Your phone has put the global hive mind at your fingertips, so why squander your storage on face swaps and unused messenger services? These fitness apps are programmed to transform your health by the gigabyte. Your smartphone is about to get a whole lot smarter...

What Peloton did for your spin session, now Rowith can do for your dry-land rows. The app transforms your monotonous ergo training into inspiring full-body workouts, with audio-guided coaching and motivation from top Olympic rowers, such as James Cracknell and Steve Redgrave.

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Choose from a deep pool of sessions that range from beginner to Boat Race hopeful, and follow training plans that adapt to your current level of fitness. All of your stats are logged, and you can challenge friends and strangers to make your time in the hot seat more competitive.

Every year in the UK, we bin roughly five million tonnes of perfectly edible food, placing a huge strain on the planet, not to mention your weekly grocery bill. Food-sharing app Olio reduces waste by linking people who overestimated their appetites (or bought a four-pack of avocados two days before their winter ski break) with those in search of extra ingredients. Simply snap a photo, set a safe location for collection and use the in-app ratings to filter trusted recipients.

Well assume that, by now, youre fairly clued up on the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. But scheduling effective timeouts between meal prep, school runs, conference calls and workouts isnt easy.

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With more than 100 guided sessions for stress-busting, anxiety management and enhancing focus, Calm is your co-pilot to the land of chill, and it can also help you get to sleep. Specially selected bedtime tales narrated by the likes of Stephen Fry and Matthew McConaughey (really) will coax you into a higher state of unconsciousness.

Nutrifix calculates your daily macros and scans popular local eateries for meals that meet your requirements

Even for those who meal prep religiously on Sunday nights, the best-laid nutritional plans can fall apart when life gets busy. Whether youre a pescatarian keen to fit more nutrients into your diet, gluten-free and cutting weight, or a vegan trying to pack on muscle mass, Nutrifix hunts and gathers the information you need. It starts by calculating your daily macros and scanning popular local eateries for meals that meet your requirements. Then, all you have to do is order a delivery, or click and collect. Its a meal deal worth capitalising on.

Another pioneer in remote training for riders and runners alike, Zwift transforms tedious turbo rides and treadmill slogs into challenging, social sweat sessions. Pair any Bluetooth-enabled static bike or a runner with the app and power your avatar around the virtual roads of six immersive environments, including a futuristic New York. There are more than 1,000 structured workouts to choose from, plus around 300 group rides or races each day and you can even chat to strangers as you fly past them up the pixel mountains.

RunFriendly uncovers local gyms, hotels and other places you can use to wash after a workout

Given the chance, most of us would convert the dead time of our commute into a daily workout. But having nowhere to freshen up before your morning meeting can put you off smashing out a sweaty commute, or squeezing in a lap of the park during your lunch break.

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RunFriendly is a bit like Airbnb for showers. It uncovers local gyms, hotels and other places you can use to wash off the sweat on a one-off basis. As a bonus, your colleagues will never have to see you in Lycra, either.

ClassPass allows you to book workouts in 20,000 venues around the world with a flexible monthly fee

Committing yourself to a single gym membership, fixed to just one club and location, feels well, a bit 2019. Make this the year you untether your fitness goals. ClassPass allows you to book workouts in 20,000 venues around the world. A flexible monthly fee unlocks gym access, passes to group fitness classes from CrossFit to cardio, and even recovery treatments such as cryotherapy. You can search easily by location and activity and, when you cant travel, you can stream classes.

Until we can upload information directly into our brains, we'll have to make do with reading. But with so many new books being hyped and limited time to look into them, many life-changing ideas will inevitably pass you by. Blinkists app abridges the gap. Its experts distil the main concepts of best-selling non-fiction books into bite-sized text and audio files, so you can get the elevator pitch for the latest in fields such as leadership, health and nutrition. Consider it a York Notes for self-improvement.

WFA contains four comprehensive, 12-week training programmes, each tailored to your chosen fitness goal

If youve made it your mission to get leaner, quicker, fitter and/or stronger this year but dont quite have your action plan nailed down, this app is for you. Co-created by athlete-adventurer Ross Edgley, along with the editors at Men's Health, it contains four comprehensive, 12-week training programmes, each tailored to your chosen fitness goal.

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Video guides help you nail the moves with proper form, while easy-to-follow workouts teach you how to put them all together. Plus, its roughly half of the price of a personal training session. Transform your body into an instrument not an ornament.

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Best Fitness Apps for 2020: Best Free Fitness Apps and Fitness Trackers - Men's health UK