Schedule your Apple Fitness+ workouts in advance and stay more fit

Fitness+ smart workout suggestions and recommendations

Apple Fitness+ offers a wide variety of classes to choose from for every type of user. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced athlete, there’s a workout for you in Apple Fitness+.

Every Monday, Apple updates the app by introducing 15 to 20 new workouts in different areas along with a new episode of ‘Time to Walk.’ Religiously, I check these new workouts on Monday and tend to forget about them by Tuesday afternoon rolls in.

Unfortunately, Apple Fitness+ does not offer a “Schedule” feature like Peloton.

Here’s a simple hack that I have use to stay on top of my Apple Fitness+ workouts.

When exploring the new workouts, if I like a particular workout, I add it to my list and pipe it into my reminders. That helps me to stay on top of it!

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Schedule your Apple Fitness+ Workouts in advance

Here’s how you can easily do this in a few simple steps.

  • Open Fitness App on your iPhone and tap on Fitness+
  • Review any existing workouts or explore the new ones released every Monday
  • Tap on a specific workout to view its detailsAdd Apple Fitness+ workout to calendar
  • Tap on ‘+ADD’ at the top right corner of the screen to add it to your list (optional)
  • Tap on the Share button and choose ‘Share’ from the optionssetting reminders for apple fitness workout
  • Choose ‘Reminders’
  • Create a new name for the reminder and tap on ‘Details’Adding Apple workout to reminder
  • Choose the date, time, Repeat fields to set your preferencesSchedule Apple Fitness plus workouts
  • Assign a priority and tap on ‘Add’ on the top right corner of the screen

That’s it! This will automatically add the workout to your Reminders.

Scheduling Apple Fitness+ workouts on your Calendar

Your reminders will also automatically sync with your iPhone or iPad Calendar as long as you enable the right options. For me, the free Fantastical 3 app does the trick! It adds all my reminders into my calendar, making it an easy way to schedule my Apple Fitness+ workouts in advance for the week.

Personally, since I use iCloud-enabled Reminders and Calendars, the reminder events sync across all my Apple devices. When it’s time for me to hit the mat with Dustin’s Yoga workout, I’m automatically reminded via a reminder on my Apple Watch.

Using Reminders and Calendars to schedule my Apple Fitness+ workouts in advance has brought a new sense of accountability, and I find myself working out more regularly. 

This is an easy way to schedule your Apple Fitness+ workouts. Give it a try, and let us know what you think of it! Feel free to share your favorite tip or two using the comments below.

I am a technologist with years of experience with Apple and wearOS products and have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. In my day job, I advise fortune 500 companies with their digital transformation strategies and also consult with numerous digital health startups in an advisory capacity. I'm VERY interested in exploring the digital health&fitness-tech evolution and keep a close eye on patents, FDA approvals, strategic partnerships and developments happening in the wearables and digital health sector. When I'm not writing or presenting, I run with my Apple Watch or Fossil Gen 5 LTE and keep a close eye on my HRV and other recovery metrics.

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