Spotify Launches Fitness Hub With 1,400+ Peloton Workouts

[WarmWinterHat]

Welcome!!!
Apple fitness videos are like a movie and also soul-less. The instructors are more actors than instructors. Creepy smiling and ultra mega unrealistic positive. Exercise must be hard and it most look in that way for the instructors.

The yoga isn't bad, and the instructors are pretty good. A couple of them were on other services before Apple and they generally have the same style on both.

Big problem with the service, for me, is there are no levels! The yoga for example, is beginner to moderate, at best, and never gets more advanced.

 

[abracadaver]

When I first moved from Spotify to Apple Music, I was a little put out by having to use a different app for podcasts but now that Spotify is adding in this, I definitely see more appeal in separating out the services 😭

 

[gummybear2026]

Peloton still exists? That's news to me!

 

[Padre_Pio]

They're just going to keep adding things and shoving it down out throats while raising prices.

 

[applefan8254]

with regards to Spotify and exercise, can we get an option in Spotify to select a bpm and then the playlist would just automatically play at that bpm? I know the tech is already there because the ability to adjust playback speed is already there in podcasts and even more, the ability to match bpm is there in the "mix" feature, where a song transitions to the next song at the same beat / tempo like a DJ can do. but then after the transition, the song slows down slightly or speeds up slightly to its "natural" bpm. my idea is that, we could have a toggle / option so that a song *would not* go back to its natural bpm tempo and instead remain at our user-chosen bpm tempo speed.

 

[MrRom92]

I thought they have offered lossless for like 6 months now?

They have for some time. My Spotify:

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Refer to the screenshot posted in your comment: “Up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz”

Most recordings are not mastered in 24/44.1, and anything mastered above that has been downsampled. So only a very small selection of recordings on Spotify are mathematically lossless.
No other (actual) lossless streaming service seems to have an issue providing the true original files. Spotify was very far behind the curve before they rolled out their “lossless” files and still managed to completely fail in this aspect.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I tried Apple fitness+ this winter as it finally came to my country (Belgium).
I think the lessons are quite good, albeit very American: a lot of talk and no substance.

This gave me a great laugh 😂
👏 bravo!

 

[tribeaumes]

no one uses fitness+ OR peloton so how did this get developed lol

I use my Peloton tread and bike every day.

 

[svish]

Good to know about this. However I don't use Spotify. Good for existing subscribers.

 

[Sill]

Yep. There's like 6 million of us using it lol.

Far out. I had no idea. My boss told me if I wanted one I should just wait and he'd get me one for free. Every so often one of our customers will give theirs away. He's turned down a few in the past couple of years. I'm trying to get my wife to quit "running". She said if I got her a Peloton she'd use that and skip the run. I wouldn't pay for the membership but I understand without it the Peloton is a high quality stationary bike and useful as such.

 

[RedWeasel]

So Spotify now have music, podcasts, audiobooks and … fitness classes? I mean, trying to own audio sort of makes sense, but now the message is getting muddy. what next, are they going to acquire Substack?

Don't give them ideas please.

 

[East India Company]

So Spotify now have music, podcasts, audiobooks and … fitness classes? I mean, trying to own audio sort of makes sense, but now the message is getting muddy. what next, are they going to acquire Substack?

And apple going into the fitness and tv show business doesn’t make any sense either

 

[Helmlein]

And apple going into the fitness and tv show business doesn’t make any sense either

I got Apple Fitness+ as bycatch from Apple One (which we as a family bought for Apple Music and the Cloud Storage). I tried it, and I now do something on Apple Fitness+ nearly every day, be it in the Gym or at home. It really makes a difference for my fitness (not immediately being exhausted when we go skiing, burning calories instead of putting on weight, etc.). I now see Apple Fitness+ as a viable product of its own and I would even pay for if I didn‘t get it through Apple One.

Why would you think that this is different with Spotify / Peloton? Maybe people get into Peloton through Spotify and can then be kept as paying subscribers, or buy their hardware? Or maybe they even subscribe to Spotify because of Peloton? I don‘t think Peloton is doing well at this time, and I would like them to stay in business even though I don‘t use them, for competition to Apple Fitness+.

So in the end I guess it makes sense for both Apple (fits in their „Apple Health“ environment) and Spotify (gets them new customers and ties existing customers). If nothing else comes from it: it doesn‘t hurt and it can‘t have been very expensive given the state Peloton seems to be in.

H.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Refer to the screenshot posted in your comment: “Up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz”

Most recordings are not mastered in 24/44.1, and anything mastered above that has been downsampled. So only a very small selection of recordings on Spotify are mathematically lossless.
No other (actual) lossless streaming service seems to have an issue providing the true original files. Spotify was very far behind the curve before they rolled out their “lossless” files and still managed to completely fail in this aspect.

Alright dude, whatever you say.

I don't it on Spotify, nor did when I when I had Apple music, because I can tell zero difference even on my fairly high-end stereo system. Content is more important than spec chasing.

 

[MrRom92]

Alright dude, whatever you say.

I don't it on Spotify, nor did when I when I had Apple music, because I can tell zero difference even on my fairly high-end stereo system. Content is more important anyway.

While it’s not impossible, there are quite a few hoops to jump through to get Apple Music Lossless to playback through a high end stereo system, as it’s really set up to work well with an iDevice and not much else. If you could hear a difference, it’s likely you were never getting a truly lossless feed to your stereo anyway.
Regardless, my point is to illustrate how little music has been a priority to Spotify, the music app. Saying this as not only an end user of various music services but as someone who makes a portion of their income from them as well.

 

[bowens]

with regards to Spotify and exercise, can we get an option in Spotify to select a bpm and then the playlist would just automatically play at that bpm? I know the tech is already there because the ability to adjust playback speed is already there in podcasts and even more, the ability to match bpm is there in the "mix" feature, where a song transitions to the next song at the same beat / tempo like a DJ can do. but then after the transition, the song slows down slightly or speeds up slightly to its "natural" bpm. my idea is that, we could have a toggle / option so that a song *would not* go back to its natural bpm tempo and instead remain at our user-chosen bpm tempo speed.

Back when I used to run a little bit, I had a playlist built specifically for races. It started out with songs at my starting pace BPM and then started slowly speeding up through the race so I'd finish faster. Back then I used an app where you'd play the song, tap the beat on the spacebar, and it would save the BPM in iTunes.

 

[Sill]

I'm not a fan of video workout apps in general

Aside from not wanting Apple (or any other company) to have health data on me, thats my biggest reason for not participating in Fitness. I can work out on my own, and do. What I want a video for is to learn something new. I have shelves full of books and videos regarding fitness, from Tai Chi and Qi Gong to bodyweight work to kettlebells to extreme lifting theory. It just fascinates me and motivates me more than flabby models who "represent a broad cross-section of humanity" talking incessantly over "mood defining music tracks from a carefully curated list of todays most relevant artists".

I think I'd find my way into Apple Fitness if they'd offer something like Paul Wade's Convict Conditioning series, or martial arts like Capoeira or Aikido. I'm not sure what I'd want for the music though, if anything.

 

[MNWildFan]

I’m not sure I would ever watch a lesson on Spotify of all places. Not that I’d sacrifice music during a workout in general anyway.

Same here

And also same for podcasts as well (I use a separate app, namely Overcast, for that)