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title: 7 Fitness Apps for Workout Inspiration
description: Take advantage of your smartphone in a healthy way using our favorite fitness apps for exercise motivation, goal tracking and more.
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# [7 Fitness Apps for Workout Inspiration](https://www.baptistmilestone.com/blog/7-fitness-apps-for-workout-inspiration)

 Written by [Elizabeth Dowell](https://www.baptistmilestone.com/blog/author/elizabeth-dowell) | Tuesday, November 10, 2015

You’ve seen him or her around the gym: scrolling through their smartphone in between reps or fitness classes. You may be thinking to yourself: what are they doing? Maybe they’re taking #fitspo (fitness inspiration) photos, searching for their favorite gym playlist or scrolling through a fitness app for some exercise encouragement.

Regardless, it’s time to jump on board the fitness app bandwagon and take advantage of your smartphone in a healthy way.   

With an estimated [100,000 apps dedicated to mobile health](http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/google-play-store-2014-most-downloaded-apps/), according to mHealth App Publishing, there are a plethora of apps available for your use and enjoyment to help with fitness and health routine. Whether it’s to offer motivation, inspiration, ways to [mix up your fitness routine](https://www.baptistmilestone.com/blog/start-and-stick-to-an-exercise-program-in-4-easy-steps) or help track your goals, there is an app (or two or three) for you.

Here are a few of our favorites – and guess what, they’re all free!

[Gym Hero](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gym-hero-workout-log-exercise/id459595709?mt=8) – No more getting lost in the long lists of workouts and exercises. Log your routines and keep track of your progress with this workout log, exercise journal and tracker.

[Lifting Log](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kndy.liftinglog&hl=en) – Track your progress on a per exercise-basis with this easy-to-use app meant to track your reps and weight progress for each exercise and graph your increases for each.

[Gym Workout Log](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.framefever.android.gymframe) – Have access to a workout planner, built-in exercises, historical log and record notifications, goal tracking, customized fitness support and more with this app.

[Virtuagym Fitness](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=digifit.virtuagym.client.android) – Workout alongside the animated personal trainer who will show you exactly how to do each exercise within a constantly growing exercise database which you can do at home or in the gym.

[Spring](http://www.springmoves.com) – Crank up the beats to help you workout faster, stronger and longer with DJ-curated playlists and songs that have a similar range of beats per minute. All you have to do is run to the beat of the music.

[My Fitness Pal](https://www.myfitnesspal.com) – Log meals using the extensive database of brand name foods or, if you made something from scratch, you can input the recipe, and the app will estimate it’s nutritional information.

[Map My Fitness](http://www.mapmyfitness.com) – Track fitness and exercise activities and log food with an easy-to-use interface and some of the most accurate tracking capabilities out there with this tried-and-true app.

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