Want to finally crack the gym in 2025? This app has changed my workouts forever

Date:
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:00:20 +0000

Description:
If you want to get in shape in 2025, Fitbod is one of the best apps for just about any type or workout.

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The gym is a scary place, at least at first. Everyone there is so focused
that it can be awkward to walk through the doors, let alone pick up the weights.

When I started working out in 2012, I did so with a cursory induction session and was left to my own devices. I got more familiar as time went on, but without any real instruction (and no money for a personal trainer), I always felt like I had a ceiling for my progress.

I discovered Fitbod a couple of years ago, and in the time since Ive racked
up over 1000 workouts, meaning it was easy to include in our best fitness app roundup . Heres why I like it, and why I think you should give it a spin in 2025. A task-based workout (Image credit: Fitbod)

Im a very task-oriented person, and if I wasnt writing about workout apps right now theres a good chance Id be extolling the virtues of a task manager instead.

Theres something about ticking items off of a list that fills me with satisfaction, and Fitbod works so well for me because it essentially offers a sort of 'to-do list' when Im working out.

Once a workout is generated (more on that in a moment), I know that I can get to the gym, open the app, and hit Start Workout to get going.

Fitbod is constantly learning and adjusting its algorithms, so I can look at
a series of five or six exercises and tackle them as I see fit. Naturally theres a feeling of dread when I see squats coming up (anyone who says they enjoy them is factually incorrect), but ticking each item off the list almost gamifies working out.

And, just as in a video game, you 'level up' in a way with Fitbods workout reports. These get more detailed year after year, and show you a handy line graph over a week, month, six months, or a year to show how youve improved.

Thats a fantastic motivator, as are the little trophies for hitting new personal bests. Theres even a Spotify Wrapped-style roundup at the end of the year, too. Less guesswork, more leg work (Image credit: Fitbod)

One of the hardest parts about walking into a gym for the first time is not knowing where to start. Sure, you can narrow it down to cardio or strength training, but which exercises are best? Which equipment should you use?

Fitbod takes a lot of the guesswork out of working out. It has six categories ranging from general fitness to olympic weightlifting, and will recommend workouts based on time intervals of 15 - 90 minutes. It also targets your recovered muscles by default, so you can rest those youve most recently used.

Better yet, you can filter by equipment, including a setup with no equipment at all if you have 15 minutes and no weights, and if you do need guidance, it offers GIF walkthroughs on your phone or Apple Watch to show you how to do each exercise safely. Any workout works (Image credit: Fitbod)

One of my favorite Fitbod features is how it pulls in data from other workout apps (if you let it). While it can track your runs, indoors our outdoors, it doesnt have the metric tracking of something like Strava .

Thankfully, I have it set up to import Strava workouts into my activity feed, showing when Ive run and factoring it into my muscle tiredness. It also lets you tie in with Apples own Fitness app, meaning my walk to and from the gym can be tracked, too of the more than 1,000 workouts Ive done, its fair to
say a lot of them are long strolls.

You can also ask Fitbod to export data to Strava or Fitbit, as well as Apple Health.

Thanks to Fitbod, Ive hit heights with strength training I didnt think were possible even a few years ago and Im working out muscles Id otherwise have neglected (looking at you, legs).

My overall fitness has really leveled up, and thats why Fitbods iOS widget
has a permanent spot on one of my home screens at all times. You might also like Thanks to this app, Im a transformed man, or at least I will be eventually This app can teach you to play and analyze how you're doing musically, that is This app helped me discover hidden gems and explore the great outdoors



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