Fitness App Download

Don’t follow the trend and buy popular products. First, find out your current fitness stage and core needs. It is enough to download only 1-2 products that match your needs. Downloading more will only occupy memory and end up gathering dust in the folder.

When I first got into fitness two years ago, I ran into a big pit. When I browsed Xiaohongshu and saw other people recommending me, I downloaded everything, including Keep, Mint, Xunji, yoga, and Pamela. I saved almost 10 of them. I opened a special menu on my mobile phone desktop called " "Fitness Self-Discipline" folder, but half a month later, in addition to being annoyed by various notifications "You haven't exercised in three days" every day, I didn't even open it a few times. Instead, I felt guilty, as if I didn't deserve to exercise if I didn't download enough apps.

If you are just starting out and you were tired of going downstairs to pick up a courier before, don’t look for an app that requires you to fill out seven or eight pages of height, weight and body fat, and even requires you to take a front and side photo for assessment. The threshold is too high, and your enthusiasm for exercise will have long been exhausted. Just look for one with a lot of free short content. Many people complain that there are too many Keep ads and the sales of course packages are annoying, but you don’t need to sign up for a membership when you just get started. In the free area, there are 10 minutes of morning stretching and 15 minutes of at-home non-jumping fat-burning exercises. The movements are clearly marked, and there are voice reminders to focus on your efforts. You can just follow and practice. My colleague wanted to lose weight last year but was afraid to go to the gym, so he practiced for 20 minutes every day after get off work. He lost 5 pounds in the first month, and then he dared to sign up for offline strength classes. Oh, by the way, if you usually like to follow bloggers such as Pamela and Liu Genghong, you don’t need to download the app at all. Just search the collection on Bilibili. The picture quality is higher and there are no ads. Now I just search directly for aerobics to save memory.

If you have been practicing for three to five months and go to the gym to lift iron regularly every week, and you need to remember the number of sets, calculate training volume, and track your diet, then you don’t need fancy follow-up functions and just look for tools with strong attributes. Most of my friends who have been masturbating for two years use the training recorder. They can record the weight and the number of reps done in each group with just a few clicks. It can also generate weekly training trends. It is much more convenient than holding a small notebook and squatting next to the equipment to record. However, some friends think that its functions are too detailed and they can’t find the place after a long time when they first get started. This depends on your own usage habits. There is no need to just listen to what others say is better. When calculating calories, people usually use Mint Health, but this is really controversial. Many people say that its food library is inaccurate. For the same Lanzhou Ramen, some entries are listed as 400 calories and some are listed as 700. When I use it myself, I usually search for 3 entries of the same type and take the middle value. I just have a score. There is really no need to stick to those dozens of calories. Instead, eating is like completing a task.

There are two completely opposite opinions on the Internet. One is that fitness apps are good news for newbies, and spending tens of dollars is much more cost-effective than hiring a personal trainer. The other is that apps are all template content, which is useless and easy to get injured after practicing. Both of these statements are actually correct, the key depends on how you use them. I met a young man at the gym last month. He followed a certain app’s 5-point muscle-building plan for two months. His knees hurt so much that he couldn’t squat down. Later I found out that he had an old knee injury from playing basketball. He just carried on doing the weight-bearing lunges three times a week in the plan without adjusting at all. Do you think this is a problem with the app? Not entirely. After all, the app can’t assess your posture, and it doesn’t know whether you have any old injuries. If you really want to pursue complete personalization, you must find a reliable offline personal trainer. But if you have a limited budget and don’t want to get injured by practicing blindly, choose an app that suits your needs and flexibly adjust the content. The price-performance ratio is really high.

Finally, a little reminder, don’t believe the pop-up messages that pop up when downloading, such as “Lose 10 pounds in 7 days” and “Build a vest line in 30 days”. They are basically just leeks. Either the content is all pieced together, or you will be asked to pay an annual fee of several hundred yuan after downloading. If you are not sure, first go to fitness-related forums or ask friends around you who often exercise. Try the free function for a week first, and then pay if you think it can really help you. To be honest, the app is just an auxiliary tool. Even if you download a full screen and lie still, it won't be effective, right?