Apple Fitness trainer reveals workout tips after man uses app's 30 min plan to shed almost 6 stone in less than a year
AN Apple Fitness trainer has revealed top tips to help people get in shape this summer using the tech giant's 21p-a-day workout platform.
Apple Fitness+ added new programs for strength, pickleball, yoga, and breath meditation earlier this year as the service continues to expand.
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Pickleball was one of several new types of workout added to Apple Fitness+ this year
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Scotland-native Brian Cochrane is one of the Apple Fitness trainers
"Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the world," Apple Fitness trainer Brian Cochrane told The Sun.
"So we've designed a conditioning program to help people improve their strength and conditioning for pickleball, which is going to be huge."
New workouts for more common activities such as rowing, treadmill running, strength and
And workout time lengths range from as little as five minutes to 45 minutes.
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Brain says that the variety is ideal as people get caught up in doing too much too soon when a balanced approach to fitness is best.
"For the longest time, fitness was about 'how much can I do, how much can I crush myself, I'm not going to think about recovery, I'm just going to go all out every day'," he explained.
"But we're actually realising that a balanced fitness regime is better overall.
"So even if you're only training 10, 20 minutes, two or three times a week, that's enough.
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"It might not be enough forever, but it's enough for now.
"And building consistency now is going to build adherence longer term.
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"So you might find that after two months or three months, you want to build up to three or four workouts or go from a 10 minute to a 20 minute or a 30 minute."
The Scotland-native also revealed there are plenty of workouts on the app that require no equipment and can be done in smaller home spaces, which tend to be popular.
At £79.99 for the year, Apple Fitness+ works out to about 21p per day.
However, you can maximise the value further with the ability to share with five members of your family at no extra cost.
And some users are getting positive weight loss results too.
"One that I've had recently is a gentleman called Ricardo from Portugal," Brian reveals.
"He was 105 kilos and he's now 68. So he lost 37 kilos in less than a year just by doing HIIT workouts on Fitness+, which is insane.
"But we have so many stories like that every single day."
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Check if your TV supports AirPlay.
If it does, you can cast the workout onto your TV screen for a bigger, better experience.
Your TV and iPhone will need to be connected to the same
Then just hit play on a video via your iPhone, then tap the AirPlay cast icon along the bottom (which looks like the icon here).
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