If this is the year you’ve decided to make your health and fitness a priority, you may now be wondering how to start. Thankfully, there are several apps that offer great workouts for moms – – workouts that don’t require a lot of time or equipment, but that are still effective and fun.
Whether you’re looking for a home workout app, a cardio workout app, a full body workout app, or a daily workout app – this list has you covered. Here is our list of 10 of the Best Workout Apps for Moms.
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The Best Workout Apps + Online Workouts
The Johnson & Johnson Official 7 Minute Workout
Perfect for moms who don’t have a lot of time is the Johnson & Johnson Official 7-Minute Workout. The app is designed by Chris Jordan, the Director of Exercise Physiology at the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute. The app features a “fast, simple, science-based way to work out anywhere, anytime.” Moms can select from 72 exercises and 22 additional workouts that can be customized and modified to create more than 1,000 different variations. Other than a wall and a chair, no special tools or equipment are needed.
Moms Into Fitness
Moms Into Fitness features “200+ scientifically-backed streaming workouts designed by a mom, made for moms.” Workouts are designed for moms, in all stages of motherhood – whether you have a newborn at home, are adapting to being an empty-nester, or are somewhere in-between. You’ll also have access to over 150 kid-tested recipes and meal plans and a community of other moms all striving to be healthier.
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Glo Yoga
This is an amazing website filled with online yoga classes for all levels of your yoga practice. Some videos are simply the yoga teacher and her mat, and some have a class of people with them. Some use blocks, straps and other yoga props, and some are as basic as it gets. There are even some stretching classes. It has a wonderful searchable database for finding the teacher and style you like best. For the price of one in-person class at most LA yoga studios, you can get a month of unlimited classes here. Pilates and Meditation, too.
ClassPass
Turns out ClassPass has more than classes in studios. They’ve also got access to online, on-demand workouts all over, and then when you can get back into a studio for a live class, you’ll be ready for that, too.
Nike Training Club App
The Nike Training Club App is described as serving as “your ultimate personal trainer.” The app features world-class Nike Master Trainers. Workout times range from 15-45 minutes and feature workouts for all levels. You can customize it so you’re getting the workout you want and need – whether you’re using bodyweight only or light equipment; whether you’d like to focus on strength, mobility, or endurance, and more. You’ll also have access to the Nike Performance Council’s tips on “training, nutrition, mindset, recovery and sleep.”
DailyBurn
Daily Burn is an online workout membership program that has thousands of workouts, from live workouts to videos you can watch anytime. We tried it and the best parts are that you can choose a workout by the level of intensity you’re looking for as well as the length of time it runs. If you find an instructor you like, you can stick with them and try all their workouts, or mix it up to get a variety.
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Fit Mummy Project App
The Fit Mummy Project App features more than 35 short, but effective, post-natal workout videos moms can do at home with little or no equipment. The app offers a variety of exercises so you’ll be sure to find what you’re looking for whether you want to focus on one body part or are looking to tone-up and strengthen your body as a whole. The app also features yoga and meditations.
Sworkit
If you’ve been reluctant to start an exercise program because you think you don’t have the time, then Sworkit may be the app you need. Sworkit’s workout program “is designed to help you make fitness a habit.” Moms will appreciate the convince – you can workout at home or on the go for as little or as long as you’d like. A variety of workouts (more than 300 workouts and over 400 exercises!) are offered including strength training, stretching, cardio, yoga, and more.
Sweat: Fitness App for Women
This app is designed for women, with workouts and a community built around it for support as you move on your fitness journey. Many of their workouts require no equipment, giving you no excuses not to workout.
Runkeeper
The Runkeeper app “helps people get out the door and stick with running.” For moms, it’s so easy to put our own needs at the bottom of our to-do lists. This app helps keep you accountable by keeping track of your runs (also your walks and hikes), as well as giving you encouragement to become active more often. Set goals, develop a personalized plan and routine, and see your progress over time.
Seven – 7 Minute Workout
“Seven’s workouts are based on scientific studies to provide the maximum benefit in the shortest time possible.” Perfect for moms! You can work out anywhere, anytime, with no extra equipment needed. Moms can set their own fitness goals (get first, get strong) and you’ll then have access to all workouts and over 200 exercises. Seven serves as a “virtual coach that motivates you with alerts, encouraging words and rewards.” It’s not just our kids that need that! Availble only on Apple
Fitscope
Maybe you’ve been eyeing the treadmill in the corner of the room, wondering if it will ever be used for anything besides a place to hang clothes. The Fitscope app can help. It’s designed to be used with equipment you have at home or at a hotel. You’ll have access to “hundreds of on-demand classes taught by inspirational L.A. trainers.” But, it also works for moms who don’t have gym equipment. You’ll find core, yoga, and strength training workouts designed for all levels.
Workout for Women: Fit at Home
Train your body, burn calories, and lose weight with the Workout for Women: Fit at Home. Take 7 minutes and enjoy quick and effective workouts scientifically proven to lose weight and improve health. Use the animations and video guidance just like your personal workout trainer. There are no locked features and it is beginner friendly. You can also benefit from coach tips in every exercise to help you use the right form and achieve better results. Track your progress and grow into a healthier you.
FitOn Workouts and Fitness Plans
Lose weight and reduce stress anytime and anywhere with the free home exercise workout videos, personalized fitness plans, and guided meditations. You can reduce stress with a calming yoga practice, increase your fitness with a fun cardio workout,, and feel good with hundreds of other free fitness videos. You can also benefit from exclusive workout videos from celebrity trainers, personalized fitness plans, and guided meditations. You can also access workouts online from your TV or computer.
Women Workout – Female Fitness
Work out easily with the 28-day challenge, fat-burning workouts, and HIIT workouts. All exercises are designed by professional fitness coaches and 3D video models that are easy to understand and easy to follow. Enjoy this free workout app with no locked features filled with mean levels from beginners to professionals.
Lose Weight at Home in 30 Days
Work out easily with the 28-day challenge, fat-burning workouts, and HIIT workouts. All exercises are designed by professional fitness coaches and 3D video models that are easy to understand and easy to follow. Enjoy this free workout app with no locked features filled with mean levels from beginners to professionals.
Female Fitness- Women Workout
This app is designed specifically for women. You will find basic exercises and also advanced exercises for women and professional workout plans designed by experts. You can freely choose the exercise that you feel will serve you best. There is no equipment needed and you can easily do your workouts at home anywhere, anytime. Maximize fat-burning with quick and effective workouts with instructional 3D videos just as a personal trainer. Easy for beginners. Track your progress and set reminders.
Wendy Kennar is a mother, writer, and former teacher who has lived her entire life in the same Los Angeles zip code. You can read more from Wendy at her website WendyKennar.com where she writes about books, boys, and bodies (living with an invisible disability).
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Caroline
Monday 25th of May 2020
I love Glo Yoga. It took me some time to get a hold of even the basic poses but it really feels great afterwards! And I use EasyFit calorie counter to track my macros. These apps really helped me lose the baby weight faster than I thought. But you have to be determined!