Apps to get you back into shape this New Year

iPod nano
iPod nano now doubles as a Pedometer. It uses the built-in accelerometer to keep track of your steps and help you meet your fitness goals. You can create a daily step goal or set it to Always On so it counts all the steps you take, all the time. Which makes iPod nano the ideal exercise partner.
For more visit iPod nano Fitness.

iPod shuffle
iPod shuffle is our smallest music player with easy-acess controls. You can navigate your music – and activate the VoiceOver feature – without taking your eyes off your run and with up to 1,000 songs with the 4GB model, that’s a load of essentials for your workout. iPod shuffle includes easy access controls for your workout.

For more information on iPod shuffle

iPod touch
iPod touch includes built-in Nike+ iPod support. With the Nike+GPS app from the App Store you can map your run, track your progress and get the motivation you need to go even further.

Nike+ Sport Kit
Your shoes and your iPod nano team up to maximise your run. See the minutes tick by. Watch the miles unfold. Hear real-time voice feedback. All your favourite music to get you through the home stretch.
Rock and Run with Nike+ iPod Sport Kit: http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/run.html

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Nike Training Club – Nike Inc.

Health & Fitness – FREE

Nike Training Club is a training app that gives you your own personal trainer, anytime, anywhere. Get lean, toned and strong with over 60 custom-built workouts, including new training regimens from five professional athletes, while you earn NTC reward workouts from Lea Michele and Rihanna’s personal trainer, Ary Nuñez.

iBike – Velocomp LLP

Sports – Free

iBike = basic around £175 / €203 / $200 – advanced around £280 / €325 / $330.
iBike turns your iOS device into a bicycle computer. Measure your speed, cadence, heart-rate even power just as the pros do! With iPhone, you even get GPS maps right on your bike and you can e-mail your ride information to anyone at the touch of a button.

Withings WiScale – WiThings

(Scale and Blood Pressure Monitor)
Health & Fitness – Free

Scale = around £130 / €140 / $160
Blood Pressure Monitor = around £120 / €130 / $150

Scale –

With its extra slim glass and steel design, the wifi body scale is jam-packed with technology yet remains simple to use. It can automatically record all your weight and impedance measurements wirelessly to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch thanks to its built-in Wi-Fi connection. Download the free iTunes application and log on whenever you’d like to see a comprehensive view of all your weight data (weight, BMI, fat and lean muscle mass) in total confidentiality. Like having your very own fitness coach right in your pocket, you can consult it whenever and wherever you like. The wifi body scale allows you to stay motivated by helping to set your goals and monitoring your weight over the long term.

Blood Pressure Monitor –

Revolutionary in both its function and design, the Withings Smart Blood Pressure Monitor simplifies the daily measurement and tracking of your blood pressure-automatically displaying your measurements and saving it for easy tracking and evaluation over time. With new measurement sharing options, it becomes the ideal solution for accurate BP monitoring at home.Measurement is instantaneous and done with a gesture. Just plug directly into your iOS device and the application is launched automatically, and with a single press it takes your measurements. There’s no need to write down your results or calculate your averages, since the Withings Smart Blood Pressure Monitor does it all for you. The free Withings application automatically generates graphs, which makes trend detection easier, and the secured sharing option allows you to automatically share measurements.

Can I Eat It? – TheOtherMedia

Health & Fitness – £1.99

Simple and fun way to check what you’re eating! You’ll no longer be fooled by products that ‘appear’ healthy with clever wrappers and packaging. Simply scan the product barcode with the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch camera and based on your settings you’ll get a thumbs up or a thumbs down to tell you if you should eat it or not.

Calorie Counter for iPad – FatSecret

Health & Fitness – FREE

Calorie Counter is the essential app to simply find nutritional info for the food you eat and easily keep track of your meals, exercise and weight. Calorie Counter is customized for the iPad, is simple to use and has all the cool tools to help you succeed.You can also sync your account online to access your info anywhere, any time.

Gym Goal – SmalTek

Healthcare & Fitness – £1.99

Jam packed with excellent exercises, Gym Goal helps you reinvent your fitness routine, with step by step instructions, exercise suggestions for specific muscles, and it motivates you by tracking your body measurements!

Authentic Yoga with Deepak Chopra – Signal Patterns

Healthcare & Fitness – £1.49

Practice yoga with the teachings of Deepak Chopra & watch video lessons by Tara Stiles, and discover specialised poses for relaxation and strength.

NHS Quit Smoking – NHS Choices

Healthcare & Fitness – FREE

Get smoke free with the official NHS Quit Smoking app, and get all the help you need with instant tips, a timer that tells you how long you’ve been smoke free, and even how much money you’ve saved!

Couch to 10K – Felt Tip Inc.

Healthcare & Fitness – £1.99

Run 10km (6.2 miles) with this simple series of interval workouts based on a popular Vancouver running event training program. This app has detailed training plans for every workout, keeps track of your workout progress, and has built-in voice prompts to coach you through each workout. The program follows a 3-days-a-week workout schedule over 13 weeks, alternating walking and running intervals for each workout. Couch to 10k is perfect for beginner runners and former runners who want to start up running again. If you’re not sure about a 10k or would like to start with a 5k, you can train first with our Couch to 5k app and then switch to Couch to 10k when you’re done. Start around Week 5 in the app to continue your training.

Garmin Fit – Garmin Ltd.

£0.69

Turn your iPhone into a powerful training tool with the Garmin Fit app. See your current walking, running or cycling stats at one glance or review and share them later thanks to automatic uploading to Garmin Connect™. It even allows you select the perfect soundtrack for your workout.

BUPA Smart Runner – BUPA Ltd.

Free

Run smarter, stay stronger. Bupa Smart Runner, the app for all levels of running ability, is designed to help you add variety and fun to your running with a Bupa smart run once a week, learn better running technique, log any niggles in the Diary and access personal advice from Bupa experts. Bupa smart runs are a selection of 3 types of randomised running workouts – hill runs, sprint runs and cross-training runs. Smart runs provide you with a more interesting workout, to replace one normal run per week. Using a Bupa smart run can help to reduce the risk of running injuries, improve your technique and make you stronger.

iMapMyRun+ – MapMyFITNESS Inc.

£1.49

⊕ iPod music integration
⊕ GPS Camera
⊕ No ads
⊕ Voice prompts give you updates on your progress as you go!
Run and Workout Tracking and Logging:
⊕ Pace
⊕ Live Route Map
⊕ Distance
⊕ Calories
⊕ Elevation
⊕ Nutrition
⊕ Friends (live map, and activity feed)
⊕ Stats (Heart Rate – requires purchase of accessory)

iMapMyRide+ – MapMyFITNESS Inc.

£1.49

Simple to use, for all ages and ability levels.
⊕ iPod music integration
⊕ GPS Camera
⊕ No ads
⊕ Voice prompts give you updates on your progress as you go!
Ride and Workout Tracking and Logging:
⊕ Speed (Max, Avg)
⊕ Live Route Map
⊕ Distance
⊕ Calories
⊕ Elevation
⊕ Nutrition
⊕ Friends (live map, and activity feed)
⊕ Stats (Heart Rate, Speed & Cadence, Power – requires purchase of accessory)

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