Women's Fitness

40 womensfitness.co.uk | September 2016

3

new

fitness

watches

we love

1

GARMIN VIVOMOVE

If gym selfiesaren’t your

thing and you’d rather

keep fitness subtle this watch –

which looks like aregular watch –

might be your match. Compared

with mostactivity trackers which

need regular charging the

Vivomove boastsan impressive

one-year battery life and tracks

steps and sleep. It’s pretty basic

but does what it says on the tin.

❒From £139.99 garmin.c om

2

WITHINGS GO

Whether you’re going for a

walk swimming lengths or

soundasleep this affordable

trackerwill record your stats. It’ll

pull up data like calories burned

distance covered and duration of a

workout sending the stats to your

phoneto create useful and

easy-to-understand graphs.For

instant data ju st checkthe e-ink

display on the trackeritself.

❒£49.95 withings.com/uk

3

FITBIT BLAZE

If cardio is your thing

something like the GPS-

enabled Fitbit Blaze should be

your new best friend. Aside from

the usual tracking it also

continuously monitors heart rate

for some superin-depth stats

about your fitness.

❒£159.99 fitb it.com

CHLOE

MADELEY

15 MINUTE

FAT LOSS

WORKOUT

A fuss-free fitness appthat

tells you and shows you

exactly what to do so it’s

ideal for those wholike to

just get to the gym and

switch off. Chloe’s appis

based aroundfat-loss goals

and comprisesfour circuits

for upperbody

core lo wer body

and fat burning.

You really don’t

need to do

anything but the

moves which are

all shown on

videoso you

can just nail them

and get a sweat

on.There’s even

a built-in timer so no

switching betweenapps.

❒£2.99 iTunes

NTC NIKE

TRAINING

CLUB

Undoubtedlyoneof the

mostpopular exercise apps

going NTC allows you to

trainby goal – whether

that’s fatloss strength or

definition – as

well as fitness

level.The

videos are clear

and while

they’re playing

there’s a

countdown

timer and

a preview

of the next

move.Welovethe feed

for inspiration advice

and asocial aspect.

❒Free iTunes and

Google Play

WAHOO

FITNESS

7 MINUTE

WORKOUT

Each of Wahoo Fitness’

workouts features 12

bodyweight exercises done

at high intensity. While there

are video tutorials for the

moves the appworks

best if you school

yourself beforehand

to get a smooth-

sailing session. It

even hasa compatible

trackercalled the Tickr

X which records reps

heart rate and

calories.

❒Free iTunes and

Google Play

EXERCISE

take our training up a

notch thanks to the help it

provides with planning.

That might be through

providing us with running

routes specific workouts

or intensities neededin

order to hit a goal weset

out earlier on in the week.

Giving guidance

Forthose of us whodon’t

have apersonal trainer

or don’t knowabout

everything going on in the

fitness scene sometimes

advice is the biggest

catalystfor results. How

handy is it that you can

simply download an app

that tells you what to do

andwhen? The only thing

you need to do is smash

the workout. ‘I think apps

will becomemore common

place in terms of training

replacing PTs and fitness

books’ says Chloe

Madeley whose 15 Minute

Fat Loss Workout

provides superquick

fat-burning circuits on

your phone. ‘I think it’s

made fitness less boring

thanks to the visual

stimulation technology

allows. Apps are ideal

for people whowant to

learn how to trainor eat

according to their goals

as they’re so visual

and easy to use.’

WORDS: AMANDA

KHOUV PICTURES: SHUTTERSTOCK

‘This kind of feedback

empowers people

to exercise more

effectively. It’s the

psychology of instant

gratification’

The workout apps

you need in your life