Fitness+ offers an exciting new lineup of programs, including Artist Spotlight workouts and Time To Walk episodes. This entire suite is designed to support users in reaching their goals like never before.
New research from the Apple Heart and Movement Study shows a remarkable trend where participants with Apple Watch keep up their exercise levels well into the new year.
New programs are coming this month to Apple Fitness+, the award-winning fitness and wellness service, to help users stay active. Together with Apple Watch—the ultimate fitness and health companion—this is designed to support users in reaching and maintaining their goals in 2026
Apple Watch offers daily fitness motivation and powerful insights, proven by the Apple Heart and Movement Study to help users maintain exercise levels well into the new year. For additional motivation, you can now participate in an Apple Watch “Quit Quitting” Challenge on Strava and earn the Ring in the New Year limited-edition award.
Starting January 5, Apple Fitness+ introduces four brand-new workout programs with weekly training plans to take the guesswork out of how to reach their goals. The update features Artist Spotlight series workouts with KAROL G and Bad Bunny, plus new episodes of Time to Walk with Penn Badgley, Mel B, and Michelle Monaghan.
How Apple Watch Helps Users Stay Motivated and Consistent Throughout the New Year
While many people typically abandon their New Year’s fitness resolutions by “Quitter’s Day”—the second Friday in January—a new analysis reveals that Apple Watch users consistently defy this trend and keep up their exercise levels well into the spring. Data contributed by approximately 100,000 participants in the Apple Heart and Movement Study over four years shows that, following a natural decrease in average exercise minutes during the November and December holiday period, daily activity among participants not only rapidly increased in January but continued to progress for months.
During the first two weeks of the year, over 60 percent of users increased their daily exercise minutes by over 10 percent compared to their December average; notably, nearly 80 percent of those users maintained these elevated levels past Quitter’s Day through the second half of January, with 90 percent of that group continuing their momentum through February and March. Conducted in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the American Heart Association, and Apple, this extensive study—which included over 250,000 consenting people across the United States—demonstrates that participants who consistently wore their Apple Watch were able to turn temporary resolutions into long-term habits.
Stay Active and Get a Limited-Edition Award with the Apple Watch Challenge in Strava
To kick off the new year with maximum motivation, Apple Watch users can earn the Ring in the New Year limited-edition award when they close all three Activity rings for seven days in a row in January. Adding to the excitement for the first time, Strava users with an Apple Watch can also participate in a special “Quit Quitting” challenge in the Strava app throughout the month of January to help motivate them to stay active and committed. After joining the challenge, users who log 12 workouts anytime within the month will successfully earn an Apple Watch badge in the Strava app, making this the perfect opportunity to start the year strong.
Restart, Refocus, and Recommit with New Fitness+ Programs
Fitness+, now available in 48 countries and regions around the world, is introducing a new series of multiweek programs designed to help build momentum and stay consistent in the new year. For users looking to return to working out, the Make Your Fitness Comeback program is the perfect starting point. This four-week plan features three workouts per week—comprising three popular workout types: Strength, HIIT, and Yoga—for just 10 minutes each session. To ensure steady improvement, every week builds on the previous week to help users progress in their journey to return to fitness.
The Build a Yoga Habit in 4 Weeks program is designed to help users add yoga into their fitness routine seamlessly. To ensure consistency, every week, users will get two 10-minute flows — one slow and one energetic — that complement their existing workout routines. These workouts are designed to increase flexibility, build strength and stability, and effectively cut down on stress, making it the perfect plan to help build a habit for the long term.
The Back-to-Back Strength and HIIT program elevates your routine by pairing these two popular workout types on Fitness+. Over the course of three weeks, this plan provides three 20-minute workouts—consisting of 10 minutes of Strength and 10 minutes of HIIT—scheduled three times per week. To keep the intensity high, the workouts are designed to be done one right after the other with no break in between. Whether you are following a Strength workout or a HIIT workout in Fitness+ displayed on iPhone and Apple Watch, this program ensures you have the tools to push your limits.
Strength training is one of the fastest-growing workout types in the world. To support this, the Strength Basics in 3 Weeks program helps users who are new to strength training learn the fundamentals, while those returning to a strength routine, they can brush up on solid technique for common moves. The program launches January 12 and consists of three workouts per week, each one focusing on a different body area. This creates a perfect opportunity to learn and practice common strength moves to build confidence and improve users’ technique.
Time to Walk: New Guests and Music That Moves
The Fitness+ Artist Spotlight series returns with new workouts featuring music from world-renowned artists. This lineup features new workouts that include the music of Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter KAROL G. Additionally, dropping February 2, Fitness+ adds new workouts to the Bad Bunny Artist Spotlight series, specifically celebrating the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show.
The award-winning Time to Walk series brings new episodes starting with actor and producer Penn Badgley. In this inspiring format—where guests share stories, photos, and songs that shaped their lives—listeners can look forward to hearing from Spice Girls member, singer, songwriter, and TV personality Mel B, with actor Michelle Monaghan to follow later this year.
Discover More Ways to Keep Moving with Apple
Fitness+ is available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV anytime and anywhere. For an experience that is even more motivating, users with Apple Watch or AirPods Pro 3 can track personal metrics like real-time heart rate and calories burned, displayed directly onscreen during a workout
Users can create their own Custom Plan by selecting workout days, preferred activities, durations, trainers, and music, or simply follow a premade, personalized Custom Plan. To help maintain consistency, Fitness+ then provides a personalized schedule of workouts complete with reminder notifications.
Strava subscribers can receive up to three months of Fitness+ at no cost. Users can also share a Fitness+ workout to Strava to track their fitness journey. The Strava app will display rich details, allowing them to share with their community on Strava.
Apple Watch is the world’s most popular watch, breaking down barriers between users and their fitness and health information. Throughout the year, it offers users motivating and actionable insights. Users can also:
Track a wide range of workouts in the Workout app with scientifically validated custom heart rate and calorie algorithms. It provides advanced metrics for running, cycling, swimming, hiking, and more, using a powerful AI and ML model for motion trained on 50 million hours of activity data.
Stay motivated with Activity challenges and sharing, and monitor key fitness metrics like training load, cardio fitness, and cardio recovery. Keep an eye on their progress with weekly summaries and trends.
Track their sleep, track their menstrual cycle, and manage their medications. Receive insights on heart health, monitor environmental noise levels, and more
Like Strava and Runna for runners; Golfshot and 18Birdies for golfers; and more—benefit from a suite of third-party app experiences.
In the new year, the Apple Watch lineup supports everyone’s goals:
Apple Watch Series 11 offers the most comprehensive set of health features yet—with hypertension notifications and the ECG app, longer battery life, an even more durable cover glass, and 5G cellular capabilities—all in its thinnest and most comfortable design.
Powered by the S10 chip, the Apple Watch SE 3 offers powerful capabilities like an Always-On display and fast charging. It delivers remarkable health, fitness, connectivity, and safety features—all at an incredible value.
Experience the ultimate sports and adventure watch: the Apple Watch Ultra 3. It features powerful health insights, Emergency SOS via satellite, and a 42-hour battery life on the largest display ever in an Apple Watch.
Availability and Pricing
- Apple Watch Series 11 starts at $399 (U.S.)
- Apple Watch SE 3 starts at $249 (U.S.)
- Apple Watch Ultra 3 starts at $799 (U.S.)
- Apple Watch Ultra 3, Apple Watch Series 11, and Apple Watch SE 3 require iPhone 11 or later with iOS 26 or later.
- Apple Fitness+ is available as a subscription service for $9.99 (U.S.) per month or $79.99 (U.S.) per year, and can be shared with up to five other family members.
- Apple Fitness+ is included in the Apple One Premier plan, which, where available, also gives customers access to Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, and iCloud+ with 2TB of storage, and can be shared with up to five other family members.
- New subscribers to Apple Fitness+ may get three months free when they purchase any new Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV capable of running the latest operating system software, AirPods Pro 3, or Powerbeats Pro 2 from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller.
- Apple Fitness+ requires iPhone 8 or later with iOS 16.1 or later, or Apple Watch Series 3 or later with watchOS 7.2 or later paired with iPhone 6s or later with iOS 14.3 or later.
- Eligible users of Wellhub can access Fitness+ at no cost, and an Anytime Fitness membership includes access to a Fitness+ subscription. Prospective members who try Anytime Fitness can also get up to two months of Fitness+ for no cost.
Details About Apple Fitness+
Apple Fitness+ is an award-winning fitness and wellness service designed to help users live a healthier day. It offers the largest library of workouts and meditations in 4K Ultra High Definition, led by an expert team of trainers welcoming to all. Key features include custom workout programs, an Artist Spotlight series, and curated Collections to support users in achieving their goals.
Available in 49 markets as of January 21, 2025, iPhone users can subscribe to enjoy the service, while those with an Apple Watch or AirPods Pro 3 can take their experience to the next level with real-time metrics. The service also features inspiring audio experiences like Time to Walk and Time to Run. With subtitles now including Japanese and digitally dubbed episodes in Spanish and German, Fitness+ is more accessible than ever.
