Whether you're working on losing weight or just want to lead a more active lifestyle, your smartphone can be used as a personal trainer in addition to playing music and chatting on social media.
We have prepared for you an overview of the best workout apps, which include everything you need, from detailed step-by-step instructions for home to the ability to create your own program for the gym. We recommend testing several of them and choosing the most suitable one.
Freeletics Bodyweight
Freeletics includes hundreds of workouts that cover a variety of muscle groups and fitness levels. All exercises are bodyweight only and come with step-by-step instructions. Paid users get access to future workouts, performance analysis, and a 2x2 training mode that requires very little space to practice.
Available for Android And iPhone.
Seven
There are many seven-minute workout programs available today. However, one of the best is Seven by Perigee. It encourages you to exercise 7 minutes a day for 7 months, using a special tracker to track your results.
All exercises are designed to work the entire body, and special 3D guides will help you perform each of them correctly. For a little fun, you can challenge your friends to a little friendly competition. The paid 7 Club for $10 per month will provide individual training plans.
Available for Android And iPhone.
Sworkit
Sworkit is versatile and incredibly diverse. It randomly generates a new set of exercises for each session. You first need to choose what you want to do: build strength, do yoga, cardio, stretching, Pilates.
Then, after you specify the desired duration, Sworkit will create an individual program for you that will not let you get bored, as usually happens with regular classes. The premium version provides even more functionality: a choice between exercise options, training history, the ability to monitor progress.
Available for Android And iPhone.
JEFIT
JEFIT.com is for people who want to do strength training and bodybuilding. It has a large database of training programs sorted by muscle groups. There are detailed instructions, a built-in planner, an exercise log, a progress tracker, multiple timers and synchronization with the profile on the JEFIT website.
Available for Android And iPhone.
Keelo
Keelo focuses on short, high-intensity interval training that doesn’t take up much time but burns a lot of calories. It covers everything from bodyweight-only workouts to basic weights and gym machines. Whatever you plan, it only takes 7-20 minutes.
Video tutorials make it easy, and Apple Health integration lets you share data with other fitness apps. A premium subscription starts at $13 a month and includes extra features like unlocking all workouts, warm-ups, a cool-down exercise, and a public chat with like-minded people.
Available only for iPhone.
ASICS Studio
ASICS Studio gives you access to unlimited audio workouts and helps you engage in various types of fitness: strength and cardio training. Classes are led by professional trainers and accompanied by energetic music, which can be turned off if desired. There are also audio cues that make it easy to follow your pace.
You can download workouts to your phone to view them offline. The app syncs with the Health app on your iPhone to store your workout data. The app comes with a free 14-day trial, after which you'll need to pay to continue using it.
Available only for iPhone.
Workout Trainer
Workout Trainer by Skimble offers thousands of free workouts with step-by-step video instructions to help you quickly achieve any goal, whether you want six-pack abs or gain muscle mass.
In addition to the built-in workout programs, users can create their own custom workouts and share them with each other. A premium subscription unlocks new features, including HD video, more exercises, and ad removal.
Available for Android And iPhone.
Aaptiv
Aaptiv offers audio workouts for a variety of goals, complete with music playlists. Users can choose from over 2,500 workout options, including running, cycling, HIIT, marathon, and more. Workouts can be customized based on distance, duration, intensity, and calories burned.
Available for Android And iPhone.
PEAR Personal Fitness Coach
PEAR Personal Fitness Coach — is a guided audio workout that provides users with a wide range of exercises for different fitness levels. They will adapt depending on your results. The app supports various fitness trackers, allows you to track your load level and share your metrics with other fitness apps.
PEAR has a free tier with a limited selection of activities. To get the most out of it, you'll need a premium subscription for $6 a month, which gives you unlimited access to the exercise library and additional features.
MapMyFitness
MapMyFitness contains over 600 different fitness exercises and supports synchronization with over 400 devices (including Android Wear and Apple Watch) to see the full picture of your sports results. Map My Fitness stores data on pace, distance traveled, calories burned based on GPS data. The premium version offers customized programs and the ability to monitor heart rate.
Available for Android And iPhone.
StrongLifts 5x5
StrongLifts is well suited for beginners and athletes returning to strength sports after a long break. Its main advantage is simplicity. It is based on the strength training program of the same name, which consists of five sets of five repetitions of five exercises with arbitrary weight. It includes a barbell bench press, a barbell overhead press while standing, squats with a barbell, deadlift, and bent-over barbell row. It turns out to be only three 45-minute workouts per week.
The application is supplemented with video tutorials, a schedule with exercises that can be easily customized. Completed approaches and repetitions can be marked directly during the exercise. When registering repetitions, StrongLifts 5×5 shows a progress chart in a weekly or monthly view. Purchasing the Power Pack tariff opens additional programs for arms, muscles, and shins.
Available for Android And iPhone.
You Are Your Own Gym
You don’t need an expensive gym membership or bulky exercise machines to stay fit and healthy. You Are Your Own teaches you how to use your own body weight to perform over 200 exercises based on Mark Lauren’s system. He perfected his program over a decade training nearly 1,000 U.S. soldiers.
Despite this, it is suitable for all levels of fitness, men and women. You do not need anything except gender! Voice prompts and videos will show you exactly what to do. After completing the 10-week fitness program, you will have a new body.
Available for Android.
Yoga Studio
Yoga Studio by Gaiam includes a library of more than 70 yoga and meditation lessons ranging from 10 to 60 minutes in length. Exercises of varying difficulty levels are designed to develop strength, flexibility, and relaxation skills. More advanced users can create their own workouts from a library of nearly 300 poses in 20 blocks. Instructions can be downloaded to your phone and played later, without an internet connection.
Available for Android And iPhone.
Pocket Yoga
Now you can carry your own yoga studio with you with Pocket Yoga, which allows you to practice the ancient art of asana. Pocket Yoga contains detailed instructions for hundreds of different poses, complete with reviews on how to perform each correctly and the health benefits. There are three types of practice available, with three levels of classes that vary in difficulty and duration.