts for your gym session, or you simply need an app to help you log an existing routine, FitnessBuilder is there to do both. The app will also report your progress as you track your workouts on it.
14. Stronglifts 5×5
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: iPad, iPod Touch
This app is probably best used by those who have at least some experience with weightlifting, and need a guided, intense workout to achieve their body goals. It features three 45 minute workouts every week, and helps you to pack on the muscles while also burning fat.
15. Workout Log
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
This is another simple-to-use app which you can use to record your workouts, so you know exactly what level you’re at and how you should be progressing. You can create custom routines so you don’t have to keep recalling steps too!
16. Jefit
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
This is another app that you might find more useful if you’re already familiar with the basics of weightlifting. Aside from the usual workout-tracking, Jefit also helps you design new workout routines depending on which muscle groups you’d like to work on.
5. Strong Workout Tracker Gym Log
Price: Free, with in-app purchases to unlock features
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
For the minimalist weightlifter, this app is a very simple, fuss-free option of keeping track of your weightlifting sessions. The app mainly concentrates on progressive barbell workouts, but it also features some cardio exercises so you don’t forget to work on that too.
Everyday regime
17. Argus
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
Almost everyone knows that exercise by itself isn’t the answer to a healthy lifestyle or a toned body – you need to complement that with lifestyle changes as well. Argus helps you track your heart rate, calorie intake, sleep quality, amongst other factors. You can also take pictures of your food or scan the barcode of food items to track its calories more easily.
18. Lose It!
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
Aside from tracking your calories, Lose It! has an inbuilt calculator within the app, where you can indicate your current statistics (height, weight, age, etc.) and also how much weight you are attempting to lose. It will then suggest a daily calorie intake goal that you should striving to hit.
19. MyFitnessPal
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
MyFitnessPal is able to sync with many other fitness apps to provide you with a more holistic view of your lifestyle. This Calorie Counter and Diet Tracker is able to reach into their database containing more than 5 million food items, so it makes it a lot easier for you to figure out how much calories you’re consuming everyday.
20. LifeSum
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
Aside from the app interface looking so gorgeous, Lifesum is a great calorie tracker and counter to help you stay on the path of reducing your calorie intake everyday.
Others
21. FitStar Yoga
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes
Compatible with: Fitbit, Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
Want to learn yoga but don’t really have the time for classes? FitStar Yoga is an app produced by Fitbit that helps you learn yoga straight from your phone. Lessons are conducted via HD videos and audio support, and your fitness level is constantly monitored so that your program will always be challenging enough for you.
22. 5 Minute Yoga
Price: Free, with in-app upgrade purchase
Download: iTunes / Google Play
Compatible with: iPad, iPod Touch
If you are really fighting for time and don’t even have time for a yoga session on your phone, this app strips down your workout to just one pose in 5 minutes. This is a great app for yoga beginners to start with!
23. Salute The Desk
Price: Free, with in-app subscription options
Download: iTunes
Compatible with: Apple Watch, iPad, iPod Touch
This one is for those who don’t even have 5 minutes to spare in their day! If you don’t have time to go to yoga, Salute The Desk brings yoga to you. These are yoga sessions you can do anywhere, whether it’s at your desk in the office, or in front of your vanity or computer unwinding for the night.
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