Five Free Apps » fitness http://www.fivefreeapps.com Covering the Best in Apps & So Much More Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:31:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 7 Free Android Apps to Get in Shape & Track Your Fitnesshttp://www.fivefreeapps.com/2010/03/7-free-android-apps-to-get-in-shape-track-your-fitness.html http://www.fivefreeapps.com/2010/03/7-free-android-apps-to-get-in-shape-track-your-fitness.html#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:47:55 +0000 Brian Mongold http://www.eazycheezy.net/?p=3605 It’s about that time of the year when I take a step back and realize it’s time to amp up my workout program. Contrary to popular belief, outstanding fitness apps exist on more platforms than just the iPhone.

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Getting in shape and tracking your fitness can be an easy task with the right apps. In looking through the Android Market, there’s quite a few fitness and health apps, but I’m going to focus on the best free ones to get your started. All the apps below can be found at the Android Market and can be downloaded free of charge.

Calorie Counter by FatSecret v1.12.0 – 4.5 Stars, 9k ratings, >250k downloads

A simple tool to find all the Calorie and Nutrition Facts for the foods you eat. UPDATED February 11: New “RDI” feature calculates your Recommended Daily Intake to achieve your goal weight. Enhancements to search, sync and navigate.

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CardioTrainer v2.1.0 – 4.5 Stars, 5k ratings, >250k downloads

Your training partner for running, cycling and other cardio fitness activities. Features in v2.1: High Scores, manually enter workouts, weightloss trainer, graphs, outdoor & treadmill (pedometer/GPS), voice & music integration, records path, pace, calories, racing, autopause, etc.

JogTracker 1.0.4 – 4 Stars, 511 ratings, 50k – 250k downloads

JogTracker measures time and distance for runners, walkers and cyclists. Display distance in miles or kilometers. Uses GPS and Google Maps to help you find your way. View your jog history on the web.

Buddy Runner v1.5.0 – 4.5 Stars, 1k ratings, 50k – 250k downloads

Provides the capabilities of an expensive GPS enabled personal fitness trainer. Records routes, distance, time and pace during workouts. Personal dashboard saves history and visualizes results. Auto Facebook/Twitter posting. Audio feedback reads progress during workout. New in 1.5.0: supports for QVGA.

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SportyPal 1.7.4 – 4.5 Stars, 715 ratings, 10k – 50k downloads

BEST fitness app on Android Network Awards. Improve your running and cycling performance using your Android phone. Easily log and map your track and results, analyze or share with your friends on www.sportypal.com. New in 1.7.4: new workout types, voice notifications, bug fixes.

WeightPad v1.1 – 4 Stars, 251 ratings, 10k – 50k downloads

WeightPad is a useful application for Android to support your daily weight control, which is necessary for a diet. You can record your weight by kg, lb and st.  Also, your weight is displayed by line graph, so you can instinctively check the change of your daily weight and the degree of achievement for your goal weight.

Endomondo Sports Tracker v2.0.4 – 4.5 Stars, 175 ratings, 10k – 50k downloads

Your sports trainer for running, cycling, walking and other sports. Real-time tracking of time, distance, speed and altitude. Audio feedback per km or mile. Personal voice messages from friends. Route displays on Google Maps. History of workouts and lap times. Integrates with www.endomondo.com for analysis and competitions.

Did I miss any of your favorite apps? Have you tried any of the ones above? Let me hear what you think.

]]> http://www.fivefreeapps.com/2010/03/7-free-android-apps-to-get-in-shape-track-your-fitness.html/feed 1 Get Fit, Lose Weight and Track Your Progress – New Year Resolution Resourceshttp://www.fivefreeapps.com/2010/01/get-fit-lose-weight-and-track-your-progress-new-year-resolution-resources.html http://www.fivefreeapps.com/2010/01/get-fit-lose-weight-and-track-your-progress-new-year-resolution-resources.html#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:50:30 +0000 Brian Mongold http://www.eazycheezy.net/?p=3059 Now that 2010 has arrived, many of us look for inner motivation to improve ourselves. While we look to improve our fitness, lose a few pounds and start the new year out right, having the right program to follow and tools to help track our progress can help with our progress and keep us on the right path. Below, I’ve compiled some of the top sites for workout programs, tracking fitness, journals and losing weight.

Workout Plans

  • 100 Pushups - Six week training plan, which requires you to put in just 30 minutes per week. The goal at the end of the training program is for you to complete 100 consecutive push ups.
  • The Couch-to-5K Running Plan - Cool Running gives beginning runners a schedule and a plan to help you run 3 miles in just two months.

Sites to Track Fitness

  • Traineo – Fitness and weight loss community to help you stay on track.
  • MapMyRun – As the name says, this site gives you the capability to map your running plan and find other great routes.
  • FitBit – This site enables you to not only track your fitness, but also your sleep.

Journals

Lose Weight

  • CalorieLab – Find nutrition information from almost any restaurant chain and foods. They also have calorie-burning information for daily activities.
  • How Eating Slowly Will Help You Lose Weight – The slower we eat, the more time we give our stomach to tell our brain that we’re full. I personally need to work on this.
  • 5 Essential Weight Loss Foods – Eating the right foods can help speed up your weight loss.
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Learn Something New
Instructables - Learn how to do just about anything with this outstanding site 8 30+ Resources to Help Tackle New Year Resolutionsfull of DIY and How-tos.
e-How - Like Instructables, e-How shows you how to do anything you want to learn.
How to Clean Stuff - Learn how to clean just about anything.

12 Universities Offering Free Business Courses Online – Feed your brain by taking these free business courses.
TeacherTrainerVideos – Learn RSS, podcasting, iTunes, Youtube and so much for with these excellent tutorial videos.

Get Fit

Free Tools to Track Your Fitness Progress – Lifehacker – Lifehacker lists all the best free tools, so no more excuses.
The Best Tech Tools & Fitness Plans to Get in Shape – Lifehacker provides several tools to help us get in shape and lose weight. I personally use the Nike iPod and love it.
Gyminee – Track all your workouts, set goals, meet new friends & monitor your diet.

Lose Weight

CalorieLab – Find nutrition information from almost any restaurant chain and foods. They also have calorie-burning information for daily activities.
How Eating Slowly Will Help You Lose Weight – The slower we eat, the more time we give our stomach to tell our brain that we’re full. I personally need to work on this.
5 Essential Weight Loss Foods – Eating the right foods can help speed up your weight loss.

Budget Better

10 Online Budget Tools – Great listing of handy tools from DoughRoller, which include my favorite free budgeting tool, Mint.
50 Free or Low Cost Budgeting Tools – An excellent listing from Achingdebts.
Consumerist’s 9-Step Beginners Guide to Budgeting – Some great tips to budget using Microsoft Excel.


Reduce Debt

How I Paid off $35,000 in Debt and How You Can Too – Zenhabits featured guest author J.D. Roth, who gave some great advice how to get out of debt.
73 Great Debt Elimination Tips – 73 tips sure to set you straight.
Reader Pays of $14,330 in 20 Months With Our Tips – The Consumerists shows us the tips one of their readers followed to eliminate a ton of debt.
CNN Money’s Debt Reduction Planner – They have some great calculators to use to see exactly how much you are in debt and how much interest you’ll be paying.


Connect with Family

My Heritage – Build your family tree, network with your family members and share photos.
Geni – Build your family tree, keep records of your family history, create your children’s profiles, share photos and videos wit your family, celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and other important dates, etc.
Cozi – Create and share family calendars, make lists, send reminders and messages, keep a family journal and sync your family calendar up with Outlook.
DLTK’s Printable Crafts for Kids - Have fun with a variety of fun, printable crafts for your kids, coloring pages, holiday projects, educational themes & more.


Find Your Sole Mate

Plentyoffish - Free online dating site
Engage - You can be a dater or a matchmaker as this site looks to matchup couples
OKCupid – Free online dating site that uses community forums, tests, activities & tests.


Stop Bad Habits
20 Tricks to Nuke a Bad Habit – Learn how to stop bad habits from on the of the best, Zenhabits.
50 Habits of Highly Successful People – Stepcase Lifehack shows you some positive habits that could lead to more success. Do as those who are successful do.
13 Things to Avoid When Changing Habits - More great tips from Zenhabits. Things that you don’t want to do when modifying your habits.
18 Tricks to Make New Habits Stick – So now you’ve started new habits. Stepcase Lifehack shows you how to make you keep them.
How to Squash Negative Thought Patterns – Steve Pavlina provides 5 tips to make us stop thinking so negatively.

Get a Better Job
USAJobs 3 Part Series – Learn how to land a federal government job.
21 Useful Job Hunting Tools – Job search engines, online resume sites, tips & more.
Glassdoor – Knowledge is power, so make sure you find a company that employees like to work at. You’ll get anonymous employee reviews and salary information.
PayScale – Make sure you’re getting paid what your worth by getting a salary comparison, based on location, position, experience, etc.Internet 30+ Resources to Help Tackle New Year Resolutions

Volunteer & Help Others

VolunteerMatch - This site offers a variety of online services to support nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders who want to help the community. Find opportunities in your area.
Idealist – Idealist is a site dedicated to bringing people and organizations together. You can exchange ideas, resources and locate opportunities and supporters.


 Get Organized

27 Great Tips to Keep Your Life Organized – Zen Habits helps us organize & improve our organizational skills with these great tips.
20 Great Tools to Keep Your Life Organized – Now that we have the tips, lets use some of the great tools Zen Habits gives us.
7 Secrets of the Super Organized – Dumb Little Man shows us some great tips to help us get our lives organized.

I wish everyone luck on keeping their New Year Resolutions! To me, it’s more about setting realistic goals. My goals are to eat better, get in shape, start back school and be more successful this year than last. Please share some of your New Years Resolutions. I’m curious to see what you’ll be working on this year.

Eazy Cheezy
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