The New IPhone Can Get You In Shape

    The new Iphone isn’t just fun and futuristic, it’s also a good way to get you in shape.  The Iphone gives you the ability to log your food and customise your workout routines on the ifitness program. 

For gym enthusiasts, iFitness allows you to follow a pre-loaded workout routine or create your own using a list of exercises, complete with pictures. You can then log your routines as you complete them, and the program will keep a record of your past month of exercise. Gym Buddy allows you to keep a record of weights and reps for lifting while RunKeeper monitors your running speed and pace. Several applications use GPS to allow walkers and runners to track their distance.

   For those of us keeping track of our food intake; iphone also comes with a “My net diary.”   The diary allows you to log your food and exercise routine for a small monthly fee of $7. 

The gadget is also useful beyond help with weight loss and maintenance. Several applications allow users to create a portable medical file on their iPhones. For example, MedfileOnline stores information like your allergies and current medications on your phone, allowing you to access it anywhere. Others applications cover a host of medical conditions and concerns, such as allowing women to track their menstruation cycles and plan conception, and diabetics to monitor their glucose readings.

There are also iPhone applications that are aimed specifically at medical professionals. Life Record allows physicians to keep online records that can be accessed with an iPhone. Heart Imaging Technologies has an application for viewing medical images on the phone, complete with animations. Unbound Medicine has two iPhone applications: MEDLINE provides access to millions of articles in medical journals and References allows physicians to search for clinical information (source).

 

     With all the new and successful weight loss and health gadgets on the market; no one will have any excuse to be over weight!  So keep up with the times and lose that access weight that’s been holding you back!

Adria Ali