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Best Exercise and Fitness Apps for iPhone and iPod Touch

If your iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad is an essential part of your workout, you've probably scrolled through the endless array of fitness apps available, wondering which ones are worth the time and money.

The right fitness app can give you the boost you need to get through your workouts, but the wrong one can leave you frustrated. I've done a little research and put together a list of my favorite exercise and fitness apps covering everything from strength training and yoga to weight loss and running. 1. iPump & Fitness Builder Price: $9.99 Compatible With: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later.

Though expensive, iPump is well worth the price. Stand-out features:

   Workouts drawing from thousands of unique exercises and equipment including, weights, kettlebells, BOSU, foam roller, TRX and more.
   Search workouts by location (hotel, home, gym, etc.), goal (arms, abs, cardio, etc.) or keyword.
   An exercise database with incredible variety. My favorites - squat thrust to push up with a med ball and 180 swings with a kettlebell.
   Videos of each exercise.
   The ability to edit workouts or create your own.

I love that iPump offers such incredible variety in their workouts and exercises. Also available, iPump Trainer workouts for an extra fee. More Info Ads

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Price: Free (Actual classes are extra) Compatible With: iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later.

This app works with iPad, but it's worth mentioning because it's kind of awesome. The app itself is free and gives you access to hundreds of streaming exercise videos which you can then preview and purchase. PumpOne (who also created Fitness Builder (see above)), created the app, so you'll see a variety of PumpOne workouts as well as videos from well-known instructors like Kathy Smith, Cathe Friedrich and Patrick Goudeau. Classes are usually $1.99-$3.99 for a 30-day pass or $9.99 and up to buy the class outright and include everything from kettlebell workouts, kickboxing, step, yoga and more. It only works with wi-fi or 3G, but there may be downloadable workouts soon. 3. MotionTraxx Radio ""Image Courtesy of Motion Traxx

Price: $2.99 Compatible With: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad

I'm a big fan of Deekron the Fitness DJ and Motion Traxx, a free Podcast offering a huge selection of walking, running and fitness workouts set to dance music at different BPMs.

For $2.99, this app allows you to stream a variety of workouts to your smartphone: Steady state, intervals, walking, running or even boot camp workouts.

I have had problems with the app crashing, sometimes right in the middle of a workout. This may be because my 3G connection is spotty in my neighborhood, so this may not be a problem if you have better reception.

If you're a walker or runner and you like to move at a certain pace (or you want to be able to work at a harder pace), this app is a must have. 4. BeatBurn Treadmill/Outdoor Trainer ""Paige Waehner

Price: $3.99 Compatible With: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Optimized for iPhone 5

Interval workouts are incredibly popular and effective, and they're much easier to do when you have a program to follow. BeatBurn offers that guidance, but in a unique way. Not only do they include music that changes to match your running pace, but you can actually change the pace at any time during the workout if things move too fast or slow. There's a coach offering occasional motivational pep talks throughout the workout and the screen shows the intervals as well as your speed, calories burned and incline (if you choose the treadmill option).

They also have BeatBurn Elliptical Trainer and Tempo Magic Pro. More Info 5. Power 20 ""Paige Waehner

Price: $.99 Compatible With: iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, and 5, iPod touch (3rd, 4th and 5th generation), and iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later.

Power 20 includes three 20 minute workouts with a variety of body weight exercises such as pushups, burpees, squats, triceps pushups, single leg squats, tuck jumps, planks and more. The app is about as simple as you can get. You launch it, start with 'the Gym' workout (which means the background scene is at a gym), choose your level - 1, 2 or 3 - and go. The app uses an animated character to demonstrate each exercise and then you start, completing a circuit of exercises for a certain number of reps or a certain length of time for a total of 20 minutes.

You can unlock other workouts, one at the beach and the other on an imaginary yacht which, I suppose, is the closest most of us will ever come to seeing one of those.

The workouts change each time and, a nice plus, you can listen to your music while you use the app. Overall, the app is easy to use and the workouts are pretty good, although some of the exercises can get tedious - doing 45 crunches, for example, which is a little excessive. Still, a great value for the price and a nice option for when you're traveling or just want a quick body weight workout.

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