Buying apps related to an activity can often serve as a substitute for actually doing that activity. I've spent more time reading reviews of meditation apps, for example, than I've actually meditated. I buy grocery list apps as a substitute for ever actually going to the grocery store. I buy cookbook apps and then strenuously avoid cooking.
For most of my smartphone-owning life, fitness apps have been no exception. There's almost always a good reason not to go to the gym, and simply installing a fitness app on your phone can comfort me, however falsely, that I am at heart an athlete.
And then, six months ago, a surprising thing happened: I started using a fitness app four or five times a week, and it made a measurable difference in...
from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/23/15678588/strong-app-fitness
from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/05/how-fitness-app-helped-me-get-strong.html
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