Sree Tips: Summer Fitness Apps

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Summer is the perfect time to exercise outdoors, but it can also be a challenge for beginners.

Sree Sreenivasan, tech expert from our partner network CNET and Columbia University's chief digital officer, has a list of apps to help get you moving:

Fitness Builder

This apps gives you real control of your workout to build customized fitness plans and training modules. You can also get help from a live streamed personal trainer.

The first month is free; after that, it's $7 a month.

Couch-To-5k

This $2 app promises to get you off the couch and running a 5k in nine weeks.

Nike Training Club

From a fitness brand everyone knows comes a series of free workout training modules. Easy to use and understand and built for mobile.

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Sree Sreenivasan is CBS2′s technology expert. You can find him on Twitter and Facebook  and on his personal site. Email your questions with "CBS New York" as the subject line.

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