Apple is celebrating Pride with a new Apple Fitness+ Artist Spotlight featuring Madonna, with new workouts featuring the singer’s music coming to the pay-monthly fitness service across workout types including HIIT, Rowing, Cycling, Core, Treadmill, Strength, Dance, and Yoga on Monday, June 5.
Beginning next week, Apple will begin celebrating Pride by introducing seven new workouts and meditations that honor the LGBTQ+ community. Each workout will feature music playlists of LGBTQ+ artists and allies, with the workouts featuring special Pride lighting inspired by the rainbow flag.The new Artist Spotlight featuring Madonna will include workouts inspired by Madonna’s impact on self-acceptance and inclusivity across music, culture, and style. The music playlist in each workout features hits from each decade of her career, starting with the 1980s and continuing into the 2010s.
Each trainer leading the workouts will be styled in one of the singer’s fashion looks. In a Cycling workout, Apple touts that Fitness+ trainer Tyrell Désean will empower users to express themselves while rocking a white lace wedding dress inspired by the artist’s memorable style at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards show and hit song “Like a Virgin.” In a Rowing workout, Fitness+ trainer Anja Garcia will celebrate the artist’s change and reinvention through the decades while honoring her iconic fashion in the “Material Girl” music video.