Find Time for a Quick & Healthy Exercise Every Day with the Best Daily Workout Apps
Although we might think that with more and more people transitioning to freelancing jobs where they can work from home that they would have more free time for activities like exercising, it seems quite the opposite is happening. Since the time spent working as a freelancer isn’t as organized as a classic 8-hour job, freelancers sometimes spend an entire day glued to their screen. Additionally, since the work is purely on a computer, this can cause serious health issues like back pain.
To combat that, we decided to check apps that can help you have at least the minimum amount of exercising so your body doesn’t get all rusty from sitting at a computer entire day. Our focus point is on apps that deliver snappy exercises you can do in 10 minutes, just enough so you don’t deteriorate. Here are our top 3 choices.
Seven – Over in 7 minutes
As the name implies, this app focuses around providing quick 7-minute exercises to keep you fit. Although you’d think this means all exercises in this app are pretty basic and it isn’t useful if you want to lose weight for example, in reality, there are many workout plans that differentiate in difficulty. Meaning, you can easily find tough programs that will really make you sweat and lose that excess pounds. We love how they managed to organize quick and effective exercises in short 7-minute bursts. This will especially benefit people who’re having trouble finding time to exercise but they want to stay in shape. As a bonus feature, the app also includes nice rewards when you reach a milestone to keep you motivated and going.
A minor flaw is that most of the great exercises are hidden behind a paywall so you’ll have to pay to get the really good and specific ones. Nevertheless, if you’re serious in getting in shape within small windows of time, the investment can totally be worth it and you won’t mind spending extra few bucks.
Daily Workouts – Exercise Fitness Routine Trainer
We were surprised how popular this one is with over 10 million downloads when you combine iOS and Android version. And we can see why. There are exercises ranging from 5 to 10 minutes in length and each set is specifically targeted at either abs, arm or leg muscles, core, etc. All you have to do is pick what you want to work on and start exercising. Another thing that makes this one so great in comparison to other similar apps is the fact you can use it offline. Granted, if you’re a full-time freelancer you’re likely to have Internet most of your time, but it is great if you want to go out and exercise since the worst thing that can happen is you ending up search for a hotspot instead of exercising. The free version already has a decent set of exercises, but if you want the full package, you’ll have to pay a small price.
Although the free version offers more content than the first app, the problem is you’ll encounter full-screen ads every now and then. This breaks the flow a bit as you’re exercising, but it isn’t too big of a problem. And you can always go with the paid version if the app is working for you and feel like paying will provide you more flexibility and options.
Lose Weight in 30 Days by Simple Design
For those of you who want to specifically lose weight but lack the time, this app might be the right way to go. Besides providing fast workout focusing on weight loss, you also get a diet plan to accompany the exercises. This way you don’t need multiple apps since you basically have everything you need in a single app. Besides for the stomach, there are also workout and diet plans that focus on the entire body, legs, etc so there’s a variety of things you can do. While testing the diet plans, we noticed they are neatly organized for you and you don’t have to spend too much time figuring the app out. It’s well designed for users to jumpstart their workout without sacrificing their regular job time.
The only downside is the app forces you to go premium after a certain amount of time using it, meaning you can’t continue using the free version. Granted, this might be just a bug and resolved in a near-future update. The free version is great on its own, but the paid version does offer you more options in diet plans and exercises.
Final Thoughts
So here you go, we hope these apps will help you. As one final tip, just in case none of the apps work for you, we also found a list of 10 best daily workout apps you can check if you need something really specific.
We think there’s more than enough options for you to find the right app for you. After that, all that is left for you is to stick to the plan and not give up even if your job is taking a great chunk of your daily time. We wish you all the best and we’re sure you’ll be able to reach your health and fitness goal in no time.
