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Scottish Sun
05-05-2025
- Health
- Scottish Sun
Apple Fitness trainer reveals workout tips after man uses app's 30 min plan to shed almost 6 stone in less than a year
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) 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. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Pickleball was one of several new types of workout added to Apple Fitness+ this year Credit: Apple 2 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 kickboxing are added regularly. And workout time lengths range from as little as five minutes to 45 minutes. 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. "It might not be enough forever, but it's enough for now. "And building consistency now is going to build adherence longer term. Apple employee reveals huge upgrades on cheapest iPhone model "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."
The Irish Sun
05-05-2025
- Health
- The Irish Sun
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. 2 Pickleball was one of several new types of workout added to Apple Fitness+ this year Credit: Apple 2 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. Read more about Apple 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. Most read in Tech "It might not be enough forever, but it's enough for now. "And building consistency now is going to build adherence longer term. Apple employee reveals huge upgrades on cheapest iPhone model "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." TOP TELLY TIP 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).
The Sun
05-05-2025
- Health
- The Sun
Apple Fitness trainer reveals workout tips after man uses app's 30 min plan to shed almost 6 stone in less than a year
Jamie Harris, Assistant Technology and Science Editor Published: Invalid Date, 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. 2 "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 kickboxing are added regularly. And workout time lengths range from as little as five minutes to 45 minutes. 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. "It might not be enough forever, but it's enough for now. "And building consistency now is going to build adherence longer term. Apple employee reveals huge upgrades on cheapest iPhone model "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."
Forbes
15-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
The Age Of Paying A Monthly Fitness Tracker Subscription Is Here
Polar Fitness Program When Fitbit brought step counting into an era of mainstream popularity in 2009-2011, it sold us on the simple fun of fitness trackers, eventually branching out into a social pastime. It's starting to look as though a new era has arrived, that of having to pay a monthly fee for fitness tracker use, or at least to get the most out of it. Garmin's Connect+ caused uproar among its fanbase when it was announced in March 2025. While Garmin was far from the first wearable maker to offer a subscription, its approach to date had often seemed the antithesis of such a move. A Garmin watch always got you more than you needed, while demanding no additional outlay beyond the cost of the wearable itself for most buyers. Now another big name in hardcore fitness wearables has done the same, Polar. Much like Garmin, Polar insists that the features watch owners currently have will remain free. But the Fitness Program subscription, which costs around $11 a month, will unlock features otherwise not available to watch users. Fitness Program has a strong focus on creating a training plan that 'adapts to your needs' and awards you with badges and 'stars' to help keep you motivated. One of the top catalysts for these newly paid-for plans is AI, as it lets a company provide at least superficially personalized feedback to users without going to the expense of hiring actual experts and coaches. And they would likely not be able to provide the instant feedback of an LLM (large language model) based AI system anyway. It's not clear whether, or how much, Polar's Fitness Program relies on AI. But there's clear scope for it to have a hand in the 'weekly personalized feedback' that makes one of the four pillars of the service. While it might be tempting to chart this back to longer-standing services like Apple Fitness+, which launched in December 2020, that is really quite a different proposition. Fitness+ is based around bespoke content, bringing the gym class experience into your home. It was apparently on the cards before Covid-19 too, but was well-timed given how many people were stuck at home in that period. Polar's new service is more like the Runna app, which provides tailored training plans based on your fitness level and goals. It claimed to have 'hundreds of thousands' of users in November 2023. Fitbit Premium, Garmin Connect+, Apple Fitness+ and Polar Fitness Program are not copies of each other. But they all address the same problem, that of a company needing to continue growth when doing so purely or largely through hardware sales has become increasingly difficult. This is one to keep an eye on in the coming months and years, to assess how much the average fitness tracker owner is pushed into paying by degrading the 'free' experience.
