Navy's fitness app for iPhone lets sailors access workouts and diet tips while at sea

Navy writer  Jacqueline Klimas writes this week about the Navy's new fitness app, one that will work -- after downloading -- even without an internet connection. She writes:

Onshore or underway — if you want to get in shape, there's an app for that.

The Navy Operational Fitness and Fueling Series released an iPhone app in April to let sailors access their library of exercises, workout routines and meal planning while at sea, according to a fleetwide message, NAVADMIN 169/12, released May 30.

As of the end of May, the app had been downloaded nearly 5,500 times.

Read Jacqueline's full story here.

Get it here -- free -- on iTunes. An Android version is in the works, as well as an iPad app.

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