The trick to working out consistently is finding exercises that feel fun, flexible, and easy to stick with. These apps cover a range of disciplines, programs, and approaches to help you get (and stay!) moving.

You’re never sweating it out solo with these training apps. Peloton goes beyond the bike with yoga, strength, and recovery, and Nike Training Club delivers hundreds of free workouts you can tackle solo or with a coach. For serious lifting, SmartGym and Ladder get you past any strength-training slumps, gently pushing you to lift a little heavier without having to think about it.

Working out goes beyond the gym. Create custom hiking routes with AllTrails. Launch Strava’s Instant Workouts for suggestions based on your recent activities. Plan the perfect outdoor adventure with turn-by-turn navigation using komoot or Footpath Route Planner. Do a high-intensity interval training workout at home in just seven minutes—no equipment needed—with Seven. Fitbod leverages AI to adapt its workouts to where you are right now, adjusting the weight and number of reps based on your past performance.

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On Apple Watch, start workouts from your wrist or use it as a second screen to supplement training. SmartGym’s fully independent watch app lets you create custom workouts, log reps, and check form instructions on the fly. Gentler Streak suggests workouts suited to your energy that day. GO Club tailors walking plans to your goals, while Watch to 5K gets you running gradually—perfect for anyone training for their first big race.

Fitness includes mental health too. Open offers well-designed mindfulness programs with different modalities, while the fitness tracker Gentler Streak helps you build exercise habits that honor your limits. For focus, (Not Boring) Vibes provides adaptive soundscapes designed to ease you into a flow state. Created in partnership with the Yale School of Medicine’s Center for Emotional Intelligence, How We Feel helps you uncover the true answer to the question: How are you?

Yoga is a full-body practice that builds strength, stability, and mobility using nothing but your own body weight. Bend helps you build a stretching practice with thoughtfully curated, time-efficient routines that can be performed anywhere. The Underbelly offers hundreds of welcoming classes for every body shape and age. Down Dog keeps things endlessly fresh with millions of workout combinations. And Pocket Yoga’s beautifully illustrated library of poses serves as a reference manual and kindly instructor.

Golf, tennis, and pickleball deliver solid workouts and get you outside. SwingVision analyzes your time on the court and pinpoints ways to improve your form. Pickleheads will help you find local courts and people to play with. Golfshot shows distances to the green, hazards, and targets overlaid on your real-time view of the course. 18Birdies’ on-course functions include scoring, statistics tracking, and mapping, as well as a handy tab for logging any friendly bets your group may have wagered.

Water sports are among the best total-body cardio workouts around. MySwimPro improves your technique with expert training plans and a full library of stroke-specific workouts. Oceanic+ is a scuba diving computer that uses real-time data to take you to new depths. Dawn Patrol delivers the swell intel every surfer needs with instant surf forecasts on Apple Watch and wave-by-wave insights from your sessions. Paddle Logger tracks your aquatic adventures by kayak, canoe, or stand-up paddleboard—and helps you find new routes.

Hitting those hydration goals is as important for your workout as it is for your recovery. The App Store Award–winning Waterllama turns hydration tracking into a game, with adorable animal avatars and fun challenges. GO Club keeps it simple with sleek visuals: log every sip with a tap on your phone, or watch a water bottle fill up on your Apple Watch. For a more hands-off approach, WaterMinder’s AI tracks your intake automatically—just record a selfie video as you drink and it’ll count your gulps to make a rough estimate.

No two nutrition goals are alike. Yuka shows you how to shop smarter by analyzing the health benefits of what’s in your shopping cart. NYT Cooking and America’s Test Kitchen deliver rigorously tested recipes from home-cooking experts you can trust. For health-focused nutritional plans, try FitOn’s Eating for Longevity or Heart-Healthy programs.