5 Apps to Get You in Shape This Summer!

It’s pretty deep into summer, but any time is a good time to shape up! Here are 5 useful Samsung applications that will help you get that beach body! Summer’s not over yet, so get out your smartphones and check out these 5 indispensable applications!

1. Runtastic GPS running, jogging, and fitnesscoach

Whether you’re an avid runner or a more casual jogger, this is the perfect application for you. This application will be your personal coach, tracking your running progress and calculating stats such as distance, time, speed, calories, altitude, pace and more. Using the built-in GPS and Google maps, it maps your workouts in real-time, allowing you to see how much you have run, and your exact location.

Another feature is the ability to write your personal workout diary and keep metrics. If you cannot remember how much you ran, don’t worry as you can save all your workouts at www.runtastic.com.

It’s simple to share your workouts with your Facebook and Twitter account. As soon as you finish working out, you can share your heartbeat, calorie consumption, feeling, weather, and temperature with your friends online. Motivating yourself to exercise is probably the biggest hurdle, so let your circle of friends help push you.

Who doesn’t like a little background music for their workout? With the integrated music player in your smartphone, you can choose your favorite song and listen to it on the go.

Best of all, this app is free to download, so prepare yourself for smarter running.

2. 100 Pushups

Don’t have enough time to exercise? Hmm, sounds like a familiar excuse. How about 10 minutes, three times a week? That’s all you need to have a beautiful muscle profile in only six weeks. How? All you need is to find a comfortable spot and your smartphone with the 100 Pushups application.

This application is unique for its user customization. You can set the time you want to exercise with the in-built alarm clock. Also, you can adjust the levels before your first pushup and regularly change your workout intensity. You can also set the automatic “rest” timer and break for as long as you need. Besides the alarm clock and automatic timer, you can monitor your performance with the detailed statistics the application provides. Plus, with its simple interface, this application will not distract you from your main goal.

Now, nothing will distract you from the workout!

3. Active Yoga Lite

If someone asked you to describe your life, would the words “stress” and “chaos” feature heavily? More and more people are finding a break from their hectic schedules with yoga. The Active Yoga application, which consists of various free yoga classes, will help you achieve a healthy body, mind, and soul.

This application offers you 3 sessions of Yoga classes, including Before Work, During Work, and After Work. Hence, you can feel the benefits while adjusting accordingly to fit your schedule. A set of three practical, simple, and effective Yoga postures are in each session. With simple-to-follow instructions and images of each posture, you’ll be stretching in no time!

This application is especially recommended for those whose job requires them to sit at a desk in front of a computer for long hours, which can lead to back pain and repetitive stress injuries. Not only will this app help prevent injury, but it can also give you a much needed boost in case you’re feeling a little sleepy in the afternoon.

Consider taking a few minutes each day to try some of these stretches. Your body (and your boss) will thank you!

4. E-Codes Free: Food Additives

Getting in shape is more than just exercising. A healthy diet is essential, and making sure that you are consuming good nutrients is very important. You need to know which food ingredients are good and harmful to you, but some ingredients may leave you scratching your head.

The E-Codes application provides valuable information on which chemical food additives, or E numbers, in the food ingredients are toxic or beneficial. As the application is designed to ensure maximum speed and usability, shoppers can evaluate ingredients easily and quickly with the scoring system.

This application can also help those from German and Polish speaking countries.

5. Diet Master App

Many studies have shown that diet is more important in weight control than exercise. So, for those that want to lose weight, the Diet Master application is perfect. Although this application costs a little, it is well worth it as it will improve your health and help you reach your target weight.

The Diet Master application will act as your diet diary and nutrients tracker. Through this application, you will be able to check how many vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbs, fats, and calories you consume daily. You can find out which nutrients you eat more of, and which ones you should try to avoid.

Most of the people who have succeeded in losing weight said that they wrote diet diaries and the diaries helped them control what they ate. Now keeping a diary has never been easier, and neither has shaping up for the rest of summer!

*All images are from apps.samsung.com.

-written by Gsoo