Yesterday we reviewed a few useful apps to help us fulfill our New Year's resolutions And we already left you a few suggestions, but today we are going to delve deeper into the issue and we are going to do a much more complete review of those specifically dedicated to making the keep fit and lead a healthier life.
Fitness apps to get (and keep fit) at home
Logically, when it comes to going for a run, riding a bike or swimming, there are other devices that will be much more useful, but with apps for exercising at home we are grateful for a large screen, because one of the features that usually include and that will be most useful to us are the video tutorials.
They are apps that can be quite useful for those who do sports more frequently (to find new types of exercises and introduce a bit of variety in our routines, for example), but they are especially interesting for those who dare to get involved. form for the first time, as they help us establish programs for specific or more general areas, adapting to all fitness states and with sessions of different duration. Normally they will give us many options, in addition, that do not require any type of equipment Special.
We have already spoken to you on other occasions about Sworkit and we have also recommended you JEPHIT, which are two of the most popular fitness apps on the App Store and Google Play, and both have all the virtues that we have just mentioned, but we do not want to stop making a mention of 30 Day Sports Challenge, which has a very unappealing name, but which is another great app for exercising at home and that, in fact, was one of the ones highlighted by Google a couple of years ago, when it was launched. And we must not lose sight of the fact that there are apps also dedicated to offering us super intensive workouts, so that we cannot excuse the lack of time either.
Apps to eat healthier
Although sometimes it costs us even more than encouraging ourselves to exercise, the reality is that a good nutrition it is an equally important part of leading a healthy life, beyond just dieting. Fortunately, there is also a wide variety of apps that we can draw on if we need a little help to change our eating habits.
Although it is not the only type of app that we can find, our obsession with losing weight makes those dedicated to counting calories the most frequent and if our concern is specifically lose step, they can come in handy. One of the most popular, with the advantage of having a really large database, is that of MyFitnessPal, which in addition to giving us the option of scanning barcodes or entering recipes to give us all the information we need about what we are going to eat, has personalized reports and exercise recommendations. Lose it! It is another highly recommended diet app, which in this case focuses more on combining the calculation of calories consumed and those expended, with activity records.
If what we are concerned about is not so much losing weight, as simply eating healthier, there are other more interesting options, without obsessing over counting calories. Lifesum is one of the most worth taking into account, although it is true that it has a more global approach also, and in fact syncs with Google Fit and S Healt to control the exercise we do. And if what we need is rather an app that gives us ideas of healthy recipes, one of the best that we can find in Spanish is runtasty, which by the name you can already imagine that it is the work of the creators of the popular Runtastic.
Apps to help us disconnect and rest better
Although sometimes we overlook it a bit, to lead a healthier life it is also very important to control stress, learn to disconnect, relax and rest better. Circumstances are not always going to favor us, but it is worth doing a little bit of our part and, again, for each and every one of these objectives we also have apps that will come in handy for us.
Of course, in this sense, one of the most recommended options may be to get an app from yoga, and thus we kill two birds with one stone, combining exercise and relaxation. If you are willing to make a small investment, it is worth considering Pocket Yoga, but if we want to try some for free first, the safest recommendation is daily yoga. With apps dedicated to meditation The same thing happens, the best ones are usually paid, but there are some interesting free options, such as Headspace.
Of the apps for sleep better normally we will make more use of our smartphones, which are the devices that we normally use the most as alarm clocks, but we cannot fail to mention them, since knowing our sleep cycles can help us a lot to rest better. For Android, it is also necessary to highlight the popular Sleep as Android, but of Sleep Cycle we can also enjoy on iOS.