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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Mobile Phones in Connection to Health and Fitness

By Gareth Jale


Smart phones can do a wide variety of tasks: from enabling us to connect with our families and friends, to letting us connect and access a plethora of information on the Internet, smart phones are truly invaluable. And with the introduction of smart phone applications, smart phones are made more useful than ever, making our everyday tasks much easier.

If you own a smart phone, you will know that applications, or apps as they call it, are one of the many benefits you, the user, can get from these mobile devices. Smart phones have a number of applications that you can use for whatever task you may have at hand. So if you are looking for a specific application that can provide you with useful information from around the world, or you are looking for an application that can help you with your projects and assignments, you are sure to find a smart phone application for that one. In fact, there are a number of applications that can help you become fit and healthy.

You may not believe it, but there is already a number of health and fitness applications you can download and use for yourself. These health and fitness applications are compatible with any smart phone type; iDevices, or Apple products, as well as Android phones would be able to download and use these applications. The applications are also cheap (and at times, free), and are very small in terms of size (memory), thus not proving too costly for both your wallet and your phone's memory. Listed below are two of the many useful health and fitness applications you can make use of in order for you to become fit and healthy:

Setting a goal is very important, especially while you are exercising; without a clear goal, you won't be able to push yourself to exercise. A good way to motivate yourself is for you to be able to keep track of your goals, as well as let you know on how close you are in accomplishing that particular goal. For that, you can make use of an application called RunKeeper, which keeps a record of all your exercise data. Before you can use this application, you will need to register for a RunKeeper account first, which is quite simple and easy to get. With RunKeeper, you will be able to know how many miles you have covered, how many steps have you taken, and best of all, how many goals you have accomplished. RunKeeper requires a small monthly subscription.

Do you want to keep track of the number of calories your body takes? Then Calorie Counter - MyFitnessPal is the right application for you. This application contains the calorie data of over 1,100,000 foods, letting you know which food you should intake whenever you are trying to control your calorie intake. So if you are trying to lose some weight, you should definitely download this application. What's more, is that this application is free of charge. A truly good and useful application, indeed.

There are other health and fitness applications that are available for download as well. Of course, using accessories for your smart phone would prove to be useful, as you will want to be able to protect your smart phone from possible damages. Cell phone covers would work well, in order to absorb shock while your smart phone is clipped on your waist or arm. You would want to avail of headsets as well, so that you listen to your favorite tunes while you are exercising. Make sure to get some BlackBerry accessories for your smart phone if you want to make use of these applications.




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