The story behind Lorna Jane making this app is that they want to encourage people to get out of the house and exercise with their "Now Move It" Campaign and promote healthy living (see the website for more info).
I spent over a week using just the Lorna Jane app for my exercise routine. The app is designed so that you can track how far you walk, run or cycle and it tells you your speed, calories burnt and distance traveled. I found it very useful as it gave me a chance to really understand how much I can push myself and what the exercise is doing for me. Plus you can still listen to all your music whilst the app is running.
The only down side is that it is purely cardio based and if you have an exercise bike you obviously can't track how far you go (as the bike should do that for you). When using this app you must remember to turn on your location settings for the app or else it won't be able to use GPS to track you.
The app keeps track of all your exercises and you gain points which can be redeemed on the website.
You can also link the app to your Facebook so that everyone can see how you're doing but it's not necessary. If you head to the website, you can also check out how the whole of Australia is doing in supporting the campaign and it's even showing internationally now.
I really enjoyed using this app as it not only tells you a lot of information that you want to know when doing cardio but it is also supporting a great cause of healthy living. I would definitely recommend this app to anyone who does a lot of outdoor cardio (I'm sure there are plenty of apps out there that can do this but I like this one)!!
The next app I will be reviewing is Nike Training. Again, I will use this App for a week (at least) and give you my two cents on how it fairs, however won't be starting it until tomorrow (Tuesday) as I spent my weekend skiing at falls creek (a birthday present!) and am still recovering! I must say, skiing uses a lot of muscles I have never targeted so much before!
No comments:
Post a Comment