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Best 6 Fitness Apps to Healthily Start Your Summer

01 of 07

1 – Nike+ Training Club
In addition to a library of 30 to 45-minute workouts that considers your goals and fitness levels, this app explains how to execute each exercise with tutorial videos and lets you share your accomplishments on social networks.
Available for Apple and Android 
 

02 of 07

2 – Argus: Calorie Counter & Activity Tracker for Heart Healthy Living
This application is an all-in-one activity tracker that monitors your sleep, heart rate, calories and more. It offers you challenges to overcome and the option of building your own workout plan, as well as the opportunity to add everything you eat by scanning the barcode on the label to track your calories.
Available for Apple and Android 
 

03 of 07

3 – Lose it! Weight Loss Program and Calorie Counter
In addition to tracking your food intake and fitness activities, it gives you the opportunity to plug in your height, weight, age and your goal weight in order to construct a recommended net calorie intake based on how many calories you consume and how many you burn.
Available for Apple and Android 
 

04 of 07

4 – MyFitnessPal Calorie Counter and Diet Tracker
Calorie Counter and Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal features a database of more than 5 million foods to sort through, making it easier to track what you eat per day. To make sure you’re able to track everything in your diet, it also includes a step tracker and a barcode scanner.
Available for Apple and Android 

05 of 07

5 – Fitocracy
For the competitive ones, this app will definitely be your personal trainer. It lets you track workouts and encourages you to work toward real-life goals through a leveling system and in-game achievements
Available for Apple and Android 

06 of 07

6 – Runkeeper: GPS Running Tracker
This application uses GPS to map your runs, and tracks your speed and the distance run. It allows you to set goals, get audio distance and time updates during your run, as well as great music and the option of switching tracks within the app.
 Available for Apple and Android 

07 of 07

Summer is almost here, but all that food we ate last season has not been very kind to our bodies, and our scale numbers are definitely proof. Now that beach time is approaching, it’s time to go back to our organized and healthy diets and shed all the winter weight. Exercising will definitely help us lose that weight faster and get rid of all the unhealthy habits we acquired.

That said, nothing beats an application that you can download on your phone to guide you through your daily exercise routine and the Photo Gallery below will show you a few apps that will make your phone a useful tool.

 

Mirella Haddad