Step on it: Working out is a piece of cake

Stockholm – We recently reported on Ikea’s Hembakat är Bäst cookbook, which features a step-by-step guide on how to make cakes and buns through beautiful visuals. Now the furniture retailer has developed a clever way for Swedes to shed those excess calories – through an iPhone app called Kondis (stamina).

The app offers the same visual feast as the book, but with an added exercise guide. Users can pick the dessert they want to make, then their preferred exercise method, whether it is walking, jogging or cycling. A wise lady then informs the user how many kilometres he or she has left, before they earn a slice of cinnamon roll or princess cake.