{"id":9786,"date":"2017-08-30T13:22:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T01:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8bitisland.co.nz\/?p=9786"},"modified":"2017-08-30T13:22:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T01:22:43","slug":"prepare-to-be-coached-with-fitbit-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8bitisland.co.nz\/prepare-to-be-coached-with-fitbit-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare to be Coached with Fitbit Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

They’ve got the Wearables, they’ve got the scales, they’ve got the headphones, now they’ve got the coach for you. Fitbit have revealed their latest addition in app based form this time with Fitbit Coach. Fitbit Coach will be a premium service that will analyse data from your Fitbit and then deliver a workouts, programs and content that are specific to each individual.<\/p>\n

The first tools to launch with this offering include a new Fitbit Coach app<\/a>, which rebrands the current Fitstar Personal Trainer app and combines its popular dynamic video workouts with new Audio Coaching sessions, expert-designed to help you increase endurance, speed and form. We\u2019re also introducing Guided Health Programs, which provide step-by-step guidance, personalised insights, educational tools and rewards to influence positive behaviour change and health outcomes. Throughout 2018 and beyond, Fitbit\u2019s new premium offering will grow to include advanced tools with a library of programs and workouts developed with Fitbit\u2019s Advisory Panel, to deliver adaptive health and fitness coaching personalised to you.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new premium service marks the next chapter for Fitbit \u2013 bringing smarter, adaptive and more personalised software experiences to our users that help drive positive health outcomes, thereby creating lifelong Fitbit customers,\u201d said Jon Oakes, VP of Product at Fitbit. \u201cWith plans to open the platform to second and third party partners in the future, our premium offering will grow with new content and tools to give users an easy-to-follow path to improve their health.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dynamic workouts, tailored to you<\/strong><\/p>\n

The newly re-branded Fitbit Coach app incorporates Fitstar\u2019s proven dynamic workout content that adapts as you progress, and uses your Fitbit data to recommend video and new audio workouts based on your fitness level and goals. Research shows 85% of people who use the video workouts from Fitstar now in Fitbit Coach for at least five sessions see an increase in strength.<\/p>\n