Fitness Apps

Top 4 Motivating Fitness Apps for Runners

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Fitness Apps for Runners

Are you running to lose weight? Running to get outside of your own head? Do you run because it’s your favorite form of cardio? Or do you just love being outdoors and running is your escape?

Whatever your reasons and motivations, we’ve put together 4 great fitness apps created especially for runners. We’ve got apps that will help you find new routes, track your progress, and even one for beginners who are now retired couch potatoes.

      1. Nike + Run Club and Nike+ Training Club

Nike+ Run Club is an innovative running partner. Besides its features like indoor or outdoor tracking and distance coverage, it has a coaching program based on your goals.

Apart from tracking your progress, it has a shoe tracker so you can tag the shoes you used for each workout. You’ll know how much mileage your shoes can take before you wear them out!

Download the Nike+ Training Club app and get more than 100 workouts that come with instructional audio and video clips.

      1. Fitbit

Even if you do not have the actual wearable tracker, you can download the Fitbit app and turn on MobileTrack. This feature lets you count all the steps that you have made, the distance you have covered as well as calories burned.

And the New Adventures feature is just one more thing to really get you motivated. It uses my steps progress to show you how far you could have traveled on famous trails, giving you an idea on how you would fair running along iconic landmarks!

      1. C25K

This is a great app for beginners.

And speaking of couch potatoes, the C25K app used to be called just that – Couch Potato. The name was fitting because it was designed for people who don’t run. Alternating between running and walking, the app will help you build strength. Through its 8-week plan which calls for 30-minute workouts per week, you’ll be a runner before you know it. The goal is to take you from your couch to finishing 5k. C25K = Couch to 5k. Get it?

      1. MapMyRun

Like Fitbit and Nike+Run app, MapMyRun also has track features like speed and distance. Best of all, this app is not exclusive to runners; you can use MapMyRun to search for biking paths or even places to walk your dog.

What we love about this app is that it has a unique feature called “Find a route” where the app suggests a new running course for you based on your location. A change of scenery is always inspiring.

All these apps are available on Android and IOS. With so many competing brands making health and fitness fun and interactive through technology, it’s intriguing to find out what they’ll come up with next.

Are you a runner who has a favorite running app? We’d love to hear about it.

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New Fitness Apps for Health + Longevity

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With the technology available to us these days, it’s no wonder that everyone loves to have apps for fitness. As we spend more time trapped in the cubicle and making sure our obligations are taken care of, the need for training and fitness apps has exploded. There’s nothing quite like listening to some tunes while you get a little cardio, burn previously acquired calories, and track your progress. When users were surveyed they reported that not having much time was their main hurdle, and apps that quickly got them to their daily goal were what they really wanted. We’ve picked three fitness apps that will keep you on top of your game no matter how full your platter is, and leave you looking healthy, lean, and ready to conquer whatever comes across your path.

Nike Training Club:

This totally free app has over 90 custom tailored workouts, and does not cost anything to install. Once you pick what workout is right for you, (Get lean, get toned, get strong, or get focused), you can also choose the longer 45 minute regimen or a workout from a pro like Maria Sharapova. The app is available for the iPhone and Android from Google Play, and a stellar option for click through workouts. This is one of the core apps that opens the door to you looking, feeling, and dealing with everyday life better; and the branding behind it is top notch.

Gain Fitness:

In the vast world of those who really want to improve in their fitness, this app is one of the truly customized that cuts to the chase and gets you shedding pounds and looking better. You just start with your ultimate goal, how much fat loss you want to achieve, and plug in where your location is, be it the gym or just where you live. There are great HD videos and as the trainer’s voice explains each unique exercise, which really gets you as close as possible to a real trainer. The application keeps track of your important performance history and just how many calories you have burned overall. Users really rank high the endless combinations and push notifications, citing this app as one that really feels like what a trainer would put them through.

Pocket Yoga:

The ancient art of stretching and breathing is so beneficial, some claim it changed their lives forever. Logging your exercises and taking notes of your progression are key elements of this app, a great one to partake in as yoga gets more and more popular by the day. Sun salutations, ultimate relaxation, and peace come at a price, but also leave you lean, mean, and looking fantastic. Within this app are three different difficulties, practices, and a stellar feature that tracks your future possibilities. Don’t you want to know how great you can look in the near future with some hard work? These days being on a mat in a new yoga venue is the coolest way to get limber, and more and more people will be following suit in the near future. Pilates and intense poses are sweeping the nation, and this app will educate all its Android users on how they can better themselves with yoga.

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