Do Exercise Apps Really Work For You
Do you have to embrace technology even when you think “c’mon an app for fitness”? Well they are out there and if you have a couple of bucks to spare you can download one of these specialty apps onto your iPhone. The question may be not do they work but once you purchased it, will you use it? Isn’t going to the gym good enough? Can’t you get more out of working with a real live personal trainer that is physically present in the room next to you than to go somewhere in cyberspace? Judging by the popularity of the iFitness app in the iTunes store one comes away thinking maybe there is something to all of these high-tech gadgets.
A workout management tool you use at the gym or at home. Customize your workout exercises. See what you need to be doing for specific body parts with full-screen displayed instructions.
But will it replace a personal trainer in the flesh? Probably not, but more and more people have been turning to online personal trainers to get their exercise program and you have no idea where they’re from. Hey, if it works over the Internet or at your local gym the important thing to remember is that you are doing it. And that’s a good thing. So embrace technology for one has to believe more of the same if not a more sophisticated model will be coming out sooner than later.
Filed under: Health & Fitness on February 3rd, 2010