When the user enters current weight, lifestyle and period of time they want to achieve their goals in, MyFitnessPal works out how many calories can be consumed to achieve said goal.
Unless every movement made, food eaten and drink consumed is logged, the recommendations for how much and what kind of food should be eaten will be off.
You can post updates on progress and have other people comment on it, encouraging to keep working out. You can ask questions and a community of more than 1 million users will be there to answer.
Earn points, unlock achievements, take on challenges and quests and level up. Seeing progress, getting rewarded for activities and reaching a set threshold feels nice and helps in continuing to be motivated. Especially when just starting out.
There's even a leaderboard so you can compare your progress to your friends.
Zombies, Run! uses a creative story line to help motivate the jogger. A mission is given, which the runner must complete while collecting supplies and running from zombies.
Unless you a heart rate monitor is used with this app (requires Premium), the burned calorie estimate is way off and based purely on weight, gender, duration of activity and speed (based on GPS tracking).
It has hundreds of workouts in strength, cardio and combined categories with each category having multiple difficulty levels. A 15, 30 or 45 minute workout can be chosen.
The completed workout's map is saved along with all of the data collected about the workout. Because of this feature, users can easily track their improvement and accurately set goals.
The audio coach provides updates at each checkpoint. The trainer is capable of telling the user total duration, pace, speed, calories burned, calories burned, and heart rate (if wearing a monitor).
Measures distance, speed, pace, steps, HR, calories, elevation gain/loss. Easy interface, user friendly - wins in comparison with Strava, RunKeeper, and UA. Works great with AppleWatch.
Runtastic is capable of informing users of their pace, distance traveled, heart rate, and altitude, along with a detailed map that is saved into "history".
This app encourages users to utilize their interval training feature. This feature is easy to use because it is integrated with their voice coach who well notify the runner when the next interval is arriving.
The user chooses their goals, amount of time they plan to exercise, available equipment and more. PumpUp then builds the customized workouts, including providing video demonstrations.
PumpUp is like Instagram for fitness, which results in an endless feed of often athletic bodies. For those who harm their self-esteem by comparing themselves to others, this app may not be ideal.
C25K increases the difficulty at a pace that is challenging without being overwhelming, great for someone new to running or who hasn't been active for awhile
Plenty of users have reported amazing success with this app, having no issue adhering to the program and achieving the desired results of running 5k in 8 weeks.
You do not need to get the subscriptions for all three coaches (bodyweight, running and gym) separately. Only one subscription allows for access to all of them.
The Freeletics feed is the gathering of a free athlete community. This is very important in terms of motivating others, as they get motivation from the community for their workouts.
The different training systems complement each other well and variety is key to keeping up your routine. Define your goals if it is lose weight, gain muscle or improve general fitness.
Beginning with the app the first step is to decide whether the user would like to lose weight, gain muscle or focus on general fitness. It is helpful for the different perspectives of different users.