Today’s frenetic pace of life makes it difficult for some people to maintain the physical activity they would like at all times to stay in shape. Luckily, nowadays you can find a wide variety of applications for mobile devices that work as personal trainers and that they manage to get the most out of each of us.
These applications have been developed by fitness professionals, as well as those in the field of medicine and nutrition, and with their help anyone will be able to get in shape in a short period of time.
The 10 most downloaded apps to get in shape
Below we present a selection of the best 11 apps to get in shape and exercise in which we briefly highlight the main characteristics of each of them.
1. INDYA
INDYA is a complete sports nutrition application with which you can obtain personalized monitoring from professional nutritionists, with training adapted to your needs and nutritional plans based on scientific evidence.
With this application you will get a wide variety of services, such as the ability to chat with professionals at any time, make video consultations, monthly reviews from nutritionists, and intelligent changes to workouts or recipes.
Indya also offers all kinds of resources and advice to improve sports nutrition, as well as pregnancy progression and goal achievement markers.
2.Seven
Seven is an app designed to train for seven minutes a day Its main feature is its video game format, with example videos of each exercise where the trainers are animated characters
This app has 12 different exercises, 200 in the premium version, and allows connectivity with other users with whom you can compete and compare performance in each of the exercise modalities.
3. Freeletics Bodyweight
This app also offers personalized workout plans to get fit, based on the user’s fitness level and goals. Freeletics Bodyweight is available for iOS and Android and also has a paid version that offers weekly instructions and more than 900 exercise modalities.
Besides that, The premium version also has explanatory videos for each exercise and access to other applications, such as Freeletics Nutricion, which offers information on healthy eating.
4. Sworkit
Sworkit is a personal trainer that allows you to practice personalized training based on the time we want to dedicate to it, the intensity, the part of the body we want to work on and the type of training, whether aerobic, strength or stretching.
All Sworkit exercises are designed by professionals and are easy to learn. The app has a 7-day trial period for the user to decide if they want to subscribe or not.
5.8fit
8fit is an application available for iOS and Android that offers training sessions combined with healthy eating programs, in the paid version. Each session lasts no more than 20 minutes and most of them are high intensity.
With the Premium version you can access hundreds of training modalities as well as nutritious recipes and meal plans. In addition to that, the app offers a personal assistance service from professional trainers.
6. Runtastic
Runtastic works as a personal fitness trainer available for iOS and Android which offers personalized exercise plans for each user based on their characteristics.
In the free version the app offers 7 exercise modalities, while in the paid version you can access up to 26 exercises, training tables and 180 educational videos in which each of the routines is explained.
7. Activity Tracker
Activity Tracker is a step counter with which the user can adjust their weight and height to receive a more accurate estimate of kilocalories lost during the day.
This app can be downloaded for free for iOS and Android, it does not need to be activated with GPS and uses little battery, which makes it a very useful tool for getting in shape and losing weight.
8. Keep
Keep is an Android application that has more than 400 exercises to get in shape In each of them, the person’s training level can be adjusted and gradually increased until the results are noticed.
Each exercise also has explanatory videos with which anyone will immediately learn how to do them.
9. Home Exercises
An ideal app for those people who cannot leave their home or prefer to get in shape from home Homemade Exercises offers explanatory videos and previous warm-up exercises.
Likewise, this application is available for Android and iOS, and allows you to create personalized exercise plans, as well as training reminders during the week.
10. Fitbit Coach
Fitbit Coach is a personal trainer available for iOS and Android, as well as mobile phones and tablets.
This app offers a wide variety of exercises that can range from 7 minutes to an hour and with different levels of intensity so that you find your ideal point and can advance with a firm step.