- I'm Michael Fisher,
and as you may have noticed,
I don't cover a lot of fitness tech.
That's because that stuff reminds me
of gym class,
Little League
and all the other enforced sporting events
I couldn't wait to grow out of.
This low budget stock footage
doin' anything for you?
This is what you have to do
when you don't want to infringe on copyright.
You get flaming soccer balls.
That's pretty cool though.
But let's get back to it.
Look fitness is important.
Especially when the most exercise you get
during your work day happens
between your wrists and fingertips.
So to kick off 2017,
I invited some of my favorite health-minded
internet people to help me round up
the best fitness apps out there.
Let's tune in for their recommendations.
And be sure to stick around to the end
for my pick.
It's Mr. Mobile.
(fast synthesizer music)
- I'm Jon Rettinger,
and usually then only fitness that I cared about
is tryin' to fit this whole pizza in my mouth.
With the New Year comes new resolutions
that I'm trying to get not be a shape of an oval.
Be more of a line.
And I'm using the app called Sworkit for iOS.
It's free and you can buy more workouts.
It'll walk you through beginners workouts.
Including whether or not you wanna do core or arms,
different body parts.
And it'll give you videos to show you how to do it.
Awesome app.
You, like me, should get off your butt
and download it
and you know we could be into shape buddies together.
- Hi, Mr. Mobile.
My personal recommendation for helping people
improve their fitness
whether it's their flexibility
or their core strength
or just overall they wanna get a
better start on their body in 2017,
is Fitstar Yoga.
Now if you're terrified by Yoga programs
I completely understand.
This app doesn't require you to buy into
the spirituality of Yoga
if that's not what you're into.
But it provides some of the core mechanics
to really help you not only get a good workout
but improve your flexibility
and your strength.
I like it because it builds a
customized skill program for you
based on your level.
It also offers on-the-go sessions
that you can do no matter how much time you have.
Whether you're in your hotel room,
or even by a pool.
- Hey, what is up guys?
I'm KBHD here,
and my favorite fitness related app
for, not just this year
but plenty of previous years as well
is called My Fitness Pal.
It's a really popular app.
You've probably already have heard of it.
And it has a ton of features.
I specifically use it for the calorie counting.
So you can put in the names
of the foods you're eating
and it'll tell you how many calories.
Or you can just use the built in barcode scanner
and scan the label of what you just ate.
But even beyond that it has a ton of features
for things like workouts and exercises
and helping with meals and recipes,
and even letting you track your progress
with step counting.
It can connect to a buncha different
fitness devices.
So, if you're anywhere from
a professional athlete to a casual person
with some New Year's resolutions
this app is definitely gonna work for you.
Good Luck.
- Hey guys,
I'm Krystal and my go-to fitness app
has gotta be Lifesum.
So when you open up Lifesum
you can set up one of three goals.
Like gaining weight and muscle,
losing weight,
or maybe just becoming a healthier person all around.
And once you set that goal
Lifesum will set many milestones on the path
to your final goal.
It'll then calculate how much carbs,
calories, protein, and fat you need
to consume each day to reach your milestones.
And it couldn't be easier to log your meals
into Lifesum,
'cause you can just search it up,
or even add the foods that you eat often
to your favorites for easy access.
And the app will automatically know
every piece of nutritional information for that meal.
But my favorite part of the app though
is how you can actually scan the barcode
on the box of food you bought from the store.
And Lifesum will know exactly what it is
along with all it's nutritional information.
Of course you can turn on notifications
to make sure you're not slacking,
easily log in your water intake,
take weekly surveys to see how healthy you are,
uses Android Wear or Apple Watch counterpart.
And thankfully it's free.
- Hey it's JVTechTea.
What's going on everybody?
And while I do partake in the physical tracking
and the calorie counting that happens
in the apps in this list,
I do think that mental fitness is just as important
and that's where Stop, Breathe & Think comes in.
Meditation is considered a bicep curl for the mind.
And even just as little as five minutes
can actually help you gain that mental clarity
if you are to have a regular practice every day.
Now Stop, Breathe, and Think allows you to do that
with guided meditations that are given to you
based upon the mood that you
tell the app you are in currently.
That way you'll be able to keep the good vibes rolling
or you'll be able to calm yourself
after some stressful moments
like for example,
on a trade show floor at CPS.
So, this application is a great way to start,
and many of its features are free.
So when you feel that stress coming on in your mind
you can go ahead and do a mental exercise
in Stop, Breathe, and Think.
- Michael, I'm honored to be on your channel.
This is Saf from SuperSaf TV,
and my favorite fitness app is S Health.
The reason for that is
I'm a simple man and S Health is the fitness app
that comes by default on my current daily driver
which is the S7 Edge.
And it does what I need it to do.
Now I'm no fitness freak,
but I do like keeping track of my daily activity,
and I think S Health does a pretty decent job of that.
It also lets me set daily goals
and will alert me when I've reached those goals,
when I'm coming close,
or when I'm not close at all,
which unfortunately has been the case
over the past few weeks.
But, hey, it's the holidays,
so don't judge me.
Thanks Mr. Mobile for having me once again.
And if you wanna see some of my videos
then do check out my channel.
This is Saf from SuperSaf TV.
I'll see you next time.
- I know, right?
A fitness video on Christmas (mumbles).
Hey everyone, it's Jaime Rivera with Pocket Now.
Michael, thank you for the invite.
Favorite fitness application would be Polar Flow,
which is tied to my favorite fitness watch
the Polar M600.
Why? Because these services are pretty much
the only ones,
they're probably the few that do a lot of things right.
Number one, Platform Agnostic,
doesn't really matter what phone I had
or was using yesterday.
I simply log on to Polar Flow with my account
and it brings all my training information.
Number two, it does a really good job
at either syncing with Google Fit
or with Apple Health Services.
Number three,
the fact that includes the most complete list
of workouts that I've ever seen.
But fourth and most important to the diet that I do
requires me to know what training zone I was in
because not all calorie burn is equal.
Depending on how intense you were training
you were either burning fat
or improving your physical condition.
And Polar services are the most complete
in providing you how your workout was
and what it did for you.
So, for me, that would be it.
Again Michael, thank you so much for the invite.
- Hey folks, Mr. Mobile again.
So, that's a pretty solid roundup.
And I actually use a couple of those myself.
But I'm the type of person who needs an app
to distract him from the fact that he's
getting any exercise at all.
For that, I turn to Ingress.
The augmented reality game from the same cats
who brought us Pokemon Go.
I like Ingress because it ties real life landmarks
to virtual portals that you compete
with other players to capture.
And the underlying narrative of mysterious energy
and mind-control fields is quite different
from the creature capturing of Pokemon.
How does it keep you fit?
Well, because portals are tied to real world objects,
you need to walk to play the game,
a lot.
I've racked up 10, 15, even 20,000 steps a day
playing Ingress without even realizing it.
And I've learned a few things about
my neighborhood along the way.
Links to download Ingress and all the apps
mentioned in this video for that matter,
are down in the description.
And hey, let us know what apps are keeping you fit,
physically or otherwise in the New Year.
Drop a comment down below.
Thanks to all my friends who pitched in on this one.
Thanks to you for watching.
And as always,
Stay Mobile my friends.
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