New year, new resolutions. The beginning of the year is, without a doubt, a starting point for the launch the list of new habits we have planned in recent months from the previous year. Among them, definitely getting in shape, losing a few pounds or simply leading a healthier life is one of them. That’s why we want to recommend a list of apps that will, without a doubt, make it easier to quantify these purposes.
As usual, although many of them are cross-platform, our list of apps is focused on users of the iOS ecosystem and, above all, those who use Apple Watch, especially for possibility of quantifying and measuring health what it includes.
An app that we recommend for each of the epicenters of well-being, from training in the gym, to monitoring nutrition or simply measuring and analyzing your training and rest so that everything goes perfectly in the first few days. Very simple app and with its main features completely free, valid for all ages and physical conditions.
The best apps to get fit
- Fitness+: undoubtedly the best app to start moving forward. It’s built into the Apple Watch and iPhone. It has a free trial period and includes hundreds of targeted workouts suitable for all levels. You can train both at home and in the gym, with or without equipment. If you have to start somewhere, let it be by trying Fitness+.
- Atlitic: It is the best app to accompany the Apple Watch. It analyzes your workouts and gives you practical and useful information on breaks and general body condition. It’s able to measure not only training load levels, but also how we evolve with each session or even if we’ve gone too far and it’s time to rest. The basic functionality i.e. recovery is completely free, but if you want advanced stats you will have to sign up. It’s worth it, really. You can read our analysis and take a look at its possibilities.
- Car towing: Although the Apple Watch already has its own sleep measurement system, Autosleep is for those who want to go further in terms of statistics. It’s simple, with a single payment and with all the features, without the need to subscribe to any service. All data remains on the device and fully respects your privacy.
- Waterblade: a very simple app to keep our hydration updated. It allows you to make drinking water a simple game. It is very well designed, free in its basic features, and undoubtedly addictive. Also, this year it won the App Store award. A great app to get started.
- HiCoffee: Similar to Waterllama, but focused on tracking caffeine consumption, whether through drinks or pills. If you exercise and use caffeine, this app allows you to analyze its metabolism and show you potential blood levels before bedtime, track consumption, etc. It also includes the caffeine values of the most popular beverages and coffee shops from almost all over the world, including any Starbucks beverage, coffee capsule or energy drink. It’s brilliantly designed.
- Bodybuilder: A perfect app for anyone who lifts weights at the gym. It offers you the possibility to record all the firsts, access training plans to get ideas from and learn how to perform new exercises. In the latter feature, it also makes use of a kind of augmented reality to show precisely how the movement is performed and which muscle groups benefit from it. It’s very good, yes, but it works only on subscription.
With these apps to get in shape you will have to start and control each of the essential aspects when it comes to leading a healthy life. And you will have data, hundreds of data to make the best decisions during training, for example.
