Hello everyone, thanks again for all of the supporters of this blog. It definitely means a lot to me. Anywho, to anyone who's looking to lose weight and learn how to exercise, it may be confusing at how to go about the process. There's quite a few people in the world's population that are iPhone users. I've been fortunate to conform to society as well (Thanks mom for the graduation gift). They feature many awesome (and free) apps for exercise beginners to the more experienced gym junkies such as myself who are always eager to seek a new challenge. Here are some of my favorites so far:
1.) Runtastic Push-Ups PRO: Ok well this one costs a dollar or two, but it's worth the investment. The way this app works is that you start doing low reps spread over five sets. For example, you'll do a set of 2, 3, 2, 2, 4. That's level 1, which is spread over 25 sessions. Basically, at the end of Level 3, the final goal is to do 100 Push-ups in one shot. I was able to bang out 60, and then I finished with a set of 40 (my chest was on fire, sue me). I would usually do this app after my workouts. I had to find an extra burst of energy to get through the last couple of sessions, like lawwwwddddd it was hard! So yeah, if you love push-ups or want to accomplish doing a push-up for the first time in your life, use this app. Your upper body muscles will thank you later.
2.) Runkeeper: I've been increasing my running this year and I'm no good measure for distance and calories, so why not have an app do it for me? Then came Runkeeper. The only downside to this app is the female voice that would tell me the time and how far I ran. You know, one of those robotic, annoying, monotone voices. Imagine your worst teacher/professor giving a boring lecture, that's her. Especially when I'd be in the middle of an MJ song, and right when that good part of the song she would interrupt my life. Luckily I figured out how to keep her on mute and to just tell my mile times.
3.) MapMyRun: My friend Noereem (who by the way is an amazing runner, like seriously try and keep up with her) would post instagram pics about this running app she was using. I was like "ooooh I like that". So I just downloaded it this week. I would've gotten it sooner but Citizen's Bank wanted to take 40 days and 40 nights to replace my debit card, but I digress. I love it already. For one, the voice on this app is actually tolerable and encouraging. Secondly, it also has an option for nutrition. I type in the foods I ate throughout the day and it tells me how many calories I'm consuming and how much I need to maintain my weight and all that good stuff. I think this will help with my eating so I can actually see for myself how many carbs is this, or how much fat is in that. Very helpful, to say the least.
So yeah, for all of you iPhone users out there who are looking to jumpstart an exercise regiment, I would suggest these three apps to get you going. They've proven to work well for me and hopefully you try them out and get great results!
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