> App Review>Android Exercise App

Android Health & Exercise Apps - Keep Fit, Live Healthier

By Louis Habersham, 22/07/2015, updated on 21/01/2022

Nowadays, there are numerous of health keeping apps provided for Android users. Most of them works perfectly and can help you lose weight, burn calories and build up a perfect body shape. Below are several excellent apps I think you will love if you have tried.

Strava Running and Cycling GPS

Strava Running and Cycling GPS is a useful Android app for users who want to keep fit and live healthier. You can create your own route and view your activity map as you record.

Use Strava Running and Cycling GPS to track your runs and rides with GPS and get the distance, pace, speed, elevation gained, calories burned and collect heart rate data after your training. You can share your activities with your friends to encourage them to come to join you keeping fit.

It's now available for Android Wear and you can start and stop your activities in voice control without taking out your phone. It's also reviewed the world's top 10 most innovative companies in fitness.

Strava Running and Cycling GPS

StrongLifts 5x5

StrongLifts 5x5 is one of the simplest and effective apps for Android phone/tablet users to get stronger, build muscle and burn fat. Set up your goal before training, then, the app will help you do the calculation and the plan, you just need to keep focus on your training. By doing three types of exercise for 45 minutes each, and hold it three times a week, you will be stronger in result of your hard training.

The app will add weight for you according to your training progress and deload or repeat the weight if you face an obstacle. You can view your graphs to see the effect of your workout. The workouts will be backed up automatically every week.

StrongLifts 5x5

C25K - 5K Runner Trainer FREE

C25K – 5K Runner Trainer Free is an outstanding type of Android body shaping app. There are a great number of successful stories of losing weight and body shaping. It works because it's a reasonable combination of running and working and will build up the stamina of the beginner. Thus people who try it won't easily give up.

You can enjoy the music you like with it and check for the calories lost by logging in to the MyFitnessPal at the end of your workout. Just do the exercise for 30 minutes a day in a frequency of 3 times a week and keep it a habit for 8 weeks.

Let's have a look at the reviews below:

  • "In this last year I have lost 97 lbs, gotten off insulin and 9 other medications, completed the C25K running app and started the 10k app. Life is a blessing." – Diana
  • "I went from a size 16 to a size 7. I tell anyone I can about the app. because it was nothing short of a life changer." – Amber
  • "I'm now down 50 pounds from when I began C25K in August. I've gone through the program 3 times increasing my speed by a half MPH each time." - Claire

C25K - 5K Runner Trainer FREE

PumpUp — Fitness Community

More than 2 million people are using PumpUp to lose weight and keep fit. You can set your goal and the available equipment and there will be a voice coach giving you a step-by-step guide with HD motion pictures for over 500 exercises. Running, walking, weightlifting and so on are included. You can share your training progress with your friends and share triumphs to encourage them. PumpUp will be a good assistant and coach to witness your success on losing weight.

PumpUp — Fitness Community

Endomondo

In today's fast-pace lifestyle, we become vulnerable on immunity for the lack of exercise. So a useful Android app to help users burn fat, keep fit become essential. Endomondo will be highly recommended, which can help you track all of your workouts using GPS and check for your training stats on MyFitnessPal and reach your fitness goal finally after the hard working.

Workout summary like duration, speed, distance, calories and more can be analyzed and adjust for the standard level. Just free your Endorphins by running, walking and cycling, and more. This app will also monitor your heart rate during your training.

Endomondo

Sworkit Lite - Workout Trainer

Another powerful Android app I want to highly recommend to Android users who want to burn fat and form a perfect body shape. You can use Sworkit Lite, which works for yoga, Pilates, cardio workout and stretching. You can even keep fit in office and at home. It is recommended by Mahsable, LifeHacker, Gizmodo, and more.

The most outstanding features are listed below:

  • Focused Routine, which allows to you do the sports for the specific area of your body, such as back, chest, hips, legs, stomach and more.
  • Injury Recovery: When you are recently injured but want to keep on exercising, it will remove the moves that you can't do and add a recovery move for you.
  • Coach Created Training: It will teach you how to be physical therapists, PE teachers, sportsman and more.

Sworkit Lite - Workout Trainer

Runtastic Road Bike Tracker

It's a good app for the biking and cycling lovers who use Android phone/tablet. Runtastic Road Bike Tracker is efficient for you to check for the distance, duration, speed, elevation gain and of course, the most important one, calories that burned according to the GPS. You can choose thousands of bike route provided by the app or customize your own one.

When you stop for a short break, the app will automatically stop the calculation to make sure the result turns out accurate. You can keep fit with your bike and Runtastic Road Bike Tracker no mater you go for a casual ride in the park or a specific road bike. The uphill time, downhill time and flat time will be analyzed.

Runtastic Road Bike Tracker

Note: Do not need to worry about the number of apps on your Android device for Android Manager can make apps in order on the device.

Tried any of them? Feel helpful or succeed losing weight with these apps?

Why not leave us comment to share your idea or experience. Excising will free up Endorphins and bring us happiness. No matter you want to lose weight, build up muscle or keep yourself in shape, just keep doing sports from now on, I believe you will love that.