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Future of Apple Fitness+ 'Under Review'
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I’ve been an AF+ user since its inception and it has changed my life. If they cancel it I’d stop paying for all the Premium services. I don’t need a social aspect or any changes to it. I love the energy of the trainers and I think there are many people out there that agree with me. I would never go to a gym and I live in a rural area. I would follow my fav trainers to where they end up going if it’s cancelled. This is a sad story and hopefully just Gurman trying to stay relevant.
Not even tried it yet, as it is also not available in Denmark. Why not just release it in English in all countries with an App Store?
My B/f and I have been using it since the beginning (and know quite a few others as well). Love their trainers and do at least one workout or meditation a day. They have made quite a few improvements since they started, but there is still a lot that they can add. I think adding functionality to make it appeal to people at more points on their fitness journey would help.
I know that everyone has their own favourite music, and I’ve tried to come up with customs plans, but they just don’t work for me. Especially when I’m doing exercise like yoga or pilates, where I’d really like some relaxing background music to help me unwind.
I know that gyms usually have pre-recorded playlists, but it feels like it’s more of an extra promotion for some music artists or just a place where trainers can share their favourite tunes.
So, for me, it would be perfect if I could pick my own music or at least let me override it.
I know that gyms usually have pre-recorded playlists, but it feels like it’s more of an extra promotion for some music artists or just a place where trainers can share their favourite tunes.
So, for me, it would be perfect if I could pick my own music or at least let me override it.
I love Apple Fitness, me and my wife exercise with it every single day. I love the instructors, and the variety of exercises. The entire tone/approach, more about wellness than performance, also resonates with us. I would be incredibly sad to see it go, and as others said, this is the main reason I got the whole Apple One premium bundle. Without it I’d only pay for iCloud.
Maybe they could combine Fitness+ with all of that new Health+ stuff that they've been talking about for a year.
When they finally get around to releasing a fitness ring they could probably think of loads of things to add to Fitness+ that would make it worthwhile, like Oura does with their subscription
When they finally get around to releasing a fitness ring they could probably think of loads of things to add to Fitness+ that would make it worthwhile, like Oura does with their subscription
I like it, I've used it almost daily for the last couple of years, it does have a couple of issues from my perspective.
- There's a beginners course which introduces you to each of the different workouts that go easy on you, but once you've done them you're on your own and you'll be doing the same workouts as someone who's been using it for years
- There's nothing that focuses on getting more complicated exercises correct except what the trainer says at the time, this year they've done some sessions on perfecting the the most complicated yoga positions, but I want to be able to see how the exercise is done and where I should be feeling it.
- It's impossible to find out what the workouts encompass beyond the limited description, so if you'd injured your ankle and wanted to do an upper body workout sitting down (and there are some on there!) it's impossible to find and there's no text search.
Closing this would suck. I’ve been in from almost the start and it’s motivated me to do yoga 5/6 times a week which has had a massive positive impact on fitness and strength in other sports.
Tested it couple of years ago. Really loved and would love to use it again. But damn Apple, it should be available in Finland also! It was pain in the **s to make US apple account, manage iTunes gift card’s and so on.
Last time tested and it didn’t work good enough with mixed US and Finnish Apple accounts.
Just a one wish for christmas… 😀
Last time tested and it didn’t work good enough with mixed US and Finnish Apple accounts.
Just a one wish for christmas… 😀
Fitness+ is great but like most of Apple’s services suffers from a distinct lack of updates and new features. It’s been out for 5 years and has barely changed at all (and you STILL can’t skip back or ahead in a workout!)
Tim routinely sees stuff around the office and tries to see if he can spin it off into a service. The private gym which was offered to employees is now a revenue stream...
...apparently he had cortisol detecting sensors in development, but he didn't want the metrics of stress to stress everyone out. That and to show how inept some people might be.
...apparently he had cortisol detecting sensors in development, but he didn't want the metrics of stress to stress everyone out. That and to show how inept some people might be.
Correct. You also have to put up with a healthy dose of The Message - American propaganda on made up holidays for various identity groups, piously recognized and promoted by the fitness instructors.
Listen to this instead, amazing workout guided by Arnold, and you will be laughing. Open in Apple Music as the tracks in this post are shortened.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Body Workout - on Youtube and Spotify as well
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I have tried Apple Fitness+, but I went back to Echelon (similar to Peloton). For me the AF+ instructors were just too corporate. And Live classes are a huge benefit for me. I have built a community of fellow Echelon users to work with. Plus the instructors on Echelon feel like real people that I can interact with (and I have interacted with many of them over Facebook.)
I used to use it a lot more before some physical injuries. I’d be sad to see it go, but maybe they can turn it around and make people excited for it.
I’d personally like to see live classes where we're competing against others in real time (like Peloton).
I’d personally like to see live classes where we're competing against others in real time (like Peloton).
I used for 1 year but I could not stand that they "act", they seem to smile all the time. Excercise is hard I dont want to see a guy smiling like everything is fine and calm. It is just unnatural and discouraging for me. I can not stand them ultra-smiling. Something it feels like if they are not ultra smiling and super happy they are going to be fired. Is like watching a happy robot doing excercise and telling you "wooow, yes you can" ad-nauseum.
It feels like watching a movie about excercise with a very nice studio. Youtubers are waaaaaaay better than the "value" that Apple wants to propose. Dont re-invent excercise videos Apple.
It feels like watching a movie about excercise with a very nice studio. Youtubers are waaaaaaay better than the "value" that Apple wants to propose. Dont re-invent excercise videos Apple.
Same
I’ma winter user to be fair but would consider scrapping Apple one without it.
I can't see them shuttering Fitness+, it might not be making much money but it's also not losing them much, and it's a key selling point for Apple Watch. My wife was a die-hard Les Mills addict but has recently started using Fitness+ a lot more (since they ended the reliance of owning the Watch). It's a huge market they'd be giving up on.
Have they thought of launching the service outside the U.S.? There’s a crapload of people in the world who speak and understand English…
Maybe Apple should, I don’t know, promote it? If it’s not an iPhone, I don’t see any ads for anything else by Apple. They could make much more of a big deal about all their services when someone buys a new iPhone, iPad and especially Apple Watch.
I personally love Fitness+. It’s the only sway that has gotten me active with exercise in decades
I personally love Fitness+. It’s the only sway that has gotten me active with exercise in decades