Missed holiday shipping deadlines? A workout app subscription is a great gift for the fitness enthusiast in your life—here are three of the best
A workout app subscription is a gift that will keep on giving right through the year
Gifting a subscription to a workout app is a fantastic present that you can give in an instant—very helpful if it's too late to ship something for the holidays.
There are a huge number of workout apps available and matching the right one to the person you're giving to can be tricky, but one of these three Fit&Well favorites are sure to hit the spot.
1. Centr
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Despite being hosted and co-founded by super-jacked Thor actor, Chris Hemsworth, Centr is not just about packing on muscle. It's actually a holistic fitness and well-being system that combines cardio and strength routines with yoga, pilates, meal planning, meditation and mindfulness training.
Sign up now and save 15% on an annual subscription to Centr.
There's a seven-day trial and you can currently get 15% off the cost of annual membership with the code "LETSGO".
We gave the app 5 stars in our Centr review, with our tester saying it transformed his whole approach to exercise.
2. Sweat
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Sweat is a fitness program designed specifically for women. It's been created by personal trainer Kayla Itsines who regularly posts workouts to her 16 million Instagram followers.
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The majority of the 13,000-plus workouts are high intensity and bodyweight only, which is handy for beginners or if you want to train away from home, but there are also more home weights and gym-based strength sessions being added. There are also yoga and pilates sessions on offer, plus recipes too.
Sweat currently offers a 14-day free trial with 10% off an annual subscription.
Sign up for Sweat's free trial and 10% discount.
For a deeper dive, see our Sweat app review.
3. Fiit
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Fiit puts over 2,000 workouts at your fingertips, but unlike the other apps here, you can take part in live sessions and challenge your buddies in friendly competition.
As well as the live workouts, you can join in ranked sessions and track your progress on leaderboards.
The focus here is on exercise, so there's no recipes or mediation sessions. There's every kind of workout imaginable though—bodyweight, weights, treadmill, rowing machine and much more.
We gave the app 4 out of 5 stars in our Fiit review. Our tester was really impressed with the live and connected sessions, but felt that some of the workouts were too challenging for beginners.
Sign up to a free 14-day trial of Fiit.
There aren't any deals in play on a Fiit subscription, but there is a free version of the app and a 14-day trial option. And unlike the other services, Fiit offers gift cards in the UK.
Rich has worked as a journalist and editor for over 24 years, spending the last 12 years in cycling media, and is the editor of BikePerfect.com. He bought his first mountain bike in 1995 and has been riding MTB for almost 30 years. Rich enjoys being active and is also a keen surfer, pilates enthusiast, trail runner, firefighter, and a qualified Nippers Surf Life Saving Club coach for his local club Croyde, in North Devon.
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