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We don’t know if you heard, but the new iPhone is coming out. Whether you have been blessed with an upgrade or you are using your little sister's old 3GS because you took your phone with you while skinny-dipping in hopes of getting some dope Instagram pics, we have some advice for you. Your phone is only as powerful as the apps you’ve downloaded. We all love to tweet. We are all Doodle Jumpers and Fruit Ninjas, but you are doing yourself a disservice if you aren’t using your phone to get fit. We put together a list of 10 Fitness Apps You Need to Download Right Now, so that while you beg your mom to give you her eligibility, you can upgrade to better designed, sleeker you, without losing your unlimited data.
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No. 1 - Fitness Builder
Ideal User: Those seeking a personal trainer.
Cost: $9.99
In this era of pirated music and Groupons, it is so easy to forget that great life lesson: you get what you pay for. Yes, this beefy app costs $9.99, which is about, oh, $9.99 more than we like paying for apps, but it is worth the price of admission. Fitness Builder pulls from its library of two hundred workouts and creates the workout that is best for you. Add timers, tracking capability, calculators, a Q & A with a physiologist, and … maybe this app is worth the price of a pitcher of beer after all.
No. 2 - Stronglifts 5x5
Ideal For: Beginner weightlifters to full-fleged gym rats.
Cost: Free
Not only does this app help you build a strength-training workout, but it also advises you on much weight to lift. Will it be enough to stop that one idiot friend of yours from trying to bench press a small car in hopes impressing girls, probably not. But, smart gym rats like you will get lean without pulling a muscle.
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No. 3 - Sportaneous
Ideal For: The new kid in town
Cost: Free
This app helps you find pick-up games that are happening in your area without awkwardly asking the guys balling on your block if you can play. Though the app is only available in selected cities, hopefully soon, you’ll be able to join basketball, soccer, ultimate, and even Quidditch pick-up games all over these United States.
No. 4 - My Fitness Pal
Ideal For: Those looking to drop some lbs
Cost: Free
Just because it says “organic” doesn’t mean it’s good for you. Just because you hummus loving hipster friends swear by it, doesn’t mean it’s healthy. Use My Fitness Pal to scan foods before you buy them at that trendy health food store and see if they are really all they’re cracked up to be. Set a calorie goal, and get all the knowledge you need to meet it.
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No. 5 - Nike +
Ideal For: Bragging to your friends and musical inspiration
Cost: Free (Sensor: $19)
Judging by facebook updates alone, it seems like everyone is already using Nike + to keep track of time, distance, pace, and calories burned during their workouts. Just in case you’ve been living in 1998 and listening to Limp Bizkit as you jog with your Discman in your Jnco Jeans, let us be the first to tell you: download this app. One little known bonus feature: you can also use Nike + to program your Power Song to play when you need extra motivation. Whether it is 1996 “I Believe I Can Fly” R. Kelly or 2009 “Re-Mix to Ignition” R. Kelly, your Power Song will keep you motivated.
No. 6 - Zombies, Run
Ideal For: Runners/nerds seeking some creative motivation
Cost: $7.99
There are all sorts of ways to get motivated to work out. If hopes of finally getting that sexy neighbor to notice you aren’t enough to get you into your running shoes, then maybe this app is for you. Zombies, Run sends the sounds of bloodthirsty undead monsters to your headphones and puts you in the middle of your own episode of The Walking Dead. If movies have taught us anything, it is that survival in a post-apocalyptic landscape is the best motivation to get your jog on.
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No. 7 - Lose It
Ideal For: Tracking calories
Cost: Free
You can say you work out to “feel good”. You can tell us you hit the gym to “find your center”. But, let’s get real for a minute, you work out to shed that beer weight and make sure that ladies don’t burn calories themselves by running away from your sorry ass. Lose It keeps track of calories consumed and calories burned to see if you are really doing what you need to do. It’s a little real, we know, but it might be what you need.
No. 8 - WiScale
Ideal For: Knowing every number of measurement associated with your body.
Cost: Free - $150
We know that the scale is rarely your friend. But, this scale not only measures your weight, but also your BMI, fat, and lean muscle mass. So, yeah, this scale isn’t your friend, but maybe it is that know-it-all frenemy that irks you to the point that you finally decide to better yourself. Though you might feel like this is TMI, knowledge is power. Besides, you can always close your eyes when you jump on the scale for the first few weeks and save the data for when you’ve made some progress and feel a little better about yourself.
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No. 9 - Charity Miles
Ideal For: Doing some good on your run
Cost: FREE
Would knowing that you were helping underprivileged children get you off the couch and to the gym? If the answer is “yes” (and we hope it is, you heartless lazy fool), then this app is for you. Charity Miles donates on your behalf: 25 cents a mile for runners and 10 cents a mile for bikers. They are giving a million dollars to charity and a percentage of that could go to the charity of your choice. Just make sure you do your research beforehand, we don’t need any more of that KONY 2012 stuff.
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No. 10 - Navy SEAL Fitness
Ideal For: Athletes seeking results
Cost: $1.99
Navy SEAL Fitness offers a wide variety of workouts from the guys who know best. This app will get you in shape, as it is geared toward “broad and inclusive” training. This means you will actually be in shape, rather than being the dude who spends his whole workout on the bench trying to get his pecs to pop better when he wears that deep v-neck.
