Estate Living Magazine New Beginnings - Issue 37 January 2019 | Page 36

C o m m u n i t y
L i v i n g
FIT ,
APP'ILY
GETTING
Gone are the days of bouncing around your living room dressed like a bumblebee in legwarmers with Jane
Fonda instructing you from your cassette player. But is the modern age of fitness apps more effective?
As with (almost) anything in life, if you’re trying to get fit, there’s an
app for that.
Phase Fit, a consulting firm specialising in workplace wellness,
ergonomics, personal training and digital remote fitness training,
CEO Wesley Muir says that there are literally thousands of fitness
apps available online, targeting almost every angle of the industry.
Need an incentive to get off the couch and start doing reps? The
Discovery app (available free to Discovery members on Apple or
Android) promises to give you points, which can be swapped for
rewards (think smoothies and coffee, for instance) each time you
get moving.
Dying to prove to your friend that you’re faster on the bike?
Download Strava onto your wearable or phone. You’ll be able to
track your time and progress along a certain route, monitor other
people’s times, and get kudos for when you’ve managed a personal
best. Think of it (as the manufacturers do) as a social network for
cyclists and runners, likes and all.