Gadgetory

it seems like all the phones these days have new and improved features that track your every step and all your calories burned my problem is I need more than numbers and charts actually motivate me out of my chair if you need more than achievements and milestones help get you motivated I'm gonna show you two apps that put the fun in front of the fitness first up we have an app called the walk it's 299 and you can find it for both iOS and Android and it's basically like an audiobook thriller where you advance through the story by walking each story has its own fictional map and as you walk you come across a little audio clips that advance the story along and keep you entertained as you go the stories are all very cloak-and-dagger you're a spy saving the world from a terrorist plot and it sucks you in pretty quickly and keeps you going because you want to know what happens next to drop their Walker if you don't mind walking together we might be able to pull that same trick any other check when we come to I've got the device yes I'll put it on the table under your papers you'll pick it up after a few moments and slip it into your pocket good find a private place to open it before you arrive I'm sure you've been briefed the same as I have I have to see you on to that train ticket umbra then you're on your own so underneath it all you're still getting all the same benefits of a fitness app is tracking your steps it's giving you goals and achievements as you progress you're gonna get more goals and more story and that's gonna get you hooked we're just hoping we can get you out of here in time come on before they spot you I see you've got I like the whole system and I like that all of a civ you is to walk no running no jogging no shame in walking at a leisurely pace now on the downside the little bits of the story that get doled out can be frustratingly brief sometimes I'm tempted to just download a Tom Clancy audiobook and cut to the chase just assuming that looks pretty aerial by itself for something a little more intense there's zombies run 399 for this one also available for iOS and Android and a lot of people love this app if you want to move what's more motivating than the thought of a horde of zombies chasing you now the story here is that you're in the midst of a zombie apocalypse in your running to pick up supplies for your town again the map is fictional so you can be running around your neighborhood or running around a treadmill it doesn't really matter all that matters is that you're moving the audio story here is just as good as the one on the walk plus it has zombies and also this app gives you a farmville style town that you can upgrade and add on to what the supplies you bring back but if you start slacking your town can get raided by zombies and then you've let all your virtual people down now the downsides of this app is that it can be fairly demanding physically the best place for it's probably I'm like a treadmill or someplace where you can run like crazy when the zombies attack and not run to the street like an idiot we've spoken to Mullins the base you came from and they're not willing to send down another helo until we know who fired that rocket launcher at you what I like most about this app though is that the gaming element can get addictive and you want that also you can load up music playlists in the app and just have your zombie run goals drop in periodically I've been taking you on a quick tour around the perimeter of the base today and show you the main routes into the city should be a quick easy run so if you're feeling the need to get physically fit but charts and graphs aren't enough to get you going try one of these apps I mean a personal trainer would be great but sometimes it takes a zombie or a secret agent or two to really keep things interesting you