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Apple’s new subscription service, Apple Fitness +, is now available in some regions, including the United States. The author, who lives in the United States, decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, I can’t apply yet in Japan.
3-month free trial
I just recently purchased the Apple Watch Series 6, and have been informed that Apple Fitness + will be available for free for three months. To use Apple Fitness +, you need an iPhone 6s or later with iOS 14.3 and an Apple Watch Series 3 or later with watchOS 7.2.
It’s also available on iPad Air 2 and later with iPad OS 14.3 and Fitness App installed, and Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K with tvOS 14.3 and Fitness App installed.
It costs $ 9.99 a month in the US and $ 79.99 a year, and Apple Watch users can try it for free for a month. Also, as mentioned earlier, purchasing a new Apple Watch gives you a three-month free trial period.
Japanese page only at the beginning
Below, I am applying for iPhone12 Pro.
Follow the instructions on the screen to proceed. “Welcome to Apple Fitness +” was in Japanese, but the pages after that were in English (that is, no Japanese page was prepared).
Tap “Continue” → tap “Start 3 Months Free” to bring up the top screen of Apple Fitness +. From the top, “New This Week”, “For Beginners”, “Popular”, “Trainers”, “Simple and Quick” Are lined up.
First of all, challenge the program for beginners
For the time being, I decided to tap “For Beginners” and try “Absolute Beginner Strength with Kyle” displayed at the top of the 7 types.
When you tap the green button “Let’s Go” in the center of the screen, the screen automatically goes into portrait mode, and at the same time, the screen of the Apple Watch switches.
Follow the instructor’s instructions and move your body together. The upper left corner of your iPhone screen shows your workout time, heart rate, calories burned, and the upper right corner shows your activity ring.
After finishing the 10-minute workout, the Apple Watch workout app also closed automatically.
Useful for those exercising with the Apple Watch
I usually watch videos such as YouTube and start the workout app on the Apple Watch to exercise. Therefore, it takes time to prepare to play the video first, launch the workout application screen of Apple Watch, and tap it almost at the same time to start exercising.
But with Apple Fitness +, you don’t have to open the workout app every time, and you don’t have to quit the app after exercising (I sometimes forget to quit).
The functional strength training for beginners I tried today was introduced at the same time as a method of using a chair so that even people with weak physical strength can do it, and I felt that it is compatible with a wide range of people.
It’s free for 3 months, so I’d love to try other workouts such as yoga and core.
(lunatic)
Source: iPhone Mania