We’re only two days away from 2026, but in what’s become something of an annual tradition for Apple Fitness+, Apple is ushering in a series of new workout programs designed to help you get fit in the new year, while also teasing upcoming episodes of Time to Walk, Artist Spotlights, and special guests appearing at select workouts.
These additions will help keep content fresh for regular users and may encourage newcomers to try Fitness+ in the first days or weeks of 2026.
Jump into HIIT, yoga, or strength training
Let’s start with the new training programs: you can choose one type of training to adopt or return to and stick with it long term. It’s about finding a rhythm with HIIT, yoga, or strength (or maybe all three if you’re up for the challenge) and building a solid foundation.
Apple’s Fitness+ team will offer New Year’s training programs in Strength, HIIT and Yoga, each lasting four weeks with three workouts per week. Classes are shorter by intention, designed for ease of engagement and to fit sessions into your schedule. For four weeks, each program is developed progressively from one class to the next.
The length of each class will vary depending on the program – ‘Build a Yoga Habit’, ‘Strength and Back-to-Back HIIT’ or ‘Strength Basics’ – but will be just 10 minutes long. They all launch on Fitness+ on Monday, January 5, 2026.
Leading up to February 8, 2026, the date of Super Bowl LX and Apple Music’s halftime show, Fitness+ will add three new workouts to Bad Bunny’s existing Artist Spotlight series.
Before that, on February 2, 2026, the next featured series will feature Karol G, with five workouts set to her music. He will join a list of artists that Fitness+ has already highlighted, including Bad Bunny, The Killers, Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen.
Walking Time Returns
Time to Walk remains one of Fitness+’s most distinctive offerings. Designed for the Apple Watch, it’s a walking workout led by a celebrity or influential figure who shares stories, music, and photos that you can see right on your wrist. It has become a cult and Apple continues to expand it with new episodes.
Fitness+ has confirmed three upcoming Time to walk additions by 2026, and more are on the way. The first is Penn Badgley of Gossip Girl, The young and the restlessand You fame, followed by Mel B and Michelle Monaghan in the coming weeks.
If you’re looking for more familiar faces, Apple’s 2026 Fitness+ line delivers. Fitness creator and lifestyle personality Allie Bennett, Luke and Paul Harwerth (aka TwinSauce) and Remy Park will also appear in upcoming workouts.
This isn’t the first time guest stars have joined Fitness+ Trainers, but it’s a notable expansion, and one that could signal even more creator-led workouts if the workouts resonate with subscribers.
Overall, while there are no major revisions, it is clear that Apple continues to invest in Fitness+. The added focus on structured programs and curated collections could make the service feel more cohesive and easier to maintain in the long term, while also helping to attract new subscribers or re-engage those who haven’t yet fully gravitated toward Fitness+.
It will be interesting to see how Fitness+ evolves throughout 2026 and whether Apple’s rumored AI Health service finally comes to fruition.
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