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We should be pursuing fitness activities not for the sake of pleasing the fitness app and hitting the numbers (nor to share the length of our run in Central Park) but because exercise makes us feel better, look better, and be better - Johnny Adamic
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The Dark Side of Your Fitbit And Fitness App
We don’t trust ourselves anymore. The act of exercise is no longer a mind-to-body experience but rather a mind-to-fitness-tracker-device-to-body phenomenon.
Instead of listening to our bodies—when we need a glass of water instead of food, need a nap instead of a coffee, or become suddenly hangry after processing the 42 grams of sugar from a Starbuck’s classic chai tea latte (inducing a severe attack of hypoglycemia)—we turn to our Fitbit, Garmin, Nike Fuel Band, Jawbone or one of the many other fitness trackers, or MyFitnessPal.
For the record, I’m not telling you to trash your Jawbone or delete your MyFitnessPal app. As a personal trainer, your use of a fitness tracker or…
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Charity Miles
Earn money for charity when you walk, run, or bike.
ClassPass
ClassPass is the leading membership to the world’s largest fitness network. With ClassPass, staying active has never been easier – or more fun. Search, find and book the fitness activities you want to try including yoga, cycling, Pilates, barre, running, strength training and beyond.
Connect
Tracking, analysis, sharing and encouragement on Garmin Connect.
Endomondo
With Endomondo on your phone, you can track your running, cycling and other sports. It's fun, it's social and it's motivating.
MapMyRun
The best mobile run tracking experience, backed by the world's largest digital health and fitness community.
Mindbody
Your connection to the world of fitness, wellness and beauty, the MINDBODY app makes it effortless to explore classes and services. Discover the flexibility, enjoy the freedom, and find what makes you unstoppable.
OpenFit
Work with a personal trainer who gets to know you and your goals – and can help you reach them – right at home!
RoadID
The all new Road ID App is a great tool for runners, cyclists, hikers, walkers and basically anyone not glued to their couch. With amazing features like eCrumb Tracking, a Stationary Alert, and a custom Lock Screen creator, the Road ID App is your perfect training partner. With the ability to track your workouts in real time, your friends and family can stay better connected whenever you head outdoors...delivering peace of mind like never before.
Seven
7 minutes a day for the next 7 months. Using nothing more than a chair, a wall, and your own body weight, you can accomplish a daily physical workout that will dramatically improve your well-being.
Strava
Strava lets you track your running and riding with GPS, join Challenges, share photos from your activities, and follow friends.
Twiik
With TwiikApp you can log all your workouts in your free workout journal. Use the web or the app. Follow programs, like other users workouts or create groups and challenge your friends. Join us today. It's free.
Zombies, Run
Run in the Real World. Become a Hero in Another. Only a few have survived the zombie epidemic. You are a Runner en-route to one of humanity’s last remaining outposts. They need your help to gather supplies, rescue survivors, and defend their home. And you have another mission — one they don’t know about...
Fit Radio
Instead of a single song, you will get an entire mix that is professionally designed to keep you motivated. We select only the most upbeat tracks and have the ability to manipulate music, so kiss those long, lagging intros and outros goodbye and get moving!
Fitbit Coach
Get fit anytime, anywhere, with Fitbit Coach—the personalized training app that gives you access to unlimited adaptive video workouts and audio coaching.
Fitbod
When you hit the gym, Fitbod guides you through exercise, sets, reps and weight, so you can focus on putting in the work that counts.
Fitocracy
Free daily workout tracker and fitness community with 800+ exercises for strength, sports, weight loss, and motivation.
Fitplan
Follow the exact workout routines used by the world's best trainers.
Google Fit
Set fitness goals. Monitor your progress. Get to a healthier you.
MapMyFITNESS
iMapMy (powered by MapMyFitness is a location-based application that uses the built in GPS technology on your iPhone to allow runners, cyclists, (or any outdoor fitness activity) to track their daily training data.
MyFitnessPal
We believe — and medical studies prove — that the best way to lose weight and keep it off is to simply keep track of the foods you eat. Gimmicky machines and fad diets don't work, so we designed a free website and mobile apps that make calorie counting and food tracking easy.
Wahoo Fitness
We are iPhone-Powered Fitness. Wahoo Fitness harnesses the power of your iPhone to transform the way you ride, run and reach your fitness goals.
Get the cold, hard data about your life with these tracking apps
Counting steps is just the beginning.
Protecting your privacy if you use a route mapping app
There are plenty of smartphone apps that can help map your movements as you are driving, cycling, running or just out for a good walk. Many of these apps encourage you to share your route publicly on websites or with friends on social media.
The Fitness-Data Revolution Is Just Getting Started
Companies want to turn all those numbers about consumers into more personalized—and fun—workouts.
'A Twisted Comparison Game': How Fitness Apps Exacerbate Eating Disorders
Apps like step trackers and calorie counters are meant to help users stay healthy. But for those who suffer from eating disorders, these technologies are ripe for misuse.
Can health apps motivate people to exercise more?
In a digital age of mobile phones, companies are using adults’ favorite devices to help motivate them to become active. It is an uphill and urgent battle: More than a quarter of adults worldwide are not getting enough exercise. As a result, thousands of fitness apps are available in Apple’s App Store, ranging from run trackers through dieting and specific workouts to meditating. The most popular is Fitbit.
Fiit, The 'Netflix Of Fitness' App That's Set To Revolutionize Your Workout Launches In UK
Dubbed by some as “the Netflix of fitness”, Fiit gives you access to on-demand fitness classes led by high profile fitness experts all from a mobile device that either streams to a TV or can be used on the move while out and about.
How a fitness app helped me get strong — and lose 20 pounds along the way
Buying apps related to an activity can often serve as a substitute for actually doing that activity. I've spent more time reading reviews of meditation apps, for example, than I've actually meditated. I buy grocery list apps as a substitute for ever actually going to the grocery store. I buy cookbook apps and then strenuously avoid cooking. For most of my smartphone-owning life, fitness apps have been no exception. There's almost always a good reason not to go to the gym, and simply installing a fitness app on your phone can comfort me, however falsely, that I am at heart an athlete.
How to Manage Your Privacy on Fitness Apps
THINK OF YOUR fitness tracker like a personal trainer—one that happens to live on your smartphone. There are things you want it to do, like monitor your heart rate, your pace, the time it took for you to complete your last sprint, and whether your sprints are getting faster over time. And then there are things you don't particularly want it to do, like stalk your every move and follow you home at night. With fitness apps that hoover up more and more data, it can be hard to split the difference. Consider Strava.
I’m A Fitness App Addict, But I Know They Sabotage My Workouts
Though mobile fitness apps can provide inspiration to get out the door, experts say they can be unhealthy and dangerous.
Strava Fitness App Can Reveal Military Sites, Analysts Say
A fitness app that posts a map of its users’ activity has unwittingly revealed the locations and habits of military bases and personnel, including those of American forces in Iraq and Syria, security analysts say.
Strava Storm: Why Everyone Should Check Their Smart Gear Security Settings before Going for a Jog
A fitness-tracking app’s ability to reveal supposedly clandestine locations is a reality check for people lax about protecting their security and privacy.
The age of indie fitness apps is over
What do Endomondo, MyFitnessPal, MapMyFitness, Runtastic, FitStar, and RunKeeper all have in common? Aside from all being smartphone apps that track your health and activity, all of these apps have been acquired by bigger companies — bigger brands — over the past couple of years, the latest being RunKeeper...
The MyFitnessPal Hack May Affect 150 Million People. It Could’ve Been Even Worse
While it’s not as big of a target as the health care industry—stolen health credentials can go for 10 or 20 times the value of a stolen credit card on the black market, for example—apps like MyFitnessPal still store a large amount of detailed, personal information that can be used to profile and track an individual.
Why Apps Might Be Just as Good as Wearables for Tracking Steps
Can’t afford a $300 tracking device to record your steps? Turns out you might not need to shell out the big bucks just to hit your daily goal of 10,000 paces per day. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that smartphone apps could be just as accurate as wearable devices, and comparable to pedometers and accelerometers, when it comes to tallying your strides.
The Dark Side of Your Fitbit And Fitness App
Tracking steps and inputting calories into your smart phone drown out the conversation we should be having with our bodies.
Top 12 Health And Fitness Apps To Get You To Your Goals
Are you running the same route, eating the same grilled chicken and veggies for dinner, or listening to the same playlists over and over? Anyone can fall into a rut, but it’s time to push past the monotony and re-energize your habits. Choose among these 12 apps to find inspiration and ideas to eat, exercise and, yes, sleep better every day.
5 Addictively Motivating Fitness Apps
From 7-Minute Workouts to downward facing dogs, these iPhone and Android apps will get you off your keister.
8 great fitness apps for socially distant gym-goers
Working out at home is the only option. These apps make it a little better.
9 fitness apps that eliminate every single workout excuse
I’m too busy. I’m not a morning person. I’m travelling. When it comes to excuses to skip the gym, we’re full of them. But whether it’s not having time, not knowing what exercise to do or simply not being able to find the motivation to exercise: there’s an app for that.
The Best Fitness Apps
Whether you're looking to slim down, bulk up, run farther, bike faster, swim better, keep a new year's resolution, or just get healthier, these apps can help you meet your fitness goals.
Aaptiv
In 2015, Ethan Agarwal was trying to stay fit during his business travels. It wasn’t easy—he found it difficult to stay motivated during runs. He wanted an audio-based guide that would be with him every step of the way. Not finding a product that suited his needs, Ethan started Aaptiv. Today, Aaptiv is the top audio-based fitness app on the Apple App Store, and the fastest-growing mobile fitness product on the market.
Athos
The world’s first smart training apparel that equips you with real-time insights on muscle intensity, heart rate and performance.
Bluefin Software
Bluefin Software is powered by a husband and wife duo, Alex and Tanya Stankovic. Together, we develop apps for mobile devices. Our apps are more than just beautiful at their core, they're designed around the fitness experiences of real people and supported by the latest knowledge in health and fitness, software design, and technology.
Boot Camp Challenge
Whether you're a first time exerciser or an extreme fitness enthusiast looking for a challenge, BCC has the right program for you.
C25K
C25K® is the easiest program to get beginners from couch potatoes to 5K distance runners in 8 weeks. Over 5 million people did it! Tailored for first time runners.
Calorie Counter - MyFitnessPal
Lose weight with MyFitnessPal, the fastest and easiest to use calorie counter for Android. With the largest food database of any Android calorie counter (over 3,000,000 foods), and amazingly fast food and exercise entry, we’ll help you take those extra pounds off! There is no better diet app — period.
CARROT Fit
Make getting fit suck so much less with CARROT's hilarious 7 Minutes in Hell workout.
Coach’s Eye
Coach’s Eye is hand-crafted by a small team, passionate about helping coaches and athletes take their game to the next level. We work everyday to make Coach's Eye your favorite coaching tool.
DailyYoga
Daily Yoga inspires yogis worldwide with the largest yoga pose base. Enables you to practice yoga on all mobile devices and multiplatforms.
Decathlon Coach
Do you have a goal? We have a plan! Thanks to the free DECATHLON COACH mobile application, let yourself be guided by the vocal coach and measure your activity. Then find the details of your sessions and be proud of your progress!
Headspace
Headspace is your very own personal trainer, here to help you train your mind. You can even fit us in your pocket with our FREE app.
Health
The new Health app gives you an easy‑to‑read dashboard of your health and fitness data. And we’ve created a new tool for developers called HealthKit, which allows all the incredible health and fitness apps to work together, and work harder, for you. It just might be the beginning of a health revolution.
iRideInside
Innovative fitness Apps for mobile devices.
Lose It
Forget about past diet failures, the road to weight loss success starts here. Lose It! helps you make the small, manageable changes that lead to big results.
Nike Training Club
Over 100 full body workouts inspired by top Nike athletes and designed by NTC Master Trainers, N+TC will help you track progress, stay motivated and train better. Welcome to the Club
Nike+ Run Club
Get the Nike+ Run Club app and Choose Go every week with Just Do It. Sunday, Audio Guided Runs, challenges and weekly achievements.
SuperBetter
SuperBetter helps you achieve your health goals – or recover from an illness or injury – by increasing your personal resilience. Resilience means staying curious, optimistic and motivated even in the face of the toughest challenges.
Sworkit
Sworkit is the app for working out anywhere. Simply choose what part of your body to focus on and how long you have. Sworkit will create a custom circuit training workout using just your bodyweight.
TrainingPeaks
The on-the-go companion for triathletes, cyclists and and runners who are serious about achieving their goals. The free TrainingPeaks mobile app syncs with your TrainingPeaks.com account to provide a complete web, mobile and desktop solution for tracking, analyzing and planning your training.
TriAlly
TriAlly is a free app available on the App Store that lets you calculate finish times, find new worksouts, discover triathlons near you, keep up on the latest triathlon news, and help you prepare for your next big race!
Virtuagym
Virtuagym is the all-in-one software solution for health clubs and fitness professionals, with tools and integrated mobile apps for client coaching, membership management, scheduling and more.
Wakeout
Fear daytime sleepiness no more. Wakeouts are fun and healthy movements that energize, destress, and relaxes you in less than 3 minutes. Keep it at the ready on your homescreen for whenever drowsiness strikes.
Workout Trainer
Get in the best shape of your life with thousands of free workouts and premium workout programs that help you achieve your fitness goals. Workout Trainer is a TOP app on Android -- download it now!
Zwift
The at home training game connecting cyclists around the world.
1 Minute Desk Workout
1 minute of exercises while sitting at your desk. Get a reminder every hour during office hours. Release tension while sitting at your desk, or if you are in a meeting.
30 Day Fitness Challenge Pro
7 minute home workout exercise.
7 Minute Fitness Challenge
7 Minute Fitness Challenge is an app designed with your busy life in mind. Backed by actual research, the app can transform your body for a mere 7 minutes a day.
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Your Path to Meaningful Connections in the World of Health and Medicine
Connect, Collaborate, and Engage!
Coming Soon - Stitches, the innovative chat app from the creators of HWN. Join meaningful conversations on health and medical topics. Share text, images, and videos seamlessly. Connect directly within HWN's topic pages and articles.