ACTIVEx Coordinates Your Group Workouts
iOS: Workout buddies are a great source of motivation, whether at the gym with you or connecting from afar. The new ACTIVEx app lets you create target groups with friends or strangers and even has a button for a quick group workout.
The groups called “packages” come from the Active.com employee fitness program. Once you’ve joined the group, you and the other members can schedule group workouts. You can also motivate or chat with each other on the package home screen.
Some of the app’s other features are not as important to the global fitness community as they are to Active employees. For example, the “wall of commitment” of people who signed up for the 5K launch is a great idea when it’s a coworker bulletin board, but a bit of a coincidence when it’s an in-app screen showing faces and names. strangers.
However, the app is a fun addition to group workouts. Training plans are available for $ 3.99 per month, but you can use Tabata Builder for free. Just enter the number of people (this works alone or with friends) and tell the app what hardware you have. You will get an unexpected bodyweight warm-up workout followed by a series of short but intense interval exercises designed for your group.