There is no need to divert those who are all day long with their thumbs and fingers on their mobile phones to technology. In fact, the trend should be really the opposite, because there is a real need to return to pure sharing.
Listening to the body is the starting point for every athlete or sportsman. However, there are valid applications that can positively affect sports performance .
These applications turn the smartphone into a sort of personal trainer and are available for iPhone and Android (Samsung, Nexus, LG, HTX, etc.). These applications are easy to manage and allow you to monitor workouts, save and compare results and monitor progress easily.
The level of technology is advanced, the training programs are more and more customizable, with exercises that can be combined to get a more complete and targeted job.
Let's look at some of them in detail.
There are also apps that help you lose weight
Count beats, steps and distances with training apps
Let's get right to the heart of the applications, based on those that record the heart rate . One of these, very valid, is Instant Heart Rate is free for Android and costs 1 Euro per iPhone).
How do you measure it? Simple: you go to cover the lens of the camera with a finger and the application follows the heartbeat a PPG reading of every single beat.
The entire process takes less than 30 seconds total, and keeps a detailed record of each heart rate test, which allows you to compare the differences over time.
For those with limited time and want to train in 7 minutes, there is 7 Minutes Workout, available for both Android and iPhone. They are exercises interspersed with a series of pauses. If you do not have a smartphone, you can also consult a site called 7min and was born with the same idea, memorize the steps well and make them your training workouts.
To count steps and distances ( even for cyclists ) we suggest Moves and Strava .
Max Capacity Training offers a 12- week training program organized in 4 exercises that are repeated four or eight times for a total time of 16 minutes a day.
MyFitnessPal is an app for Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and Blackberry that can be very useful for those who want to keep their weight under control: the application works as a calorie counter, keeps track of food taken and eaten, fixes calorie goals and the daily diet.
For those who want to try the training of tennis players Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova or the sprinter Allyson Felix, there is an application developed by Nike which is called Training Club. It is basically a functional training that aims to develop all motor skills . It is also possible to be guided by a team of personal trainers: you can choose from 60 workouts that include over 90 exercises, all illustrated, and you can select the objectives (for example, lose weight, tone up, strengthen) and choose based on capacity ( beginners, intermediate, experts).
Finally, from sport to oriental disciplines. Those who want to engage in asanas and yoga positions with the app can resort to Pocket Yoga , a paid application. The positions appear on the mobile phone screen with beautiful animated graphics. For beginners there is a dictionary that describes each movement in detail. As you progress, the positions are also explained in detail.
We reiterate it, but it is obvious that these applications cannot replace a teacher, a personal trainer and above all your own sense of the limit and listening to the body during the effort phase.
