We often make sure to exercise but seldom do we track our progress. Fitness tracking is an important part of a workout regime. It allows you to follow your progress over a period of time based on which you can alter your exercise routine so that you get the best results. Although there are several apps available on Play Store, Sunday POST presents a few that you could look at.
Google Fit
It’s one of the best fitness apps and comes free. It can do a lot of things. This app allows users to track their fitness using a point system as well as active minutes. The app also has useful features like fitness goal tracking and customised tips. Moreover, this app can also be easily integrated with other apps.
Sworkit
Most people avoid exercising because of a busy schedule and lack of time. This app offers customised programmes that allow users to fit a solid, targeted workout into whatever time they can find, be it a trainer-recommended 30 minutes or a few minutes between two television shows. Users can choose the kind of routine they prefer —strength, stretching, cardio or yoga — and enter the number of minutes and the app generates a video-guided, precision-timed workout that will help users trim fat, pack on muscle or just loosen up.
Asana Rebel
Although it is widely agreed that yoga provides many benefits, many peopleshy away from giving ita try mainly because they are confused about the right asanas. This app’s yoga-inspired fitness routine takes a different approach, combining traditional practices with exercises. Users can choose fromcategories like strength, fat burn or flexibility to match their mood and energy level and then go ahead with the yoga workout.
Fitbod
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI), this app handles the heavy lifting of workout planning so that users can focus on the routine. The app learns from the user’s past workouts to develop a personalised plan based on goals, preferences, struggles and available gym equipment. Then, when the user goes to the gym, it guides him step-by-step through each exercise (reflecting his weight, reps and sets) and even adjusts the workout according to muscles the user wants to target and his recovery state.
Sleep Cycle
Yes, sleeping is also an exercise and one needs solid sleep for recovering from workouts. This app uses your phone’s accelerometer to monitor and record your movement and quality of sleep. When morning approaches, it uses sleep cycle theory to wake you up during light sleep (within a user-defined window of time) instead of deep sleep, so you feel refreshed and ready to tackle the day — and workout — ahead.
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