Top Smartphone Health & Fitness Apps
Workouts are always better with a workout buddy. Someone who can give us health tips and chip in a little encouragement in out fitness regime. Guess who’s your new workout buddy? Your Smartphone! With the development and availability of health and fitness apps growing day by day, the industry expects the number of applications to increase fourfold in the next four years. According to http://www.research2guidance.com, more than 40,000 health apps currently exist and their market is expected to shoot up from $718 million in 2011 to $1.3 million in 2012.
Here are the top 3 applications each for workout, diet and rest:
Workout:
1.RunKeeper: One of the earliest tracking applications, this app uses the GPS in your smartphone to keep track of your running progress. Details like pace, distance and lap time are provided in real time.
2.All-InYoga: This is a popular yoga application complete with 300 yoga poses with photo, video and audio guidelines. It is an ideal app for yoga lovers who want to workout in the comfort of their homes.
3.Jefit: If you’re into pumping iron, this app is not to be missed. This app is designed by real bodybuilders and allows you to build your own workout routines using more than 500 exercises.
Diet:
1.Dailyburn: This exercise tracking app also doubles as a nutrition log. This app keeps track on what you eat by calculating how much sugar, carbs, proteins, etc. you are consuming.
2.MyFitnessPal: This app keeps track of your caloric intake with a database of 1 million items which is also available offline. This app has a QR code and also remembers your favourite meals.
3.Smoothie Selector: With over 100 smoothie recipes to choose from, each recipe featured in this app has a fitness goal ranging from muscle gain to weight loss.
Rest:
1.SleepCycle: Hit the hay with this bio-alarm clock which uses your phone’s accelerometer to measure your sleep quality. keep your phone under your pillow and you’re all set for a good night’s sleep.
2.SleepBug: This app helps you fall into a deep slumber with the aid of ambient sounds and music so that you are well rested for the next day’s activities.
3.Deep Sleep with Andrew Jhonson: This app helps users to enter a natural deep sleep with guided instructions about meditation, relaxation and breathing techniques.
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