Burn away the winter blues with indoor exercise apps on your Android smartphone
It can be hard to motivate yourself to get up for a run on a frosty winter’s morning or to psych yourself up for an evening gym session when it’s cold and dark by 5:30pm every day.
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Luckily, there are many great Android apps that offer a selection of workouts you can do in the coziness of your own home. TCL recommends its pick of the best indoor workout apps for those freezing ‘June/July’ days.
30 Day Fitness Challenge
Designed by a professional fitness coach, the 30 Day Fitness Challenge offers a scientific approach to fitness and health. 30 Day Fitness Challenge increases exercise intensity step by step, so that you can easily stick to daily training.
BODY by Blogilates
A fitness app that offers free workouts, challenges, a social community, and a place to log your fitness and wellness journey. Award-winning fitness and Pilates Instructor, Cassey Ho of Blogilates has put together all of her best workout videos in one sleek app so you can take them with you anywhere.
BurnFit
BurnFit’s intuitive workout log helps you effortlessly track progress and create personalised workout plans that fit your needs and preferences. This workout app is your personal cheerleader, motivator, and fitness guru all in one.
Caliber Strength Training
Caliber is a comprehensive training programme that incorporates strength, conditioning, nutrition and habit formation to help you achieve your fitness goals. Train on your own for free via the Caliber app, or work with a Caliber coach for faster progress towards your goals.
FitOn
Achieve personalised health and fitness goals with unlimited access to home workouts and exercise videos—from cardio to strength training to HIIT, yoga, Pilates, Barre, and much more.
JEFIT Gym Workout Plan Tracker
Track your workouts and conquer your fitness goals effortlessly with JEFIT, the premier workout tracker app for newbies and seasoned pros alike. It features over 1400 exercises and thousands of pre-made routines tailored to your progress.
Nike Training Club
Exercise with the Nike Well Collective and achieve your fitness goals with the support of trusted trainers, coaches, instructors and experts. Health and fitness begin with home workouts, and healthy habit building tips to help you progress towards holistic fitness goals.
SmartWOD Timer
SmartWOD Timer is a simple and easy to use timer app for all common functional fitness and cross training workouts: AMRAP (As many rounds as possible), For Time, EMOM (Every minute on a minute) and Tabata HIIT interval training. Just choose the WOD type, set the duration and go.
STRETCHIT
STRETCHIT will recommend a stretching class or a personal programme based on your goals and training history. We’ll ask your feedback after each class and guide you to the next one to help you safely push your flexibility thresholds.
Sweat
Get the fitness motivation you need with Sweat, a personal training app featuring elite head trainer, Kayla Itsines. Sweat offers a broad suite of challenging, yet achievable programmes with workouts you can do anywhere, anytime to progressively build your fitness.