5 apps to stay in shape when you leave the gym
Table of contents:
- 1. Freeletics Bodyweight, to train at home
- 2. Decathlon Sport Meeting, a social network to find athletes in your area
- 3. Yoga on mobile: the best way to practice well-being without leaving home
- 4. TRX App, to hang from the door of the house and train in suspension
- 5. Tabata Timer, to create your own HIIT training routines
If from time to time you sign up for the gym but then it is difficult for you to maintain the motivation to go, the ideal thing is that combine your sessions there with other training sessions at homeAlthough it may seem even more difficult to train on your own, there are many applications that can help you.
The advantage of mobile applications to keep fit is that there is a lot of variety and you can adapt the workouts to the type of exercise that you like best In addition, since you don't have to go to the gym to go to any class, you can do the sessions at the time that best suits you.
There are many different applications to keep fit even if you don't go to the gym, but we have selected the five that we find most interesting. Take note!
1. Freeletics Bodyweight, to train at home
Freeletics Bodyweight is one of the most popular training mobile apps. The main advantage is that it allows you to enjoy training sessions with different levels of difficulty, without using any material.
With this application you only work with your own body weight, and with different routines depending on the goals you have. Thus, for example, you can select a goal of toning up, or losing weight, or developing strength...
Freeletics Bodyweight is available for Android and for iOS The same developers have also created specific apps for running and working out at the gym, but they haven't been as successful as theapp Bodyweight
2. Decathlon Sport Meeting, a social network to find athletes in your area
One of the biggest obstacles we run into when training on our own is laziness. And a good way to put an end to laziness is to find people with whom to share training sessions and practice the sports we like.
This idea is based precisely on Decathlon Sport Meeting, a mobile application developed by Decathlonand that works as a social network for athletes.
In this app, you can register with your personal data, enter the area in which you live and specify the sports that interest you the most. After these steps, you will be able to get in touch with other athletes who are in the same area and have the same interests.
Decathlon Sport Meeting is very interesting, for example, for sports such as running or swimming. Facilitates coordination with other athletes and eliminates the laziness of going for a run. How many times have you walked through your neighborhood park thinking that training would be more fun with someone else? Well, with this app you will find other runners who also use the neighborhood park as a training area
The same thing happens with the pool: if you want to go train in a municipal pool, the tool will help you find other swimmers from the neighborhood who want to swim in the same pool sports Center.
Decathlon Sport Meeting can be downloaded and installed on iOS devicesor Android.
3. Yoga on mobile: the best way to practice well-being without leaving home
If you have become hooked on yoga but it is not good for you to continue going to a center or gym, you can take the opportunity to practice at home. You will only need a little time each day, a good mat and enough space to stretch out your arms and legs without bumping into furniture.
The Yoga app by Vivid Karma Solutions is one of the best ones to carry out yoga sequences and to practice different postures (asanas) according to the needs you have each day.
When you open the application, you will find several sections with the asanas classified according to various criteria: by difficulty of the exercise, by categories, your favorites , etc.
You can also access the complete list from the button All Yoga, or access Sequences to practice specific series according to the pain or problem you want to alleviate: asthma, anxiety, back pain, blood circulation, etc.
You can download the application for Android from the Google Play Store. At the moment, it is only available in English.
The app Pocket Yoga is also interesting: although it is paid, it has the advantage of offering detailed sequences of asanas, with a timer and alarms that alert you when you have to change. You can buy it for Android and for iOS
4. TRX App, to hang from the door of the house and train in suspension
If you have a suspension training kit and want to get more out of it at home or in the park, you can download the official TRX app .
Hook your kit on the front door ”“Be careful, only do this if the door is armored or very resistant!”“ or on a branch of a tree or trellis in a park. Open the TRX app and all you have to do is follow the instructions to complete varied training routines and tone your entire body.
The TRX app can be installed for free on iOS phonesor Android The download includes the basic exercises with their instructions, and the rest are can be purchased with in-app purchases
5. Tabata Timer, to create your own HIIT training routines
The HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) method is one of the most effective for activating metabolism and keeping the body burning fat even hours after finishing the routine.
This workout, as the name suggests, is based on high intensity training intervals, separated by short rest periods in which the body recovers but does not drop the heart rate too much.
The most suitable exercises to guarantee the fluidity of the session HIIT are those that work with the own body weight or with little equipment, and they must combine aerobic and strength work with somewhat more "explosive" sequences: burpees, push-ups, jumping, squats, abdominal planks, etc.
If you like this type of training, you may have heard of the Tabata system. This consists of structuring the series in intervals of 20 seconds of work at maximum intensity with rests of 10 seconds.
In total, there are 8 series of 20 with their respective breaks. You can, of course, do several Tabata in a single session, although it would be advisable to increase the rest time in between.That is to say: 8 series with only 10 seconds of rest between them, then a minute of recovery, and again another 8 series in the style Tabata
Choose the exercises you want to do, structure them into intervals Tabata, and use the application to keep track of the times.
With the app Tabata Timer you can create your own work intervals : The app will automatically count down the seconds and emit sounds to indicate high intensity times and rest periods.
In addition, if you already have experience with the HIIT method and you know well your limits and your level of mastery of the different exercises, you can modify times to create sets and custom Tabata (for example, one of 10 sets and then another of 5, if that better suits your goal).
You can download Tabata Timer for Android or try the app Tabata Stopwatch Pro for iOS .
