APP STORE AWARDS

Apple Watch App of the Year

SmartGym: Gym & Home Workouts

HIIT, Home, Gym Weight Lifting

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With its comprehensive library of exercises, AI-powered routines and robust reporting, this all-in-one workout app strips away any resistance you may have towards reaching your fitness goals.

– App Store editors

Designed from the ground up for Apple Watch, SmartGym packs an incredible amount of expertise on your wrist, giving you everything you need to work out with confidence.

This year, it eliminated all sorts of excuses we had to avoid breaking a sweat. We were able to hit the gym with a clear action plan – the app suggested high-intensity and low-impact routines alike, workouts targeted to different muscle groups and conditioning for specific sports. It not only told us exactly what to do but also helped us maximise our time by telling us how long and how often to do it for.

An interface optimised for Apple Watch displays all the details. See a graph of your calories burned, or preview the sets, reps and weight for each exercise.

Looking to tone (or limber up) your triceps? As you build your custom workout, you’ll discover nearly 50 exercises that target the muscles, such as bench dips and overhead stretches. Anatomical animations demonstrate the correct form.

And as you exercise, the app’s AI-powered Smart Trainer leverages routines created by personal trainers and machine-learning models to modify your exercises so you don’t plateau.

With its robust fitness reports, all designed to be displayed elegantly on Apple Watch, SmartGym also celebrated our wins. Over time, we saw the weight we were able to leg press increase, the calories we burned skyrocket and our consistency hit new levels.

Some days, the hardest part of working out is mustering the motivation to get started. SmartGym lowered those barriers.

Quick tip

Add SmartGym’s personalised widgets to your Smart Stack on your Home Screen to view your insights – such as calories burned or workouts completed – without opening the app.

Fun fact

SmartGym is built for personal trainers too, letting them manage their students’ progress and data using their own Apple Watch.

Meet the creator

Matt Abras started SmartGym to help everyone feel comfortable hitting the gym. “People can be intimidated; others might have no idea which exercises to do,” he says. “I wanted to give them the confidence they need to start.”