The beginning of the year is always a popular time to start a healthier lifestyle. Gym memberships increase, diets are tried and many pounds are shed. There are many IPhone APPS available that can help motivate, inspire and keep you on track.
Try these top IPhone APPS to help you track calories and nutrition, track workouts, keep you motivated, relaxed, and reach your fitness goals. The best part - they are all free!
101 Revolutionary Ways to be Healthy. This inspiring app offers quick daily inspiration you can read on the go. A simple tap on the quote offers a little more inspiration and a link to “learn more”. Shake your phone for random tips and inspirations.
Fooducate. The website boasts, “Apple chose Fooducate as Best APP of 2011 Health & Fitness Category”. This APP does all of your nutrition work for you. Simply scan a food product’s barcode and Fooducate will give you the nutrition highlights (the good and the bad). The APP will grade your product and offer healthier alternatives.
My Fitness Pal. This APP can be used for calorie counting, tracking your workouts and tracking your weight loss progress. With over 1.1 million foods in their database, this APP remembers frequently used foods, allows you to save entire meals and enter multiple items at once. The exercise database has over 350 exercises loaded with the option to customize your workouts. This APP also offers a free barcode scanner to easily enter foods. Also features options to connect with friends, customize your goals and track your progress.
Daily Burn Tracker. This APP offers personalized fitness with an easy to use interface and an online account for more features. Track you nutrition with DB Tracker’s nutrition database boasting over 500,000 foods. It has your favorite restaurant meals, prepared meals and more. Upgrade the APP for a feature that takes a snap shot of your plate to estimate your calories. Track your exercise and calories burned within the APP with hundreds of workouts to choose from or the option to customize your workouts. Track your weight loss over time and much more.
Nike Training Club. This APP is like getting your own personal trainer anywhere you go. You can customize your workout and get rewards which include workouts with celebrity fitness instructors and recipes. Set you goals and fitness levels and choose your workouts. You can also set your workouts to your own playlists. Workout anywhere with this handy fitness APP.
BMI Calculator. This is an easy and fun little APP that can be used to quickly calculate your BMI (Body Mass Index). Once you add your height and weight, the APP will calculate your BMI and let you know if you’re in the Normal range (or not).
Daily Yoga FREE. This is a great APP for the yoga beginner or for someone who has not practiced yoga in some time. You can choose your yoga routine from 20, 40 or 60 minutes. Video instruction walks you through each pose. This is a great APP to get the basics of the poses down before joining a more formal class.
Guided Meditation & Deep Relaxation Audio (by the Silva Method). This APP offers a guided meditation tool that you can have with you wherever you go. The instructor guides you to a relaxed state of mind and all you need to do is find a quiet space and a comfortable position. There is a gentle thudding sound during the meditations heard in the background, which is said to stimulate the Alpha level frequency to help get you to the perfect relaxed state. Meditation and relaxation are great additions to a healthy lifestyle.
Lucia Jenkins - Lucia is lifelong student, writer and bookworm. She has worked in the IT Industry for over 15 years, specializing in Process Improvement, ...
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