The 6 best apps for working out at home

We all know the benefits of physical exercise: weight control, reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and improved mood. But despite this, more than half of the French population does not practice the minimum physical activity required daily. However, physical inactivity is a real scourge, indirectly responsible each year for nearly 2 million deaths worldwide.

This lack of physical activity can be partly explained by the fact that sport takes up a lot of time in our already busy lives. For some, it is a motivation problem. In this context, mobile applications offering to do sports at home have come to offer us a motivating and very easy to use solution.

Accessible to all, whatever the level or preferences, these applications promote physical exercise and mobility. Whether you want to do muscle building, fitness, pilates, yoga or stretching, you will find an application adapted to your needs.

The market for sports applications is very large and here is our recommendation of the best apps that can be found today, on Android or iOS. The selection was made by evaluating different features: tracking options, content, scientific support, ease of use, user-level adaptation…etc.

Freeletics

Freeletics offers a wide range of sports sessions promoting bodyweight exercises, abs, dumbbells and gymnastics. This is an ideal application for training at home or outdoors. The free version offers more than 20 strength training exercise plans, 25 individual exercises and 5 types of warm-up and cool-down.

The routines he offers are very varied and range from low to high intensity depending on the level of the students. Within the app, you can select a training plan based on your physical fitness and have a virtual trainer who will ask you for feedback after each exercise and each session.

runtastic

runtastic is one of the most popular apps out there. Created by Adidas, it is the reference in the world of running, which you can practice at home with a mat or outdoors. And although it is designed for running, the app is also suitable for cycling, walking, swimming, skiing…etc.

Runtastic allows you to perfectly record all your activities, it follows you and allows you to observe your progress. You can measure distance, time, pace, speed, calories burned, elevation gained (or lost) and all the metrics you need to monitor to motivate yourself to perform at your best.

The app also offers challenges to motivate you to go further and you can share your progress with your friends.

NikeTraining Club

Nike training club has one of the most comprehensive exercise catalogs on the market. You can choose between exercises at home or in the gym. The application offers you challenges so that you can constantly progress.

The Nike Training Club app is suitable for all levels, from absolute beginners to the very physically prepared. The workouts last between 15 and 45 minutes and favor exercises performed with body weight. The application also allows you to perform the workouts performed by some of the well-known athletes.

Daily Yoga – Daily Yoga

The app consists of guided classes that can be easily done from home, just using a mat. Daily Yoga helps you get started in this discipline and, if you already have an advanced level, it contributes to your progress.

The app offers over 500 yoga, Pilates and meditation sessions. The applications of yoga in terms of physical and emotional health are vast: losing weight, sleeping better, overcoming stress… In addition, it monitors sessions and controls your heart rate if you have a device that can be connected to the app.

Strava

Strava is one of the best fitness apps available today. Its success is such that it has exceeded one billion shared activities. And precisely, it is this ability to share your workouts that makes Strava so popular.

Strava became known through cycling, but is also available for other sports such as swimming, running, crossfit, but also skiing or surfing. Regarding the exercises that can be done from home, the app offers: sheathing, bodybuilding, yoga, mobility and relaxation.

8fit

This sports application is one of the references in the world of home exercise. It’s a personal trainer that gives you routines to do wherever you want, without the need for gym equipment. And since sport must be complemented by a healthy diet, the application 8fit offers recipes with high nutritional value.

The workouts she offers last between 5 and 20 minutes and are performed with body weight.