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Boost your performance and keep your
HIKERS: TRAILS, £2.39 It tracks exactly where you’ve been. Get info on your current speed and the distance and duration of your route. Upload your route map once and you won’t need internet access again.
motivation sky-high with these nifty apps…
BEST FOR A TONED TUM: SIX-PACK APP, FREE This has one million downloads. You get exercise instructions, tips and illustrations of the muscles involved. Dos and don’ts are included. The app has a variety of workouts for all levels, along with travel routines.
BEST FOR WEIGHT-LOSS: MYFITNESS PAL CALORIE COUNTER AND DIET TRACKER, FREE This now well-established community- orientated site allows you to tap in your weight loss goal and then keep track of the number of calories you eat and drink and those you use through exercise to help you reach this target.
BEST BOOTCAMP: BRITISH MILITARY FITNESS, £2.99 Expensive but, boy, is it exhaustive and exhausting! Pick an instructor (each comes with eight hours of pre- recorded instructions) and sweat it out. A “randomiser” function means you should never have to repeat a workout.
BEST FOR MOTIVATION: NIKE TRAINING CLUB, FREE This gives you a personal trainer, anytime, anywhere, with loads of custom-built workouts from a Nike Professional Trainer. Set your music and goals, then sync your results to Facebook or Twitter to show your friends how your training is going. This app gives you the most efficient and effective workout to fast-track your results.
BEST FOR RUNNERS: RUNKEEPER, FREE This easy to understand workout tracker shows how far you ran, how long it took, what your pace/speed was, calories burnt and the path you travelled on a map. You can listen to the iPod during your activity and even change tracks without leaving RunKeeper.
3 OF THE BEST….
EXCITING NEW TENNIS KIT… Like any other game, tennis maintains rules and regulations designed for the players’ overall safety. Tennis apparel is designed to keep you as comfortable as possible so you can play your best game, even if you are just a beginner.” Here’s my guide to buying the best.
BEST DRESS MARIA TENNIS DRESS. £89.98. This stylish dress features the Nike Dri-Fit fabric which pulls away sweat to ensure the body stays cool. Also has a built in bra for full support. Available in two colours
BEST RACKET BABOLAT AEROPRO DRIVE TENNIS RACKET. £151.99. An aluminium frame makes it light, while fancy grip technology helps you feel more in control when hitting that ball.
BEST SHOES K-SWISS LADIES BIGSHOT TENNIS SHOES. £76.99. These feature a faster, lower, wider, more stable, more durable, more everything tennis shoe with data that proves it’s the best tennis shoe on earth.
BURN 200%
MORE CALORIES Working out with friends isn’t just fun, it helps you burn more calories. A recent study found that those exercising with a partner worked nearly 200% harder than solo gym goers. Why not grab a friend and tackle a 10K this weekend?
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The number of hours you should leave between meals, to stabilize blood sugar levels and avoid cravings!
DID YOU KNOW? Turns out probiotics are good for more than just your digestion – a daily dose can also cut the length of a cold by up to two days. Get yours from live yogurt.
And finally…. Reservatrol, a substance found in red wine, may help reduce body fat, a study at the University of the Basque Country, in Spain, has found. It appears the substance helps to prevent the synthesis of fat.
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