Best Free Health and Fitness Apps for Your iPhone

Your iPhone helps you achieve a lot of different goals every day. From communicating with friends, meeting work deadlines, and planning your schedule, there are thousands of apps that work to make your life easier. And if you have health and fitness goals, your iPhone can easily help you track them and achieve them, too. Getting in shape or living a healthier lifestyle is on the “to do” lists of so many people. It may seem counterintuitive that a smartphone can help you be more physically active or healthy in general. But there are apps that will do just that, and many won’t cost you a thing. If you’re looking for some help achieving your health and fitness goals, here are some of the best free apps for your iPhone to download today.

Lose It!

Lose It! is an app for your iPhone that allows you to track your weight loss progress and goals. You can enter and keep a record of all the foods you eat and the workouts you do. You can keep a food log, and it will calculate calories for you and subtract what you’ve eaten from your daily calorie budget. You can look up calorie and nutrition information for tons of different food choices. It will help you eat a balanced and nutritious diet. You can access this app without an Internet connection, too.

Nike Training App

This  app from Nike purports to be your pocket personal trainer. There are almost 100 different workouts and drills to choose from, and this app will guide you audio cues. You can work out to music from your iPhone’s music library. You can customize your workout based on your fitness goals, and track your workout history. There are step-by-step instructions for every move, and you can view workouts from professional trainers and celebrities.

RunKeeper

This app uses the GPS on your iPhone to track your runs. Turn it on before your jog, and RunKeeper will record your time, pace, distance, and your route. If you want, it will give you audio updates on how you’re doing, such as letting you know if you’re ahead of or behind you desired pace. You can even listen to your iPhone’s music library and change songs without leaving the app. If you create an account at RunKeeper.com, it will automatically sync your runs for even more access.

Fooducate

When you’re in the grocery store trying to navigate all the different products, it can be hard to make the right healthy choices. Whether you’re trying to stick to a diet or just make better food selections, Fooducate is a great tool to help you. Simply scan the barcode of any food product, and you’ll get all the necessary nutritional information, from the good to the bad. Fooducate will break down the choice for you so you don’t have to decipher the label yourself, and it will rate the healthiness of your food. It will also give you alternate choices, and allows you to compare two products to see which is better for you. If you have an iPhone 3G that won’t photograph and read a barcode, you can manually enter it.

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