REST DAY - APPS

APPS

Here are some great apps that can help and support you through your work outs and training.
Iv used these myself and are handy to have on your phone as a tool to help your progress

Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO – GPS Track Running Cycling Walking & More

By Endomondo.com

Description

Make fitness fun with this personal trainer and social fitness partner. Endomondo is ideal for running, cycling, walking and any other distance-based activity. Join more than 13 million users and start freeing your endorphins!

PRO features:
- Graphs: View graphs with your lap times, heart rate, speed and altitude throughout the workout
- Interval programs: Choose from 3 programs or create your own with time & distance intervals
- Beat yourself: Set a previous workout as your goal and the audio coach will help you perform better this time
- Low Power Mode: Increase the battery standby time by using this feature for long workouts
- Pedometer: Use the step counter feature to track workouts when you don't have GPS coverage, e.g., indoor (NEW)
- Customized Audio Coach: Customize how often you get audio feedback and what information is read aloud to you (NEW)
- Time goal: Choose a duration for your workout and the audio coach will help you reach the time goal
- Calorie goal: Set a calorie goal for your workout and the audio coach will guide you

Free features:
- Track any outdoor sport including duration, distance, speed and calories
- Get audio feedback for every mile or km while exercising
- Enter a workout manually, e.g., a treadmill run, spinning or weight training
- Check out the newsfeed with recent workouts and other activities done by your friends
- Send peptalks to your friends in real-time from the newsfeed (you write a message that is played aloud to them a few seconds later) and comment on their workouts
- Track your heart rate (works with ANT+ heart rate monitors and requires a Fisica Sensor Key, more info at store.endomondo.com)
- Set a distance goal and have the audio coach speak to that as your target
- Study routes nearby and use the map to navigate your way around
- View history of workouts and study routes and split times per km or mile
- Race against a friend's time and have the audio coach help you perform better
- Compete on a specific route nearby and race against the route champion
- Set the app to pause automatically when you are not moving
- Enable countdown (customizable)
- Customize the main screen to show the information that you find most valuable
- Share workouts on Facebook timeline 

- Use Facebook and/or phone book to hook up with friends on Endomondo

Fitness Buddy : 1700+ Exercise Workout Journal

By Azumio Inc.

- Multi-tasking! 
- 700+ more exercises, including more machines and stretches 
- Now with 1000+ HD videos 
- Completely new exercise image library, 4000+ images/animations simply because we value our users so much we retook the entire library. Now the quality is even better 
- Completely new workout creator (it's now much easier to add exercises and rearrange/reorder) and also filtering capability 
- Add to workouts from exercise image library as well 
- Blood Pressure tracking now available (graphs, target range etc.) 
- Export in CVS/HTML your workout history 
- Add log exercise history to easily reference past workout of a particular exercise 
- Add log now retains value after adding a log for easier data entry 
- Load last set button in add log to make data entry even easier on a fresh start of a workout
- Exercise image view now has a bigger view 
- Minor bug fixes and UI improvements 

Nike+ Running

By Nike, Inc.

Description

The most popular running app on iTunes just got even more motivating. Now you can add friends and see how you stack up. Keep tabs on who's logging the most runs and miles, then get out there and beat them. 

• From the trail to the treadmill, your iPhone's GPS and accelerometer accurately record your distance, pace, and time. In-run audio feedback lets you know these metrics at every mile, so you can stay focused on your run.

• No sensor or additional products needed, just grab your phone and go.

• Get in-ear cheers from your friends on Facebook and Path when you broadcast that you’ve started a run. Tag the Facebook friends who you ran with and share a map of your route with friends and family.

• Have a song that gets you pumped? Set up PowerSongs to give yourself a boost with the tap of a button.

• Syncing your run to the Nikeplus.com website allows you to view your maps on a larger Screen, Set a new goal, and find Nike+ Top Routes in your area. Check it out.

• Localized app language support in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.

• Some features such as Share Run and Cheer Me On require users to be connected to a wireless network for full functionality. Note that iPod touch does not support GPS functionality. Also, please note that continued use of GPS running in the background could dramatically decrease battery life.

 

"I don't believe in calorie counting but this does help keep and eye on things if you need it" 

LIVESTRONG.COM - Calorie Tracker - Your Diet and Fitness Calorie Counter for Better Health

By LIVESTRONG.COM

Description

Calorie Tracker - Diet and Fitness Tracker.

Join over 4 million members who have lost weight using LIVESTRONG.COM's MyPlate calorie counter application.

The LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie Tracker can help you reach your diet, weight loss and fitness goals by tracking your daily calories and exercise. Lose weight easily by setting your weight goals and track your calories and progress with our comprehensive online food journal containing over 1 Million food and fitness items. Tracking works. You will lose weight like millions of other members. 

The Calorie Tracker tracks your daily caloric, fat, carbohydrate and protein intake with the click of a button. You will have access to MyPlate at LIVESTRONG.COM, which offers a comprehensive nutrition database of more than 1.3 million food and restaurant items. Most major competitors only have 7,000 items in their database.

You can also find and track the amount of calories you can burn in our database of exercises and activities. Caloric burn is calculated based personally on your measurements.  Whether you want to lose, maintain or gain weight, the LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie Tracker will help you achieve your diet and nutritional goals.

This application is a companion tool for members of MyPlate at LIVESTRONG.COM. There is also a free service online. www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate

Additional online features include support groups, forums on a variety of topics and expert Q&A.


• The largest database of food and restaurant items


• Personalized daily calorie intake based on your goals


• Weight tracking with easy to read progress chart


• Motivational community that will inspire you to stick with your goals


• Water tracking to help you ensure you are staying hydrated


• Daily reminders to keep you on track to hitting your weight goal


• Full support for use on iPhone and iPad


• Track anywhere and anytime and sync to the website when you’re online. Log your food and fitness from your computer or your phone.