As a certified personal trainer, I tested 16 wearables while training, running and swimming. Here are the best fitness ...

The Apple Watch Series 11 on a wrist, showing the watchOS 26 activity rings page. (Cherlynn Low for Engadget) Apple’s iOS 26 and watchOS 26 introduced a new fitness companion called Workout Buddy.

The Apple Watch, which was released on April 24, 2015, wasn’t the first fitness tracker or even the first smartwatch. (Depending on how you define those categories, they had been around for as much as ...

I'm a pretty late bloomer when it comes to working out regularly. I sailed through my teens, 20s, and half of my 30s without giving much thought to my long-term health or wondering if a gym life would ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Did you know you can ...

Huge news: You’ve been running too fast. Unless you're in a race or doing a specific workout, you probably should be running at a conversational pace. But pacing yourself is tougher than it looks. I'm ...

Apple’s new Workout Buddy feature is intriguing—a voice from your Apple Watch that gives you pep talks and stats as you exercise. But when I installed the WatchOS public beta (after reading and ...

I don’t know how or when it happened, but I have become obsessed with tracking my health data. Formerly, I would toss and turn, wondering what had caused my sleepless nights, or donned a new pair of ...

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Apple's AI trainer in watchOS 26 is promising in theory, but I’ve seen what an annoying, nagging coach looks like. Here’s how Workout Buddy can avoid that fate. I’m PCMag’s senior writer covering ...

Since Apple released watchOS 26, I've been religiously using the new Workout Buddy feature. This AI functionality is probably the most important change on the Apple Watch operating system, and I was ...