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Mobile app recommendations: fitness apps

Kristen Julia Anderson (West Orange Public Library, West Orange, New Jersey, USA)

Library Hi Tech News

ISSN: 0741-9058

Article publication date: 7 November 2016

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Abstract

Purpose

Whether you live in a hemisphere where frigid weather or sweltering heat keeps you indoors for months, have a busy professional and social schedule that allows little (if any) time for physical activity other than walking up and down the stairs at work or just cannot figure out how to alter your daily routine – fitting in a fitness schedule is not always as simple as setting an alarm clock 30 min early.

Design/methodology/approach

People often, me included, lead highly hectic lives, trying to keep up with appointments and deadlines, and as such working out during the week can be easily neglected.

Findings

After all, how many of us truly have the time to get to an aerobics class, to the gym or go running as often as we would like?

Social implications

We are a go go go society in which many of us compromise our well-being for meeting deadlines. Nevertheless, most of us aim to lead a healthier life.

Originality/value

You may be thinking by now – what do fitness, libraries and technology have to do with one another? Quite a bit.

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Citation

Anderson, K.J. (2016), "Mobile app recommendations: fitness apps", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 33 No. 9, pp. 14-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-11-2016-107

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2016, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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