The New Year hangover should just be starting to subside now, and it’s time to start looking at 2017 with positivity and optimism. It is the perfect time to make big changes in your life and start getting into habits that promote a prosperous future – maybe your goals are to boost your fitness levels or increase your money-making potential. So which apps should you download to help you start the year right?
Fitness Apps
Even if your goal is to get motivated in other aspects of your everyday life, getting fit can be a massive help. Working out for just 30 minutes each day will give you a fresh outlook and the belief that anything is possible. There’s no point wasting money on expensive personal trainers, as there are plenty of great fitness apps that are available to download that can help anyone – from experts to exercise newcomers.
For total fitness newbies, Couch to 5K (see video above) is a free eight-week program consisting of three workouts each week. It gradually builds you up and prepares your body to take on the ultimate goal of a 5K run. For budding bodybuilders, apps like StongLifts 5×5 are ideal for tracking the amount of weight you are lifting and the number of reps. This makes it easier to increase the workload accordingly from session to session. For the more Zen-minded individual, Daily Yoga has over 50 classes with around 500 poses to get your body moving in a more flexible manner.
Gaming Apps
Before you get the fitness bug, it can be exceptionally easy to get bored in the gym. To make going to the sweaty workout centre a more enjoyable experience, download some games to play while you are there. The games need to be fairly simple so that you can play them while running on a treadmill or in short bursts between reps. Therefore skill-based games like Angry Birds or Score! Hero would not really be suitable.
Clash Royale (see video above) or Candy Crush would be easier to play while jogging, as would slot games at online casinos. Slots are great fun but only require the player to press the spin button each time, meaning that they can be played during intense workouts. Some sites such as mFortune even offer a no deposit bonus for new members to use on games like Sherlock and Cat and Mouse.
Moneymaking Apps
By combining gaming and the good feeling brought about by getting fit, you will soon find your gym visits to be a pleasurable experience. Having a healthy body and mind can give you more energy, and help you to think up ways to expand other aspects of your life as well. Every gentleman wants to earn more money, and there are plenty of apps that actually pay their users. Surveys on the Go pays customers between $0.25 and $5 for their opinion on matters such as major political campaigns, while CheckPoints (see video above) lets people watch videos and scan barcodes to earn points that can be redeemed at places like Amazon.
Downloading some of these apps should help you really get a foothold in 2017. And once you have enhanced your fitness and made more money you could then go on to develop your fashion style with apps like JackThreads or Valet. Here’s to making the best of the new year!
