Contrary to popular belief, Apple Fitness+ was not a pandemic-era pivot. “Many thought we released it because of the pandemic when people were stuck at home, but we’d actually been working on it for many years,” explains Jay Blahnik, VP of Fitness Technologies. The service, he tells indianexpress.com , emerged from a clear user need: Apple Watch owners loved being measured and motivated, but they also wanted guidance and encouragement for their workouts and meditations.

With Apple Fitness+ set to make its much-anticipated India debut on December 15, marking the service’s largest global expansion to date, indianexpress.com got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Santa Monica studio where the workouts come to life and sat down with Blahnik and trainers Sam Sanchez, Brian

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