exercise | Android Central

Order Samsung Galaxy S8: AT&T | Verizon | T-Mobile | Sprint | Unlocked

exercise

MapMyRun: up the pace with this run tracking app

24 Comments
Posted by Andrew Martonik on 5 Feb 2013 5:02 pm
MapMyRun GPS Running
It's Mobile Nations Fitness Month, and that means we're going to be highlighting a few apps that can help you meet your own fitness goals. We know that not everyone is a runner, but if you are you know that it can be hard to keep up with a pace and on a schedule from week to week. MapMyRun does just what you'd expect -- it gives GPS-based mapping of your runs, and offers a lot of insight into...

Nike+ Android app finally released!

32 Comments
Posted by Phil Nickinson on 21 Jun 2012 8:57 pm
Nike+ for Android
Hey, all you runners out there who have been tirelessly hoofing it, waiting for the Android version of the Nike+ app. It's here. Finally. Nike tonight announced the Nike+ Running App for Android, which, as you'd expect, connects you to nikeplus.com, making exercise social. But chances are you already knew that. Get your download on at the link below, and get back out there. Because there is no...

Mobile Nations Fitness Month: Old habits die hard

6 Comments
Posted by Phil Nickinson on 21 Feb 2012 9:44 pm
Android Central
Well, that was quicker than I expected. Here we are, mostly through February -- Mobile Nations Fitness Month -- and what started as two weeks of solid daily walking as slipped back into 16-hour days at a desk. Why am I not surprised. I know I'm not alone there -- we've all started some sort of exercise regimen only to let life, work, school -- the old routine -- sneak back in. And you know what...

Mobile Nations Fitness Month: Getting my butt away from the desk

34 Comments
Posted by Phil Nickinson on 3 Feb 2012 2:07 pm
Mobile Nations Fitness Month
It's sounds like a gimmick, right? "Mobile Nations Fitness Month." Never mind that we picked the shortest month of the year to do it. Never mind that the last week of the month, we're going to spend upwards of 18 hours of travel sitting inside little metal sausages to get to Mobile World Congress and back. (Once we're there, however, we're going to walk our asses off through Barcelona.) Gimmick...

Holiday gift guide: What to get the fitness nut

5 Comments
Posted by Joshua Munoz on 6 Dec 2011 5:32 pm
Android Central Gift Guide
  With the holidays right around the corner, we're staring down the ugly double-barrel of gifts and the inevitable New Year's resolutions. Finding the right gifts for the fitness freak in your life can sometimes be a chore, but here at Android Central, we've got you covered. And what about those folks who'll pledge to be more active and exercise more in the new year? Well, there's gifts for them...

Motorola's MOTOACTV available Dec. 1 in the UK

5 Comments
Posted by Phil Nickinson on 29 Nov 2011 7:56 am
Motorola MOTOACTV
Motorola this morning announced that its MOTOACTV exercise/music accessory (read our full review) will be available in the UK starting Dec. 1. Available for £249.99 (suggested retail), you get the SF200 sports wired headset, wrist strap, clip and USB charging and sync cable. Another £39.99 gets you an arm band, bike mount and wall charger. You'll be able to get the MOTOACTV at Sweatshop stores (...

MOTOACTV review

21 Comments
Posted by Joshua Munoz on 26 Nov 2011 1:25 pm
MOTOACTV
Oh, hello, Moto. When Motorola announced the MOTOACTV, I really didn't know that to think. An Android-based fitness tracker? Aren't there much cheaper apps for that sort of thing? Then the specs came out and it sounded kind of cool. Still, a phone can do everything the MOTOACTV can. So what makes the MOTOACTV special? Is it as useful as Motorola purports it to be, or is it another passing fad...

Android Quick App: Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO

13 Comments
Posted by Joshua Munoz on 16 Jun 2011 9:02 am
Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO
There's no shortage of exercise trackers in the Market these days, but if you're looking for something fully-featured, comprehensive, and user friendly, Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO is the way to go.To start, Endomondo gives you an incredibly expansive list of activities to track. You're not limited to just running or biking with this app. It covers things like badminton, baseball, yoga, and...

BodyMedia pack launches on Sprint ID – A complete health and fitness mobile experience

8 Comments
Posted by Bla1ze on 26 Apr 2011 8:13 pm
I've never really been much of a health and fitness buff but -- I know a lot of folks out there who are, so Sprint teaming up with BodyMedia to offer a complete solution sounds like a winning combination. (Check out our first look at CTIA.) The Android Market is full of apps that can assist with better health practices and keep track of fitness regimens but filtering out the good from the bad is...

Bodymedia brings a sleek way to monitor your vitals along with Sprint ID

8 Comments
Posted by Phil Nickinson on 21 Mar 2011 8:44 pm
Youtube link for mobile viewingYour phone's on you all the time. Might as well put it to good use -- other than playing with Angry Birds. Enter Bodymedia. It's a small arm band that connects to your Android phone or tablet via Bluetooth. And if you have a Sprint ID device -- and that means anyone with an Epic 4G or Galaxy Tab as of this week -- you can keep an eye on your vital signs with a...

Endomondo lets your friends heckle workouts (and help you get in shape) [CTIA]

4 Comments
Posted by Phil Nickinson on 21 Mar 2011 7:43 pm
Youtube link for mobile viewing I need to work out more any. And after finally checking out Endomondo, I'm more determined than ever to just waste away. That's not the app's fault. It's pretty darn cool, actually, mixing an exercise monitoring app with social networking. And by social networking, we mean your friends can send you messages while you're on your route. And by send you a message, we...