These calorie-burners probably shouldn't replace your daily gym sessions, but it's nice to know that even when you're sitting on the couch laughing at Seinfeld reruns, you're burning some calories. Unless you're eating Cheetos, that is.
Check out the video above to see how you can burn 200 calories in everyday activities.
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1. Zombies, Run!
Zombies, Run! is an immersive running game and audio adventure. Experienced actors and writers have created the mobile game's incredible storyline.
All you have to do is run. There are currently 23 audio missions available. Your character "Runner 5" will collect supplies, ammo, medicine and battery along the way, which you must distribute at the end of the mission. Survivors of the post-apocalyptic world are counting on you.
The app was originally backed on Kickstarter.
Price: $7.99 for the iOS, Android, or Windows Phone app.
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2. One Hundred Push Ups
This app is for muscly men and women who love doing entirely too many push-ups at one time — in our opinion.
The end goal of using the app is doing 100 consecutive push-ups, following the mobile six-week training program. The app tailors the training schedule by considering your initial fitness level and age.
The app's Facebook and Twitter integrations also help users stick to their upper-body regimen.
Price: $1.99 iPhone app and $.99 to test drive the Android app.
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3. Missile Wars
Power your workout by getting a group of friends together to play this GPS-based mobile game.
Users must move out of the way of fake missiles in this video game. Friends can send missiles to any target on the in-app map. Players have 60 seconds to avoid an "explosion," so be prepared to run.
When joining the game, anyone in the world can send a game missile your way.
Price: Free iOS app
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4. Strava Cycling
Strava is a company hoping to empower runners and bikers with their GPS-powered apps. The technology puts workouts, commutes and movement into context on the Strava.com website — graphing heart rate, distance and progress. Different kinds of statistics are meant to enhance your training.
Users are encouraged to best their own personal records or challenge friends to a competition. Connect with Facebook or Twitter to challenge friends' records. In the app's feed, you can also "give kudos" and add comments to encourage friends' activity.
On the app's "Explore" tab, find local paths and areas to run. Or, compete in official Strava app-wide challenges such as running 50 kilometers in three days — for fun.
Price: Free Strava Cycling iPhone app, Strava Running iPhone app, Android Strava Cycling app and Android Strava Running app
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5. GolfLink Game Tracker & GPS Support
Golf may be relaxing, but it's still a calorie-scorching sport. All that walking, cart pushing and driving golf balls accounts for burning 840 to 1,600 calories in a standard four-hour golf round.
GolfLink Game Tracker with GPS is an app that keeps track of every stroke to maximize your efficiency. There are also maps of thousands of golf courses to track your game.
Price: $9.99 iOS app
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6. Charity Miles
You'll walk, run and bike for longer, knowing your miles are earning money and raising awareness for charities.
Charity Miles is a free and easy-to-use app that tracks your exercise mileage. Walkers and runners earn $.25 per mile and bikers earn $.10 per mile. There's currently $1 million to give away.
Select which charity you're exercising for when you launch the app. The charity will receive your winnings after you share your activity on Facebook or Twitter from the app. The nine charities currently signed on with Charity Miles include Feeding America, the U.N. World Food Programme and Achilles International.
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7. Nike+ Running
We're loving the newly redesigned Nike+GPS running app. With it, we're tracking all our outdoor and indoor runs.
Before starting a run, it's easy to set the app up to calculate how fast and how far you're going. At the end of the run, share your success with Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest friends.
In the app, there's a record of your farthest run, longest run, fastest mile, fastest 5k and other important stats. Every run can be set as a distance run, time run or speed run to beat your own records.
Price: Free iPhone app
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8. All-in YOGA: 300 Poses & Yoga Classes
Fitness fanatics should be stretching their limbs in between cardio and strength training days. All-in YOGA: 300 Poses & Yoga Classes is a great yoga app that can be used any where and any time.
All-in YOGA: 300 Poses & Yoga Classes leads users through 300 different poses. The app even comes with photo, video, audio guides and 3D muscle models accompanying each pose.
Price: $.99 iPhone app
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9. Fleetly Fitness
Fleetly offers loads of workout routines for different sports and targeted for different body areas. There are also quick full-body exercise routines for when you're low on time.
Every workout comes with a description, video, tips and an area to log your progress. With Fleetly, users can also join open challenges such as "36,500 Push ups in 2012" or "500 miles in 2012."
Fleetly also gamifies exercise, which encourages users to move to earn points and badges for workout accomplishments.
Price: Free iOS app
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10. WiScale
Hold yourself accountable with the Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale with the WiScale app. The high-tech scale measures your weight, BMI, fat and lean muscle mass.
The scale automatically shares the data with your computer or mobile device, where you can view your fitness data on a graph over time.
You'll be less likely to skip out of your workout knowing you can automatically send your weight, BMI or fat percentage directly to Facebook or Twitter by stepping on the scale. Use the app to monitor all your health and fitness data.
Price: Free iOS app
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