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How To: Create Your Own Dancefit Workout Class
Dance fitness can be a great way to get in shape and have some fun. Multiple YouTube personalities offer great dance fit classes, and the barrier to entry is often lower than you would think. The moves are usually pretty simple and, if you’re doing it at home with MzFit, there’s no one there to judge you anyway! So you might as well give it a try.
One of the challenges to doing a dance fit workout from YouTube in the standard YouTube app is that your dances get broken up with commercials.
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Apple's API's Are Truly Awful (At Least Some Of Them)
Apple is a mindbogglingly big company and they make a lot of world class products. But for all the good stuff they make, sometimes they completely strike out.
I just launched an Apple Watch app that uses Apple’s HealthKit API to start/stop/measure workouts on the Apple Watch.
It was not a pleasant 3 months of my life, and I would like to share some of the pain I experienced. Because it didn’t need to be this way, and I hope someone at Apple is listening.
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Best YouTube Reformer Pilates Channels
Pilates YouTube channels with reformer videos can be hard to find. Here is a guide to the best channel’s we’ve found:
Melanie Lopez Melanie Lopez has over 150 pilates videos on YouTube, and 140+ of them are for home reformer workouts.
Here’s how she breaks down:
10-15 Minutes - 42 20-30 Minutes - 85 45 Minutes - 12 She has a pleasant voice and many of her videos are “watch-alongs” as she instructs one of her clients through a private lesson or does the movements herself as you follow along.
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Follow A YouTube Class Schedule With Your Apple Watch
MzFit lets you create and follow along a daily class schedule with your favorite YouTube instructors. Just like if you were taking in-person classes, MzFit makes it easy to just show up and do the work, no thinking or research necessary.
Tap the Classes button from the main navigation at the bottom of MzFit. Tap “Choose Classes” or the plus button. Select the type of class you want to follow (e.
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New Release: MzFit and Apple Watch Companion App
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Introducing the All-New version of MzFit New Apple Watch integration: Track Your YouTube Workouts automatically! Atlanta, GA — August 1, 2024
We’re thrilled to announce the latest version of MzFit, now equipped with an Apple Watch companion app that revolutionizes how you track your workouts. Whether you’re a fitness enthusiast, a casual yogi, or a YouTube workout aficionado, MzFit has you covered.
Key Features: YouTube Integration: Start and end your favorite YouTube workouts from MzFit.
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Channel Review: Zasjay Dance Workout
If you’re looking for a workout channel that combines fun, fitness, and family vibes, “ZasJay Dance Workout” is a gem! Run by a dynamic mother-daughter duo, this channel offers beautifully choreographed routines that are ideal for short, medium intensity workouts. Their infectious energy and genuine enthusiasm make every session a joy, leaving you feeling fantastic.
The wholesome bond they share adds an extra layer of warmth to their videos, making you feel like part of their fitness family.
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Indie Developers: Don't Use Microservices
Microservices (mostly) solve organizational problems, not technical problems It seems like every developer in the last 15 years thinks they need to build a micro services based architecture because that’s how you scale horizontally, just like Amazon, and what if, you know, your app is a really big success and you need to support a lot of users in a hurry?
Microservices are an architectural and organizational approach to software development where software is composed of small independent services that communicate over well-defined APIs.
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Channel Review: Yoga With Kassandra
Like millions of us, I got started doing yoga by following Adriene Mishler of Yoga with Adriene. And I really really liked her. Adriene is the yoga on-ramp for people who don’t do yoga. But over time I found I didn’t stick with her. Once I started going to live local classes, I noticed that in comparison Adriene talks a lot. And because of this her classes tend to stretch out.
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Easiest Way to Log Your BJJ Workout To Your Apple Watch
If you’re like me and you have an Apple Watch, it does a pretty good job of tracking your calories and activities. Except you can’t wear it while you roll.
And unfortunately the Apple Health app is a mess for adding manual workouts.
I added a feature to MzFit just for this, to make logging your BJJ workouts a simple experience.
Click the settings icon in top left, then select “Add Manual Workout”.
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Channel Review: Rebecca-Louise
The first word that comes to mind about Rebecca-Louise’s YouTube channel is “enthusiastic.” If you want to spend your mornings with an extremely fit British-American lady whose positivity helped her literally scale Mount Everest and launch her own fitness business, then, this channel is definitely for you.
With a subscriber base of over 725K, the channel offers a wide array of workout videos that cater to different fitness levels and goals.
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Exercise With ADHD
3 Simple Rules For Exercising with ADHD What is Executive Function? One of the differences people with ADHD often have is a debilitating issue with executive function.
I first became aware of my own ADHD when I noticed the difference between my son and my daughter.
I could ask my daughter to clean her room and she could handle it without being told that cleaning her room involved making her bed, putting away her clothes, picking toys off the floor, and emptying the trash can.
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Channel Review: Dance Fitness With Jessica
Dance Fitness with Jessica is one of my favorite channels. And that was even before I was fortunate enough to attend several of Jessica’s live dance classes when she goes on tour. She has a very strong following and has a network of local dance instructors around the United States and Canada who have gotten certified via her instructor training. So even if you don’t live in Knoxville, TN, you can find a local class.
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The App Store Review Process Is Actually... Good
Apple’s App Store has made a lot of news in tech and policy circles recently. Apple and Epic and Apple and the European Union have been battling it out about whether or not Apple is allowed to gatekeep via their App Store. As it currently stands, in most countries (except the EU), if you want to develop native apps for iPhones and iPads you need to submit your app to Apple for review.
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New Release: Favorites and Airplay
Per popular request, the MzFit April 2024 release is now available in the Apple App Store.
Features include:
Favorites Button We added a new button on the home screen for “Favorites”.
All your favorite channels are now available in one location for filtering and searching.
Sort, search, and filter all in one place.
Airplay Button Per user request we made the Airplay button bigger. Easier to screen cast your workouts to your smart TV or streaming device.
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Channel Review: Yoga with Bird
Yoga with Bird Yoga with Bird is one of the best yoga channels on the internet. Bird is a very knowledgeable, 200hr certified instructor from Canada who has been practicing yoga for over a decade.
Her videos tend to be on the shorter side, with over 500 yoga classes between 5 and 15 minutes long. Bird is our staff go-to channel for quick morning or evening yoga when we only have 5 minutes.
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Apple Fitness+ Alternative
MzFit is a free alternative to Apple Fitness+. It’s a free, iOS only app that lets you follow your favorite YouTube instructors to do ad-free workouts.
What does MzFit do better? MzFit has more workout videos than Apple Fitness+. Literally millions more. MzFit has more instructors than Apple Fitness+. Literally millions more. MzFit has better filters and search than Apple Fitness+. E.g. You can search for 5 minute workouts, 2 MzFit has more popular instructors with literally billions of views (and MzFit is ad-free.
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