7 free apps for those who are health and fitness conscious

The smartphone is probably the most popular sports gadget today. With the help of mobile applications, you can make a plan for training, nutrition, walking, sleeping and meditation. Pocket-sized experts are always at your fingertips, and most of them are available absolutely free. This is further proof that you don’t have to spend a lot of time and money to lead a healthy lifestyle. And you can start right now with one of the services in our selection.

Barre Down Dog – ballet workouts

Category: sports.

Barre is a new type of workout at the choreography machine, something between fitness and ballet. Great for strengthening muscles, developing flexibility and grace. It is not necessary to have a real machine for training. The app from the developers of Down Dog shows how to perform exercises at home: you can use an ordinary chair or windowsill for support.

There are programs of complex exercises for the whole body and training for individual muscle groups. You can download them to your device and use them offline.

Download for iPhone or Android.

Adidas Training

Category: sports.

Adidas Training is an application for training, which will be appreciated not only by fans of the famous brand. It is suitable for everyone who wants to pump relief muscles, lose weight or just lead a healthy lifestyle. Most of the exercises can be performed outside the gym and without exercise equipment.

The developers give more than 180 videos with step-by-step fitness instructions. You can choose a personalized exercise plan, such as “Flat belly in 6 weeks”, “Strength for running”, etc. The simplest complex is a light exercise in four minutes. A nice addition: you can connect the program to your TV and run your workout on the big screen via Chromecast.

Download for iPhone or Android.

Zero-Cal fasting tracker

Category: nutrition.

You can use this app to track your food intake using the interval fasting method. In 2016, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Osumi proved that occasionally organizing an unloading for the stomach is not only good for the figure, but also effective in the fight against aging. And he won the Nobel Prize for it.

Since then, there have been many programs that calculate the periods of safe refusal of food. Zero-Cal tracker selects the right dietary pattern not only for a day, as it is customary in the system, but for a whole week with a gradual transition to a new diet.

Interval fasting is contraindicated for pregnant women, nursing mothers, children and adults with type II diabetes, gallbladder and adrenal problems. Be sure to consult with a specialist.

Download for iPhone or Android.

Water Time: water balance

Category: nutrition.

Water Time helps to maintain water balance in the body. The program calculates how many glasses of water a user needs to drink daily, depending on weight and physical activity, and sends notifications.

Lawrence Armstrong, director of UCONN’s Human Performance Lab, writes in a scientific article: drinking water throughout the day is essential, but in moderation. Dehydration negatively affects mood, skin condition and training efficiency. And also the body sometimes confuses thirst with hunger, which increases the risk of overeating.

Download for iPhone or Android.

FatSecret Calorie Counter

Category: nutrition.

The FatSecret app is widely known among fans of healthy eating. It calculates the number of calories, sugar content, proteins, fats and carbohydrates in any dish in a couple of minutes by photo or barcode on the product packaging. The program also tells you which meal plan is right for you based on your body mass index.

FatSecret has had more than one update since its launch in 2014. Now it’s not only a calorie counter, but also a recipe book, a workout diary, and even an online community where people share weight loss tips.

Download for iPhone or Android.

Sleep Cycle smart alarm clock

Category: health.

Sleep is the best remedy against fatigue, stress and dark circles under the eyes. The developers of Sleep Cycle promise that with the help of the application the user will learn to fall asleep and wake up easily. The program analyzes a person’s movements by the sounds in the room and determines what phase of sleep he is in. When the fastest sleep phase occurs, the alarm clock goes off. It is believed that this is the period when waking up is easiest. You can schedule your wake-up time for a certain period of time, for example: from 7:00 to 7:30, and the app will choose the most suitable moment to wake you up.

Download for iPhone or Android.

Text Neck – posture correction

Category: health.

Text Neck is the so-called text neck. Appears usually in those who spend a lot of time at the computer and neglect charging. In addition to the fact that it does not look too graceful, over time the curvature of the neck vertebrae can cause headaches.

A new program from Serbian developers will help to deal with this problem. Text Neck performs a diagnosis of the spine and then offers several useful exercises with step-by-step instructions. The user can also choose his own training: do a short warm-up or a full-fledged pumping up of the back muscles.

Download for iPhone or Android.