Lockdown can leave you with a lot of questions when you’re feeling unwell or looking for advice. Luckily the modern age offers plenty of solutions which mobile apps being able to give you some professional guidance before contacting you busy GP or the NHS. Whether it’s for fitness, advice or improving your wellbeing, here are some of the best apps to download during the lockdown.

 

Fitocracy

Proving more and more popular with younger generations for its unique take of daily wellbeing. Videogames are a big part of some people’s lives and ‘levelling up’ is all part of the fun, so what if you could do this for yourself. Fitocracy takes the fun part of gaming and adds it to your daily routine, by completing tasks you earn experience points so you can level up in real life! the App has plenty of workout routines along with professional advice to keep you going as well as like-minded people also being able to monitor your progression and spur you on, all completely free!

 

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Fooducate

Understanding what food and drink your intake daily is a big part of your wellbeing and losing/ gaining weight. Fooducate is the perfect way to look beyond calories and create a diet that truly suits your lifestyle and preferences. By tracking your daily food and drink, you’ll be able to see you very own nutrition grade and then begin to tailor what you eat in future. In no time at all you’ll have your ideal diet working to improve your wellbeing as well as learning about why you should change to certain foods!

 

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Headspace

Hitting the gym and dieting aren’t the only parts of healthcare, and during lockdown, your mental health is more important than ever. Headspace is an app designed to focus on mental health by helping you to relieve stress and improve your happiness. With guided meditation sessions you’ll find the Headspace app helps with sleep, anxiety and stress.

 

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Fitplan

If an online guide just isn’t enough to keep you motivated during your workout then Fitplan is the app you need. Workout with a personal trainer at the fraction of the cost and it can all be done from the safety of your own home. The app gives you step by step training from professional fitness coaches and athletes and you can choose your plan based on goals such as weight loss or gain.

 

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Nudge

If you’re looking to add a little competition to your day than Nudge it the answer. Nudge connects with other health devices such as Fitbits, Garmins and Apple watches and records your fitness journey. To make things a little more interesting/ competitive you can link up with friends and monitor each other’s progression and you’ll generate an overall score based on your last 30 days of activity.

 

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With all the amazing updates in from app developers and the severity of technical due diligence, healthcare apps are better than ever and you can feel assured that you are taking professional advisement when you commit to any diet or regime.