Definitely should have purchased some Apple stock a long long time ago…but I didn’t and now I’ll never be able to afford it!

If you don’t use Apple products you can read this part below:

Good job for not getting into a world of which you can no longer escape. But also, I think you are the person who thinks they are better than everyone else because you haven’t given in to buy/use an apple product. But, you probably aren’t better than us, you probably just have better IT skills/more time to figure out how to sort out things on your gadgets than the rest of the world. Rhetorical questions: How do you even do life? If you aren’t part of the Apple/iPhone cult, what cult did you actually join?

If you do use an Apple product, read the rest of this blog!

Hi! Welcome to the club where we buy overpriced gadgets because they are convenient and easy and pleasing to the eye and where we don’t even feel that bad about it because the apple products make our lives easier to manage and then we can focus more on our life without using our brain power on IT! This post is me reviewing extensively (J/k only what I have tried which is like three different workout types) Apple Fitness+ service that launched sometime in December 2020.

What is Apple Fitness+ (read here because I don’t want to type it)? You pay a subscription for workout videos that tie into your Apple device (iPhone/iPad/appleTV) and also link your Apple Watch workout stats. Right now there are about over a dozen coaches (they have legit bios) and 10 different type of workouts: HIIT, Mindful cooldown, yoga, rowing, cycling, strength, dance, core, treadmill walking/running.

Pros:

• It connects to your Apple Watch to start the workout and end the workout. It shows your Apple Watch stats on the screen the entire time so you don’t have to glance at your Apple Watch! How freakin cool!
• You can search by length of workout (5-45 minutes long, depends on the workout type), coach, style of workout or music type.
• Following along is actually easy. In the videos the trainers face you. They are telling you to go to the right…but they are doing it to the left (so as to be an exact mirror image of you)! It makes it a lot easier if you get confused easily! If you forget the difference btwn left and right (like me, ESL problem), just mirror image them!
• They have a section for beginner workouts!
• The music is already integrated into every workout (so you don’t have to have a playlist)…and no you don’t have to have a subscription to Apple Music. Obviously they used sound engineers because you can hear your instructor well. Production value is high.
• They often show at least three people doing the workout (in certain workouts some of them will show the modifications to make the workout easier or harder).
• The trainers use some sign language and remind you that it is ok to modify movements or go slower if you need to! I love this! I love the acceptance message.
• The trainers look like the are also working hard and actually do get sweaty in the videos. They also look like real people and aren’t perfect. They wear cool Nike clothing (IYKYK, Nike at least stands up for what is right (if you don’t know then google: Nike and Colin Kaepernick)).
• It is cheaper than a gym membership…and you can do it at home. Ideal for a pandemic.
• The cooldown/mindful workout only has 5 or 10 minute videos…ideally I would love to have a meditation/stretch video that is 20-30 mins.
• For my husband and I it has been great because having the Apple Fitness+ has made it easier for us to find videos for us to stretch/meditate more and we have done it consistently for about the past week! It really does make it easy for us to do a little extra.

Cons

• It costs money….$9.99/mo.per month  or $79.99 /yr. You can share it with up to 5 family members. It does come free for 3 months if you buy a new Apple Watch.
• You have to have an Apple Watch, and you have to have an Apple TV/iPad/iPhone.
• No live classes (I suspect they will add some in the future).
• You see cool outfits and then you start shopping for Nike workout clothes online.
• Not ideal if you have specific/very individualized music you like to workout to.