App Review Tags : "training"

One for the kids now (or the young at heart/mind) as the prolific producer of app excellence, Gameloft, rolls out the latest addition to its app assemblage: Monster Life, an egg-hatching, monster-making, origami-esque battle against the minions of Chaos… read more

2/6/11 Updated with App Review video

Keeping motivated while exercising is one of the most difficult elements of training, so it pays to be able to track your progress rather than just running, walking, or cycling yourself into the ground with no idea of how much of an impact your regime is making on your health. RunKeeper is a free app that uses GPS to track your route, speed and distance and allows you to upload all that data to your RunKeeper account and keep tabs on your progress online, read more

It’s that time of year when fighting back against the tide of Xmas excess becomes a grim reality. It’s cold, it’s wet and the last thing you want to do is haul ass five times around the local park before work.

Help is at hand, however, thanks to the Cardio Trainer app – free from Android Market. Whether you’re a runner, biker, walker, or even cross-country skier, Cardio Trainer has a mode that’s specifically designed to help you get super-fit. read more

The best-selling fitness app for the iPhone has been re-made for Android with most of its functions intact (iPhone users do get an extra calorie-counter, although there have been complaints about its accuracy).

What Android users do get are the details of more than 200 different exercises, all with photographs and some offering video too. You will, however, need a reasonable internet-connection to view these.
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