THE ULTIMATE APPLE FITNESS GUIDE

Discover some great ways you can use your iPhone and Apple Watch to get fitter and healthier in 2025

- DAVID CROOKES

THE HEALTH AND fitness features baked into Apple devices are not gimmicks. They genuinely have the power to improve and, in some cases, save lives. Aside from encouraging you to exercise and motivating you to work towards your fitness goals, the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch will monitor your body and ensure it's in tip-top shape. These devices will also amass reams of data and make it available for analysis either by you or, should something feel amiss, by a medic.

With the latest operating systems - watchOS 11, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18 - you're in even better hands. As you'll see in this guide, Apple is now offering greater insights into your health, and it has been rolling out even more fitness features grounded in science. You're also being put in control like never before. If you want to take a rest, you can. If you need to push yourself that little bit further, you can peruse the data, and identify areas for improvement.

By using the potential of your devices to improve your health-taking advantage of daily coaching, activity sharing, and reminders to complete your goals - you can quickly begin to develop positive habits and avoid the many dangers of living a sedentary lifestyle.

So let's reinforce that resolution to keep fit, and examine how your devices and apps can make a difference.

Improve your mental fitness

Your state of mind is just as important as your physical well-being, and there are many ways to use your Apple devices to make improvements. You can start by launching the Health app on iPhone, tapping Browse, and selecting Mental Wellbeing to take an assessment for anxiety and depression. You can also log emotions and moods, and check metrics that affect your mental well-being, such as the time spent in daylight, asleep, or exercising. Time spent on the Journal app can now be saved as mindful minutes, and the Mindfulness app on Apple Watch encourages you to pause and reflect on your feelings.