The way we do sports and take care of our health has undergone another transformation thanks to the new media. To the modernization of gyms we must add the appearance of applications and, more recently, wearables that allow us to control our physical activity effortlessly and increase the effectiveness of the exercise we do every day.
The relationship between new technologies and sports industry It has been a catalyst for the latter to be able to renew itself and be able to survive and, to the elements developed by the brands themselves such as watches and specific and exclusive applications only for their customers, we find others such as Endomondo, of which below we detail its most important characteristics and that has become one of the apps most downloaded sports in the world.
Operation
Endomondo is a database in which we can save information related to the sport that we practice such as the intensity, frequency or calorie consumption. On the other hand, it also measures heart rate and in the case of exercising outdoors, it has a GPS function that shows us the routes we follow.
Share it all
Among the most outstanding features of this application, we highlight the fact that we can take photos with our tablets or smartphones while we exercise and share them through the social media. On the other hand, through tools such as Google+ we can show our friends and other users of this app information related to our training. Another of its strengths is that we can save exercise tables and have a diary in which we store all the content.
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Endomondo does not have no cost download. This has resulted in it being used by more than 25 million users. Users comment that it is a very complete application that makes the task of exercising more complete. However, it is an app highly criticized for aspects like some integrated shopping that can reach the 27 euros per item, the need for a subscription in some areas to be able to use this app and the existence of a Premium version It contains all the functions that the free mode does not have and therefore is very limited. On the other hand, users also criticize malfunctions that the developers of this app cannot solve with the updates.
As you have seen, there are numerous options that allow us to improve our physical form in a simple way, although in cases like Endomondo, there are some limitations. You have more information available about other health and lifestyle apps for your tablets and smartphones with which you can take care of both the body and the mind.