Lhe year that is about to end has brought many confirmations and innovations in the field of fitness. If there’s one thing the pandemic has highlighted it’s that playing sports is essential not only for the body but above all for the mind. And it is from this point of view, as well as that of the limited daily time, that the fitness app to keep fit thanks to personalized workouts it’s a customized nutritional plan.
Sports and fitness app, an announced success
Having a personal trainer within reach of your smartphone or smartwatch: it is on this principle that fitness apps are based and it is on this that they have based their success. As also confirmed byEuropean Health and Fitness: last summer he published the report of 2021 highlighting the tremendous growth in the number of fitness app subscribers. Last year alone there were 2.4 million new members, proving that they are many people prefer to train at home own, or even outdoors, rather than in the gym.
However, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. Already at the beginning of the year, theAmerican College of Sports Medicine had published i sports trends that would have depopulated during 2022 and, immediately after all the wearable technologies between smart watches and heart rate monitors, thehome fitness.
The advantages of home fitness, playing sports at home following the apps
And if for someone working out at home is not like in the gym where they are constantly supervised, for others practicing sports in the home comfort zone is a huge advantage. Of course, it also implies transforming your living room into a small gym, including weights, mats and dumbbells, but many seem to prefer this method, which allows great flexibility of time, to the classic annual subscription in some gym.
Not to mention another big advantage: fitness apps can be taken anywheretraining even when you are away or simply outdoors, which is increasingly popular as the study by the American College has shown.
Fitness app for playing sports: five to choose from
1. Fit is beauty, for a complete program for a few minutes a day
From blog to book, from book to app. Behind Fit is Beauty Julia Caleffato, fitness instructor and Wellness & Nutrition Coach. Real daily guide, the app offers daily workouts of 25 minutes each to be performed three times a weekalternating with those of 10 minutes and aimed at a particular area of the body.
Also there is a food education plan that recommends what to eat without restrictions: «My experience as a woman and as a Fitness Instructor led me to create a method, which if followed consistently, allows you to regain physical fitness and rediscover yourself Slim & Tonic thanks to easy exercises and without drastic diets. At the same time, the food education plan will teach you how to choose and combine foods» explains Calefato.
A method, his, focused on building a good muscle mass so as to improve the metabolismincreasing the basal one and teaching the body to expend energy even when at rest.
2. Healthy Virtuoso, if you need rewards
It is ideal if you are always looking for the incentive or stimulus to train. But not only. healthy virtuoso it actually works in a particular way. Every time you’ve trained, but also slept or eaten healthily, you get a prize or a voucher. By entering your data, the app records the hours of training but above all all the positive and healthy habitssuch as getting 8 hours of sleep, practicing meditation and eating healthy.
In addition, you can involve, and challenge, relatives or friends by involving them in a challenge. The accumulated vouchers can be spent on various e-commerce sites, including Amazon.
3. Nike Training Club, with over 200 fitness programs
Not sure what to practice? Nike Training Club it was designed for this very reason. With over 10 million downloads, the app contains 200 programs aimed at satisfying all needs. Extremely personalized, the workouts have a varied duration from 5 minutes to 50 minutes and are designed to be performed at home, in the gym or at the park.
The app creates a series of personalized plans based on your starting level, and is also suitable for beginners.
4. Asana Rebel, to start approaching yoga
Sleep better, create healthy habits or have more energy every day? These are some of the goals to choose from when you sign up for Asana Rebelone of the most popular yoga apps in the world. Also available in Italian, the commitment is work on your body and improve your habits in just ten minutes every day. Inside there are many exercises available, there are only 100 that help improve sleep, and they also combine yoga and its principles with some total body exercises.
5. Sweat, female training
Sweat is one of the largest women’s fitness community in the world and was founded by Kayla Itsines, personal trainer. The app is designed to meet the needs of the female body by adapting to all ages.
The exercises are of different types, from high intensity ones to circuits or bodyweight exercises, passing through pilates and yoga. There are also specific ones for pregnant women.
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