Apple Fitness + is now available in Europe. Apple’s main commitment to health offers us hundreds of training videos with which train in different disciplines wherever we are. We only need an Apple Watch and an iPhone, iPad or Apple TV to take the course, it’s that easy.
A simple application and, in a way, already known
Apple Fitness + is a subscription service designed for the Apple Watch. The idea is, in a nutshell, that we can access hundreds of training courses, of different levels and disciplines, and that we can follow the different exercises while we complete the rings on our watch and record calories, pulse, etc. This is the key that sets Apple Fitness + apart from the competition, almost personalized sessions based on our abilities and for which we set the pace.
To access Apple Fitness +, we must have an active subscription. It costs $ 9.99 per month, although we can get three months free with the purchase of a compatible device or use a month’s free trial. If we prefer, we can also subscribe to Fitness + through Apple One. Your Premium plan includes Apple Fitness + in addition to all other Apple services for 28.95 dollars per month.
Once we have the subscription, we must access the Fitness application from our iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. We will find all the available exercise routines there. Several new ones are added every week, so we’ll always have some new ones ready to exercise.
The application itself is very simple, at the top we find the different types of sports: meditation, HIIT, yoga, core, strength, Pilates, dancing, cycling, treadmill, rowing and conscious recovery. A touch on one of them brings us to see all the workouts in that category. From here, in addition to seeing a brief description of the type of exercise, we can touch the button Filtered, to see workouts only with certain trainers, durations or musical styles.
Back to the main screen, we find several sections. Directed by New routines as good as personal recommendations according to the use we have made of the service. Below we find more than just a few topics, for example meditation, workouts filtered by the artists of the music you listen to, and the most popular workouts.
In addition to the programs, which combine different workouts on various themes such as for beginners, for snow, for seniors, there is the list of Apple Fitness + home trainers. Finally in the the bottom is located My library where the workouts we have recorded appear
Information of each training and dynamics
Each workout has a dedicated tab. In addition to the cover art, information on the music that is heard during it and information on languages and subtitles, there is an explanation of the training itself. Along with this we see the name of the coach giving the session, the duration, the musical style, the date of publication, the materials needed and which part of the body we are going to exercise.
Here appears the button in the form of +, which allows us to save the training in the library, ready to find it quickly. Once we add it, we can choose download the training to use it offline, something we’ll do by tapping the cloud and down arrow button.
Finally we must mention the button Overview this allows us to see what type of training we are talking about in just a few seconds. One way to get used to the idea of knowing if this is the training you want to do. Once decided the button
All courses have a introduction, the development of the session itself and a little farewell. The introduction and the farewell usually occupy a maximum of one minute of the session time and allow us to position ourselves to start the training and end it quietly.
The training itself is a video in which we see how the coach accompanies us to perform the different exercises. On the screen, we will always see three people. The instructor in the center will perform the training at a standard level. While, to our left we will see another instructor performing a gentler variation of the training and to our right another monitor with a more demanding variant.
We can interrupt the training at any time, either from the Apple Watch itself, or from the application on iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. The sessions, which although they are in English and subtitled in Spanish, are very easy to follow, they cannot be moved forward or back, only interrupted.
Throughout the training we will see the measurements of our Apple Watch on the screen. Upon completion, the system will recommend related workouts or a mindful relaxation session to complete the workout for the day. At the end, all workouts and sessions will be saved in the Fitness app on our iPhone and also in the Health app.
Apple Fitness + is a great way to get the most out of our Apple Watch to keep us moving. A service that we can access, whether we have experience in sport or this is our first training. A great way to close your rings every day.