Essential Fitness Apps for Business Travelers

  • By Jessica Elmore
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  • 19 Jan, 2017
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One of the biggest challenges frequent business travelers face is staying in shape. Between spotty gym access and meals that are based more on convenience than nutrition, it’s tough to maintain a healthy weight, muscle tone and cardiovascular fitness when work takes you away from home for extended periods.

Fitness apps can help tilt the tables back in your favor, however. In today’s post we’ll be looking at some of the most useful of the bunch.

Nike+ Training Club

This free app provides you with workouts designed by both professional athletes and Nike’s small army of personal trainers. Many of them require no equipment whatsoever, and there are also some tailored specifically to the limited equipment you’ll find in those small hotel gyms. The basic library of over 100 workouts (with new ones added periodically) is free, and you can upgrade to the paid version to get even more.

Fitocracy

Fitocracy brings the concept of gamification to your workout. Ongoing goals like “experience points” and “achievements” help to keep your fitness program motivated and on course no matter where you are. You can also join Facebook-like communities that have developed their own programs. The basic app is free, with micropayments for various upgrades.

Classpass

This app acts as an automatic day pass to get into thousands of gyms nationwide, as well as giving you access to some of their premium classes. Subscriptions start at about $40 per month, and you can freeze the account in months that you aren’t on the road. They often run specials at discounted rates for new members.

Maintaining fitness while being on the road is a constant struggle for most business travelers. With the help of these apps, staying committed to your workout regimen is becoming easier and easier.

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