8 Best Fitness Apps for Firestick to Transform Your Living Room Into a Personal Gym

Working out from the comfort of your own home has its advantages. You have complete control over your workout space, can exercise whenever you want, and set your own pace. While using a fitness app on your phone is convenient, the small screen limits the information you can see during your exercises. However, if you have a Firestick, you can utilize your television screen to enhance your fitness routine. In this article, we will explore the best fitness apps for Firestick that can turn your living room into a personal gym.

1. Daily Workouts

Best for: Beginners

Daily Workouts offers a range of exercises suitable for beginners. The app follows a simple muscle-centric exercise routine, allowing you to choose from six different muscle groups such as abs, arms, glutes, back, and legs. Simply select a time limit and difficulty level, and start exercising. The app provides animated images of a virtual trainer to help you maintain the correct form on the big screen. One of the best features of this app is that most exercises use your body weight, making it an effective way to get fit.

Pros:

• Easy-to-navigate user interface
• All the necessary information in one place
• High-quality animations for proper form

Cons:

• Lacks combination workouts
• Only offers predefined timers

Install Daily Workouts

2. Gymondo

Best for: Tailored workouts

Gymondo offers a wide variety of workout exercises, ranging from yoga asanas to high-intensity interval training (HIIT) routines. You can create a personalized profile that helps you find exercises tailored to your body and needs. The app not only provides video format exercise routines but also offers recipes for healthy meals. You can create meals based on your workout and body type within the app. While Gymondo is a paid service, you can try out the app for free and even begin basic exercises without any financial commitment.

Pros:

• Personalized exercise recommendations
• In-built recipes suited to your requirements

Cons:

• Limited customization options beyond personalized recommendations

Install Gymondo (free, in-app purchases)

3. Pilates

Best for: Low-impact flexibility

Pilates is a physical fitness system developed by Joseph Pilates. It focuses on low-impact flexibility and muscular strength exercises. The Pilates app offers a comprehensive catalog of lessons for beginners to advanced users. The app is easy to navigate, and you can find the best exercise routine based on time, equipment, skill level, and muscle groups.

Pros:

• Wide catalog of different exercises
• Categories make it easy to discover workout routines

Cons:

• Lacks instructions for required equipment

Install Pilates (free, in-app purchases)

4. Homeletics

Best for: Controlled and effective workouts

Homeletics is a goal-driven fitness app that helps you find the perfect fitness exercises. The app asks you a series of questions and creates a routine based on your answers. It also prompts you to periodically monitor your heart rate by checking your pulse. The interface is user-friendly, providing animated routines, total time remaining, pulse rate, and current exercise on the screen. This allows you to track your workout without losing focus.

Pros:

• Pulse rate monitoring
• Condensed information on the screen

Cons:

• No option to select exercises or workout routines, as the app decides for you

Install Homeletics (free)

5. Yoga with Body in Balance

Best for: Yoga at home

Yoga is an ancient exercise form that focuses on both mental and physical well-being. Yoga with Body in Balance offers a variety of courses tailored to different age groups, such as yoga for senior citizens, better posture, and even yoga for kids. Each course is presented by an instructor, with ample time between exercises to ensure you can keep up. The app is free to try, and you can unlock all courses for a monthly subscription fee.

Pros:

• Tailored yoga exercises for every age group
• Shows target points of the program

Cons:

• Yoga sessions feel less interactive and more like videos

Install Yoga with Body in Balance (free)

6. Bolly X- The Bollywood Workout

Best for: Entertainment workout

If you're a fan of Bollywood dance routines, you'll love Bolly X. The app offers over 300 dance routines that combine entertainment and fitness. The dance routines may seem complicated at first, but they are broken down for easy follow-along. You can choose from different dance routines, including those for weddings, strength training, core exercises, and specific songs.

Pros:

• Dance routines for various occasions and goals

Cons:

• Lack of custom workout builder on the Firestick app (available on the Android app)

Install Bolly X (free)

7. GymRa

Best for: All-in-one workouts

GymRa is a home workout app that simplifies your workouts. Instead of providing multiple exercises for each muscle group, the app allows you to focus on individual muscle groups. You can browse through different categories to find the routine that suits your preferences. GymRa offers exercises for glutes, cardio, abs, full-body workouts, and more. It also includes yoga, plyometrics, Tabata, pilates, and other fitness programs. The app is free, but it contains ads.

Pros:

• Goal-driven exercises
• Wide range of exercise programs

Cons:

• Limited customization options

Install GymRa (free)

8. Moms Into Fitness

Best for: Pregnant women and postnatal phase

Moms Into Fitness curates specialized video exercises for pregnant women and those in the postnatal phase. The app offers exercises categorized by type, duration, level, intensity, and more. Whether you're pregnant or a new mother, engaging in physical activities is crucial for your well-being. Moms Into Fitness provides routines tailored to your needs and even offers weekly playlists for added variety.

Pros:

• Specialized workout exercises for pregnant women
• Routines for kids
• Weekly playlists

Install Moms Into Fitness (free)

These are my top picks for the best fitness apps available on Firestick. Although these apps generally offer video-style content, each app caters to a specific audience. For example, Moms Into Fitness is designed for women during pregnancy and the postnatal phase. Homeletics monitors your pulse rate to prevent over-exertion. Which app are you going to try? Let me know in the comments below or reach out to me on Twitter.

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