Apple Fitness+ is a subscription service that gives you access to trainer-guided workout videos, and you just need your iPhone to get started. You can use Apple Fitness+ with your compatible iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Apple Watch to get even more out of your workouts. You can choose from 12 workout types, including: High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), Yoga, Core, Pilates, Strength, Treadmill (Walk or Run), Cycling, Rowing, Dance, Kickboxing and Mindful Cooldown. Video and audio Meditations are also offered as a part of the service.

To get started:

• Make sure you have compatible devices updated to the latest software.

• If you haven’t already, subscribe to Apple Fitness+.

For You

When you first subscribe to Apple Fitness+, you can select which activities you want to do and get recommendations for them in For You. As you use the service, For You recommendations will adapt based on your preferred activities, trainers, durations and music. You can also select a trainer or activity type to search for other workouts.

Explore

Explore shows you what’s new in Fitness+ and lets you browse all activity types. You can find Collections and Programs, which are curated to help you achieve a goal or improve your fitness. You can also find Time to Run and Time to Walk audio workouts, Artist and Music Spotlights, and tips from Fitness+ trainers.

Library

You can find your saved workouts, meditations, Programs, Stacks and Custom Plans in the Library tab.

Create a Custom Plan

Apple Fitness+ helps you build consistency by creating a Custom Plan. You can select the days, daily duration and which activities you'd like to include. Apple Fitness+ gives you a customised routine with the workouts and meditations you can do each day.

Find out more about Custom Plans

Stack your favourite activities

If there are workouts or meditations that you like doing back to back, you can create a Stack. Stacks allow you to easily start your next workout or meditation. You can even save your favourite Stack to your library on your iPhone or iPad, or to the Sidebar on your Apple TV.

Find out more about Stacks

Search

Looking for that one workout with your favourite song? You can search by activity type, trainer, duration, music and even songs or artists. Use the activity types and Discover categories to see relevant activities.

Start a workout or meditation

After you’ve found an activity you want to try, you can:

• Choose Let’s Go or Let’s Begin to start the workout or meditation.

• Choose Preview to watch a preview of the workout or meditation.

• Save an activity to your Library by tapping the Add button on your iPhone or iPad. To save an activity on your Apple TV, select Add to, then Add to Library.

• Review the music playlist for the activity. If you have an Apple Music subscription, tap Listen in Music to add the playlist in Apple Music.

Work out with Apple Watch

If you have a compatible Apple Watch paired to your device, you can display your workout time, heart rate and calories burned as you work out. You can adjust which metrics will appear onscreen before starting a workout, and can change them at any time during your workout.

1. Tap Let's Go to start a workout. If you already have a workout in progress, tap or press pause to customise your metrics.

2. Tap or use your Apple TV remote to select the Metrics Editor button .

Burn Bar

The Burn Bar lets you compare your effort to others who have completed the same workout. Based on your calories burned, the Burn Bar will show whether you're Behind the Pack, In the Pack, Middle of the Pack, Front of the Pack or Ahead of the Pack. The Burn Bar is available for High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), Treadmill, Cycling and Rowing workouts.

The Burn Bar takes your heart rate into consideration when determining your results. If your heart rate doesn't display, results on the Burn Bar might be impacted. Find out how to get the most accurate measurements using your Apple Watch.