7 apps to play sports at home

The editorial staff of Digital brings together several athletes who indulge in both running and fitness or yoga, or simply seeking to keep fit. Each activity has its application to take advantage of personalized advice and training. Here are the ones we prefer.

Running, slimming, muscle strengthening: the best sports applications according to the editorial staff

The editorial staff of Digital brings together several athletes who indulge in both running and fitness or yoga, or simply seeking to keep fit. Each activity has its application to take advantage of personalized advice and training. Here are the ones we prefer.

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After a day to test laboratory products and write their articles, journalists of Digital appreciate to stretch the muscles by agreeing a good sports session, outdoors or at home. Tech enthusiasts, they each have their favorite application, corresponding to their sporting profile.

Some ran the Paris marathon based on a connected watch or a personalized program like that of Campus.coach. Others engage in more classic running with Strava or Nike Run Club, cycling with the Garmin Connect app, fitness with Apple Form, yoga with Down Dog, or simply hiking with Alltrails, by example. It can also be a question of starting a slimming and fitness program with Betterme, or even practice the famous Morning Routine At the end of the bed with 7min workout.

The profiles are therefore as varied as the specialties of each editorial member, which is why we offer you an overview of these different applications, which may make you want to adopt one or more.

Strava: the social network of athletes

The choice of Mathieu Freitas, house manager

More than an app, Strava is a real social network for athletes. If it is quite possible to record activities directly, and even access fairly advanced training functions by opting for the paid formula (€ 5/month), its interest lies above all in the possibility of sharing our sporting exploits with the circle of friends and beyond. It is also possible to import activities from many other applications, such as those of Garmin, Polar or Suunto to share them on Strava.

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Running and bicycle are particularly well represented there and lovers of these disciplines will quickly find new athletes to follow to draw inspiration from their training or simply exchange “Kudos” (congratulations to Strava sauce). Many challenges are regularly offered, with the key rewards ranging from the simple virtual trophy to the voucher to equip themselves. If you have trouble motivating your sneakers, Strava is an interesting app, but be careful not to become addicted !

• Add a real social dimension with the integration of photos and comments
• Possibility of importing the activities of other applications to share them
• Many challenges to take up with rewards to motivate yourself

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• Many features available only on subscription

Strava

Strava is a sports tracking application that allows you to record and share your itineraries on bicycle, on foot, skiing, hiking and many other outdoor sports. Take part in the challenges of the moment and share photos with the community.

• Downloads: 145
• Release date: 20/09/2023
• Author: Strava Inc.
• License: Free license
• Categories: Sport – Health
• Operating system: Android, online service, iOS iPhone / iPad / Apple Watch

• Android
• Online service
• iOS iPhone / iPad / Apple Watch

Garmin Connect: the owner coach

The choice of Marco Mosca, brand director

For those who use a connected watch, an activity sensor, an intelligent balance or a brand GPS counter, the Garmin Connect app is a must. Free, it synchronizes with firm products to provide a daily activity and health assessment: last physical activity, heart rate, Body Battery, Stress, intensive minutes, not, calories, breathing … a real dashboard to know everything at a glance.

Garmin Connect also hosts a small social network since we can share our activity data with friends. And to make all this even more fun and feed our competitive spirit, many challenges are available.

• Clarity of the customizable dashboard
• Coaches advice accessible for free
• Monitoring of the state of health dedicated to women

WEAK POINTS

• Menus that may seem clutter

Garmin Connect Mobile

Garmin Connect is the application to synchronize your Garmin bracelet to your Android smartphone

• Version: 4.70.1
• Downloads: 228
• Release date: 09/14/2023
• Author: Garmin
• License: Free license
• Categories: Sport
• Operating system: Android, iOS iPhone / iPad

7min Workout: Fast and efficient

The choice of Tanguy Andrillon, head of TV service

The results of scientific research show that 7 minutes of daily intensive effort are as beneficial as 45 min at a lower diet. The HIIT program (for High Intensity Interval Training) consists in carrying out 14 very short exercise sequences (30 s), covering all the muscles of the body with 10 s of break between each.

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As long as we are diligent, this program is frankly effective. The exercises are available all over the web and the application is used above all to simplify the procedure while serving a timer.

• Daily routine of only 10 min
• No necessary equipment
• Monitoring of the state of health dedicated to women

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• Repetitive
• Application not updated

7 minutes workout

7 minutes workout is a free application that offers a series of physical exercises without equipment to be performed anywhere.

• Version: 1.363.125
• Downloads: 177
• Release date: 08/18/2023
• Author: Simple design Ltd.
• License: Free license
• Categories: Sport – Health
• Operating system: Android, iOS iPhone / iPad

Betterme: a multidisciplinary slimming coach

The choice of Marie Ciolfi, deputy editor -in -chief

Betterme is the most “instagrammable” sports application of the moment: we see it absolutely everywhere ! It is the one who democratized the pilates on the wall. The main practice is to rely against a wall to perform muscle strengthening exercises and stretching. We work the muscle in the elongation.

When you connect to the application, you have to provide a good number of information (corpulence, lifestyle) which will allow the coach to better target training. After which, you must subscribe to a paying subscription from € 9.90/month.

This checkout unlocks daily sessions of pilates to the wall of a duration between 15 and 20 min. For those who do not want to stop there, it is possible to extend training by selecting a sports practice to do at home.

The catalog of exercises is rich and varied, which is very appreciable: fitness, yoga sofa, ark, dance training, bar, yoga, prenatal fitness, positive body training, taï chi, boxer, toned intimate parts muscles, etc. On the sidelines of this series of exercises, it is possible to inform in the app the ingredients that we have consumed (for each meal) in order to have an assessment of the carbohydrates, fats and proteins ingested, as well as the quantity of ‘water per day. All this makes it possible to obtain a scrupulous assessment of our consumption and to remain alert to excess.

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• Very large choice of training
• No necessary equipment
• Personalized coaching depending on metabolism and objectives

WEAK POINTS

• Some programs may be repetitive

Betterme: health coaching

Available for Android and iOS, Betterme is a health and well-being coaching application that offers you sporting training, meal ideas and many monitoring tools to find the form and reach your health objective.

• Version: 7.31.0
• Downloads: 439
• Release date: 09/22/2023
• Author: Betterme Limited
• License: Free license
• Categories: Health
• Operating system: Android, iOS iPhone / iPad / Apple Watch

Form: a default choice on iPhone, but always reliable

The choice of Louis Royer, chief of photo section

Form is natively installed on Apple iPhone. Replacing the App Activities launched in 2015, it takes up the usual codes of the Californian firm: simplicity and intuitivity. We can follow our daily trends and adapt them according to our needs or desires of the moment. In addition to the basic counter of steps and calories, form also takes on its full meaning with an Apple Watch. Thus riveted to the user’s wrist, the watch can therefore detect the type of sport practiced and automatically adapt its measurements.

If there are more elaborate or precise solutions, we often come back to form for its integration into Apple systems and its ease of use. The most athletic can also subscribe to the Fitness+ service – € 9.99/month, all the same – to benefit from video courses and exercises.

• Large choice of training
• Integration into Apple systems
• Ease of use

WEAK POINTS

• Buying an Apple Watch is more than advised

Apple Fitness (Apple Form)

Apple Fitness is the mobile application for iPhone, associated with your Apple Watch connected bracelet that allows you to enjoy sports sessions while following your real -time heart rate.

• Downloads: 6
• Release date: 02/11/2021
• Author: Apple
• License: Free license
• Categories: Sport
• Operating system: iOS iPhone / iPad / Apple Watch

Down Dog: à la carte yoga

The choice of Laure Renouard, head of telephone service

Intended for those who wishes to personalize their sports sessions, Down Dog allows you to choose the duration of the sessions, the level of expertise, the areas of the privileged body, the degree of detail of the associated explanations or the voice of the “coach”. What to organize more or less dynamic yoga sessions, even when you lack time. The app has interesting options, starting with a sessions calendar, a download zone for training for their consultation offline, or compatibility with Chromecast and Airplay which allow training to be broadcast on a TV – much more Practical that a small smartphone screen.

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Note that Down Dog, initially turned to yoga, has been enriched with a series of apps accessible with a single subscription: there is HIIT, “bar” exercises (to do at home with the support of a chair) or even meditation, always on the same principle of customizable sessions.

• Possibility of finding its old sessions
• Sessions of a few minutes for the most in a hurry
• Big screen broadcasting

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• A little high price (but frequent promotions)
• Voice lacking natural

Yoga | Down Dog

Yoga by Down Dog is an application that will allow you to practice yoga sessions when you want in your day. Each session is different, avoiding repetitions.

• Version: 7.0.0
• Downloads: 30
• Release date: 09/14/2023
• Author: Yoga Buddhi Co.
• License: Demonstration
• Categories: Sport – Health
• Operating system: Android, iOS iPhone / iPad

Alltrails: the Tripadvisor of the Rando

The choice of Bastien Lion, video journalist

Alltrails is an American application that allows you to search for hikes and other surrounding outdoor activities (walking, cycling, snowshoes, skiing, fishing, via ferrata…). Several criteria can be selected: adapted to children/strollers, accessible to dogs, attendance or points of interest (waterfalls, lakes, flowers, etc.)). All these outings are noted and/or commented by users, a bit like a tripadvisor.

The free version is not limited, but only authorizes chosen trails and the creation of favorite lists. In its paid version, it becomes possible to download the cards for off-line use-practical when you go on paths cut off from the world-, to visualize the elevation of journeys and even print cards. The price for the Premium version is € 29.99/year.

• Easy to use
• Many sorting criteria
• User opinion

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• Paying for access to all features

Nike Run Club: an easy -to -use partner to run

The choice of Maxence Fabrion, head of the news section

For running enthusiasts, the Nike Run Club app appears as a solution as simple as complete. If it constitutes a marketing showcase for the strong brand – which does not hesitate to use it to highlight its products – it allows you to vary the pleasures to build up an envy training program. Whether it is to train for a marathon or simply a cleaning outing the day after an evening, Nike Run Club adapts to all profiles.

In traditional session, the app is content to give the kilometer to signify the pace, but it is also possible to perform “Guided floors” during which a coach gives vocal advice to progress.

It is even possible to push the cursor a bit further by following training programs over several days or weeks. As part of the preparation of a 10 km race or even a marathon, Nike Run Club acts as a personalized, appreciable and easy -to -hand coach. It is also possible to add friends to the app and take up monthly challenges to make running more fun.

• Easy to use
• Several programs offered for all levels
• History of sessions
• Free app

WEAK POINTS

• Very basic information on the sessions carried out

Nike Run Club

Nike Run Club is an application to follow your jogging training and progress.

• Version: 6.2.1
• Downloads: 59
• Release date: 09/23/2023
• Author: Nike, Inc.
• License: Free license
• Categories: Sport
• Operating system: Android, iOS iPhone / iPad / Apple Watch

7 apps to play sports at home

Running, yoga, fitness, muscle strengthening … A plethora of applications, free or paid, exist to put you in sport, whatever your level, your time and your desires. Here are 7 !

Posted on April 21. 2021 at 5:27 PM Updated on Feb 13. 2023 at 4:18 PM

A year of confinements, teleworking, and you are fossilized in your sofa. To take off from your headquarters, here is a (non -exhaustive) list of seven free or paid applications that accompany you to play sports, whatever your level.

Nike training club, the base

This is one of the best known applications. Free And edited by Nike, it offers nearly 200 video training sessions. Very detailed, it adapts to your level and your various equipment. You can even choose a type of exercise or a particular type of muscle to work.

Olybe, for a successful downstairs dog

This application paid mainly exempts yoga lessons, on the occasion of Live. Increasingly, it offers pilates, fitness, and even mediation or automation lessons. With the health crisis, everything happens in distant. Each course costs less than twelve euros, with decreasing prices. Olybe also offers a subscription to have access to all unlimited virtual courses.

Sport heroes, sweating and being rewarded

With three applications free Dedicated to individuals, the company is interested in runners, swimmers and cyclists, who can download running heroes, cycling heroes or swimming heroes. Concretely, each of the applications makes it possible to join a community, to respond to personal and/or collective challenges and above all … to win rewards with each successful challenge (gifts and partner reduction). Le Petit +: You can twin your tracking application.

Trainsweateat, 360 ° support

Developed by the “Fitgirl Star” of Sissymua social networks, this application (and website) aims to put beginners in sport and strengthen the most experienced training. Its programs include fitness as well as yoga, nutrition and bodybuilding, all in good humor and motivation. There are programs of all intensities, of all durations. The offer is available on subscription, from 5.50 euros to 14.90 euros per month, depending on the duration of engagement.

7 minutes workout, for the most in a hurry

Ideal for all those who do not have time, even really the desire to get into physical activity. As the name suggests, the application (free) offers seven minutes of daily exercises (there are a dozen) to get back in shape and work the fundamentals. In the same spirit, there are 30 days of fitness challenge, where a sports coach offers you daily exercises for a month. Unlike 7 minutes workout, it has a part paid As soon as you want personalized and tailor-made follow-up.

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Fizz Up, to meet your goals

This application made in France adapts according to your goals: gain mass, lose weight, keep yourself in shape … You have access to many scalable programs, advice to stay in shape and eat well. Part of the paid application, via a subscription, from 9.99 to 19.99 euros per month.

Weasyo, after effort ..

After your intensive session, remember to stretch ! Launched by physiotherapists, the application allows everyone and especially athletes to take care of their health and prevent musculoskeletal symptoms. In total, around thirty video programs are accessible and detail conventional physiotherapy movements. On the occasion of its launch, the application is free.

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