Lots of news about Fitness+Apple’s fitness and wellness platform, for 2023. A new workout (kickboxing), a new type of sleep-focused meditation, the “Featured Artist” program with music by Beyoncé, new guests for the popular “Let’s Walk” series (including Golden Globe nominated actress Jamie Lee Curtis, late night talk show host Amber Ruffin, Olympic figure skating champion Nathan Chen and German actress Nina Hoss) and three new trainers make up the menu of the new announcements just made official.
“Wherever you are on your journey to health and wellness, Apple Fitness+ makes it easy for users to get started and stay motivated with workouts and meditations that are right for everyone,” explained the crackling. Jay Blahnikvice president of Fitness Technologies at Apple – whether you want to improve your cardio performance with the new kickboxing workout, move to the rhythm of Beyoncé’s latest hits or relax with a meditation before bed, there’s always something to suit for anyone who wants to take care of their body and mind in the new year».
Kickboxing
Kickboxing workouts help move all muscle groups and are excellent for developing strength, endurance, coordination and balance. From January 9, Fitness+ therefore adds kickboxing as a new type of total body cardio workout. Each session consists of a series of discrete moves, followed by a final round that combines the newly learned moves into a one-minute interval where you can give it your all. You don’t need any special tools and the lessons last 10, 20 or 30 minutes. The training is led by two Fitness+ trainers. Jamie-Ray Hartshorne, who users know and love for his HIIT, treadmill and Let’s Run workouts, trained in muay Thai and competed as a pro in Thailand. Also Nez Dally (pictured below) joins the trainer team in conducting kickboxing workouts. This muay thai fighter made history by becoming the first woman to compete in Thailand wearing the hijab.
New trainers
Among other things, since January, the Fitness+ team welcomes Dally and two other trainers: Brian Cochrane for HIIT e Jenn Lau for strengthening. Cochrane, from Scotland, has played many sports since he was a child, so his HIIT workouts are characterized by great versatility. As a former lead singer of an indie band, he continues to be inspired by the way music and movement intertwine. Lau co-founded a gym in her hometown of Toronto and is a strong believer in inclusion and helping people stay active. The athlete channels her tenacity and playfulness into every lift and lunge.
Meditation and sleep
Fitness+ meditations are designed to help users release tension and reduce the anxiety of daily routines. The new meditation focused on sleep it will join the other nine themes in the catalog, including Calm, Gratitude, Resilience and Creativity. The new programme Introduction to Meditation and sleep consists of four 20-minute meditations ending with 5 minutes of relaxing music. These meditations, which can be done in any order and at any time, use a variety of techniques designed to slow down and sleep better and include “Meditation and Sleep: Release”, “Meditation and Sleep: Relax”, “Meditation and Sleep : Appreciate” and “Meditation and sleep: Visualize”.
Artist featured with Beyoncé
The “Artist Spotlight” series, which dedicates an entire workout playlist to a single artist, expands with new workouts accompanied by Beyoncé’s music, including songs from her latest album Renaissance. Starting Monday, January 9, seven new workouts to the singer’s music are available: cycling, dance, HIIT, pilates, strengthening, treadmill and yoga. Two more playlists will arrive: with Foo Fighters from Monday 16 January and with the phenomenon Bad bunny from Monday 23 January.
Let’s walk
New episodes also for «Passeggiamo», starting with the famous actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Let’s Walk is an audio experience available on iPhone and Apple Watch and specifically designed for help people move and walk more often, accompanied by the voice of some of the most interesting and inspiring personalities in the world who share anecdotes about their lives and their careers, photos and music with Fitness+ users. Curtis, a producer, bestselling author, activist and philanthropist, was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. In this walk, Curtis reflects on the importance of embracing the most unexpected moments in her life, on the transformative power of assisting people in need and how the death of a beloved public figure led her to a daily ritual of self-reflection.
In the fifth season new guests will be added every week starting, among others, from: Amber Ruffinhost of the late night talk show The Amber Ruffin Show and co-author of the bestselling book of the New York Times You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism; Jason Segelactor, producer, comedian and screenwriter best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen on the sitcom How I Met Your Motherstar of the upcoming Apple original comedy Shrinking; José AndresSpanish chef and founder of World Central Kitchen, a non-profit organization that delivers meals to people affected by natural disasters and Nina Hossone of Germany’s biggest stars of stage and screen, best known for her role in film Tarcritically acclaimed.
Collections
Finally, Fitness+ offers two new collections, with selected catalog content to help people achieve their goals or find inspiration. They arrive Your Fitness rebirth in 6 weekswith a perfect mix of get-fit workouts designed to motivate users to create a new routine by exercising every day and Increase your Core Trainingwhich consists of 10 and 20 minute core training made even more intense by the use of dumbbells (available from January 23).
How much does Apple Fitness+ cost
An Apple Fitness+ subscription costs money 9.99 euros per month or 79.99 euros per year, and can be shared with others five people in the family. But Fitness+ is included in the plan Apple One Premium which, where available, also offers access to Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade and iCloud+ with 2TB of storage; the plan can be shared with five other family members. Three months of Apple Fitness+ is included with purchase of Apple Watch Series 4 or later, iPhone 11 or later, iPad (9th generation or later), iPad Air (5th generation or later), iPad mini (6th generation or later), 11-inch iPad Pro (3rd generation or later), 12.9-inch iPad Pro (5th generation or later), Apple TV HD, or Apple TV 4K (2nd generation). One month of Fitness+ is included for first-time subscribers.
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