Apple Fitness+ gives us all ‘Permission to Dance’

Apple even has a Dance Day award you’ll earn April 29

Apple Fitness+ says it has given users “Permission to Dance” with the introduction of new curated Dance workouts and a series of Artist Spotlights. And to help you get started (and, maybe, dancing to celebrate Earth Day) also announced a new limited-edition Dance Collection award (pictured above).

So, what do you get?

In the tradition of continuing to improve and upgrade the service, what you get is a whole bunch of Artist Spotlight musicians and curated Dance content in the lead-up to International Dance Day on April 29.

The collections include tracks from ABBA, BTS, and Queen, and new content is coming, including next week’s special Artist Spotlight Dance workout featuring music and iconic choreography from BTS, that limited-edition award for International Dance Day, and the new “Get into a Groove with Dance” workout Collection.

The Artist Spotlight’s dedicates entire workouts to a single artist, and this week, users can dance to ABBA, sweat to BTS in a HIIT workout, or do a Strength workout to Queen.

Every Monday for four weeks, new workouts featuring each artist will appear in Fitness+ across different workout types, including Strength, HIIT, Dance, Treadmill, Cycling, Yoga, and Pilates.

Get up and dance

Globally, dance is one of the most popular and fun ways to stay active. It’s also a workout type on Apple Watch with an algorithm that can capture accurate calorie exertion even with the unique challenges of measuring different body-to-arm motions typical with dance, and has been a flagship workout type for Fitness+ since it launched.

From April 25, fitness+ trainer Ben Allen will share a first-of-its-kind Artist Spotlight Dance workout set to the music of BTS.

On International Dance Day can earn a limited-edition award and animated stickers for Messages for completing any Dance workout of 20 minutes or more.

Fitness+ will also feature a special section of Dance workouts to help subscribers earn the award, including six 20-minute workouts across Latin Grooves, Upbeat Anthems, Throwback Hits, and Hip-Hop/R&B playlists.

Get your groove on!

Fitness+ is also unveiling a new workout Collection on April 25 designed to get subscribers dancing any day of the year. “Get into a Groove with Dance” starts with three 20-minute workouts from each of the Fitness+ Dance trainers to “Get on the Dance Floor.”

Subscribers will gain confidence with short routines before progressing to “Take Center Stage” with three 30-minute performance-based workouts. The workouts include ’80s classics, hip-hop chart toppers, and Latin music from around the world.

Pricing and Availability

Fitness+ is available as a subscription service for $9.99 (US) per month or $79.99 (US) per year. It is also included in the $29.95/month Apple One Premier plan. Fitness+ can be shared among up to six family members for the same price, making it easy for other Apple Watch users in the same household to enjoy the service. You need an Apple Watch Series 3 or late.

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