Phone app's for training!

[yamesu]

Hey everyone,

I only just caught up with the times and purchased a new phone a couple of weeks ago, and I am quite amazed!

There is so many different training applications (app's?!?) out there!

Has or does anyone here use phone apps to augment training outside of the gym or dojo?

Is there any that anyone would particularly recommend?

I have been doing the Tabata intervals, using the app on my phone to time me when out doing (what I call) nature training, or when I am alone and do not have a clock let-alone a stopwatch.

It has been working well for me so far.

There are also App's to keep track of different excersize styles etc...

Awesome!

[Patrick]

Good idea for a thread, yamesu.

[Jay]

Im actually rather fond of a few apps. Theres a snap one that I like. Basically the game snap but it records your reaction speed and can be quite fun.

The second one I don't really think it helps my training in any way at all but its fun. Its called fruit ninja. You basically have a katana and cut fruit up.

I haven't got it but theres also a good app that has lots of different weight lifting exercises in it, like pretty much all the common ones so when your stuck for training you can look up a body part and it gives you exercises. Im sure some will find it useful.

[bushido_man96]

I haven't seen any of the training apps out there. I may have to do some checking around and see what's there.

[yamesu]

Thanks Patrick :)

Im actually rather fond of a few apps. Theres a snap one that I like. Basically the game snap but it records your reaction speed and can be quite fun.

The second one I don't really think it helps my training in any way at all but its fun. Its called fruit ninja. You basically have a katana and cut fruit up.

I haven't got it but theres also a good app that has lots of different weight lifting exercises in it, like pretty much all the common ones so when your stuck for training you can look up a body part and it gives you exercises. Im sure some will find it useful.

I love fruit ninja... except my better half has the household high-score, but its fun none-the-less!

Bushido and Jay - some of them are really worth checking out from what I have seen. I have just got a hold of a 5 minute ab workout, and it has really been quite effective in making me keep up with daily ab routines.

I am waiting for a kettlebell app...

Ive also downloaded one (yeah Ive been having fun with this) that assures me Ill be doing single sets of 100 pushups in no time... Considering I was doing 40 per set about a year ago, but my lack of training took me down to 15-20 per set, in a metter of a week just following this app has brought me back to 45! Nice (yes I am sure I could have done it without thye app, but it helped me to get motivated about the whole thing).

[bushido_man96]

Ive also downloaded one (yeah Ive been having fun with this) that assures me Ill be doing single sets of 100 pushups in no time... Considering I was doing 40 per set about a year ago, but my lack of training took me down to 15-20 per set, in a metter of a week just following this app has brought me back to 45! Nice (yes I am sure I could have done it without thye app, but it helped me to get motivated about the whole thing).

Ah, I was just getting ready to ask about this one. Is it the One Hundred Push-ups program? I was doing it a while back, but fell off it. If that app is out there, I might be interested in it. Where did you find it?

[Fudoshin_Ryu]

I use "Drop and Give me Twenty". It's a pushup app that you utilize your nose, to count the push up, and I have a very very thin phone...so...it puts a whole new 'mind set' to "how low can you go!".

I don't like the cardio apps, no matter where I place my phone (bicep, ankle, waist, even the nike shoe piece) they never record proper distance >< Am I doing something wrong?

[Jeffrey]

There are a ton of apps for working out to keeping track of your runs through gps (this one I like)

Brian the 100 push ups is there plus 200 squats and a few more. Be careful to pick the right one becuase there a few copy cats out there that are no good or buggy.

I spent a few to many hours just looking through the app store.

[bushido_man96]

There are a ton of apps for working out to keeping track of your runs through gps (this one I like)

Brian the 100 push ups is there plus 200 squats and a few more. Be careful to pick the right one becuase there a few copy cats out there that are no good or buggy.

I spent a few to many hours just looking through the app store.

Thanks, I'll do some checking. How do I know which ones are the right ones, though?

[yamesu]

Ive also downloaded one (yeah Ive been having fun with this) that assures me Ill be doing single sets of 100 pushups in no time... Considering I was doing 40 per set about a year ago, but my lack of training took me down to 15-20 per set, in a metter of a week just following this app has brought me back to 45! Nice (yes I am sure I could have done it without thye app, but it helped me to get motivated about the whole thing).

Ah, I was just getting ready to ask about this one. Is it the One Hundred Push-ups program? I was doing it a while back, but fell off it. If that app is out there, I might be interested in it. Where did you find it?

Hey Bushido,

Yes it is the 100 push-ups program, and I found this at the app's store by typing in "Health" and sorting through the list... I also found the 200 sit-ups app, but have not started that as yet.

Truth be told - I was looking for a massage application, haha, but ended up getting training app's instead!