in regards to A healthy mind in a healthy body This is something that can be taken lightly but becomes very important as you accumulate years. It’s not just physical health that counts: combining various exercises also helps (and a lot) to take care of your head.
My partner Pedro Aznar shared his impressions with us last year, and while he can’t brag about his racing grades, I was able to verify how Apple Fitness+ showed me that my daily life can improve if I make the effort to stick to an exercise routine. Even if it’s minimal.
Apple Fitness+ tunes your body and balances your mind
Pedro likes to run in the morning, it’s his way of “getting active” before starting a day. I go the other way: I have very little time in the morning to be able to dedicate it to exercise, but I like “deactivate” my body and my mind right after my working hours so that you can approach the last hours of the day with more calm and relaxation.
Fatigue causes the stress accumulated in my working days (which are not short, since I have two jobs) to suddenly relax, go away with fatigue and after a shower I only notice fatigue and calmer . Less noise in my head.
Exercising takes a lot of the “noise” out of my head, which is perfect for me before dinner
The short time I have to do this means I can’t join a gym. Or I could, but then I would come home so late that I would have to cut time off from my leisure hours (which are already too few) or directly from my sleep hours. And I refuse, because sleep is as important as exercise.
Apple Fitness+ showed me that you don’t have to be a “fitness freak” to have more than decent aerobic capacity. You just need a bit of willpower and to go out and tire yourself out.
What should I do then? GOOD I use Apple Fitness+ to challenge myself with two main types of exercise: cardio/HIIT or strength. Depending on my work schedule, I alternate between these two forms of exercise. When I do cardio, I go for a run. If it rains, I stay home to do one of Fitness+’s HIIT workouts. In terms of strength, I’m not doing much: I started my Apple service workouts with 2kg dumbbells and now I’ve moved up to 4kg dumbbells. The only thing I need besides these dumbbells is a floor mat. In addition to the television on which I put the exercise sessions, of course.
I come from a time when I couldn’t really follow this routine and I noticed it a lot. I gained three kilos, I feel lazier and the floats of my belly are making more and more appearances. Soon I have a restorative vacation in which the main objective will be to recover this good exercise routine. And it is that you realize the importance of this exercise not when you do it, but when you stop doing it. Fitness helps a lot with this by reminding you of what’s new and what you’ve achieved through the Health app.
It’s not becoming an athlete: it’s looking for a routine and understanding the benefits
Social media, like those three tweets above, shows that some Apple Fitness+ users are also noticing these benefits. Records of perseverance, distances covered, calories burned in a single session… small big accomplishments which, perhaps, for a sedentary worker can be important milestones.
This is why I do not even plan to integrate a gym: the 9.99 dollars per month of Apple Fitness + are more than enough. I alternate cardio and strength, and if one day I’m really tired I can always look for Pilates or yoga to keep doing something. I confirm that there is a need for willpower, but there is no better partner than Fitness+ and our Apple Watch if we can get it.
If right now, for some reason, you’re not exercising or using an iPhone, my recommendation is clear. Get an Apple Watch, whatever, if you don’t already have it. And take advantage of your measurements and your rings to try Apple Fitness+. It’s not that you suddenly suggest running a marathon: half an hour of daily exercise, mixing different types of strength and cardio, is enough for you to start noticing its benefits. No matter your age: it’s never too late to wear.
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