Gather round all Netflix users. It’s your time to finally make better use of your Netflix subscription and instead of binge-watching various series, start to move your body (This isn’t about Netflix & Chill activities).
Upon the surprising news, Netflix has announced their collaboration with Nike Training Club (NTC), where you will be officially offered an overall of 30-hour exercise sessions divided into two batches. Nike Training Club has great home-workouts on various difficulty levels, starting from “mild burns” for beginners to intense workouts for all. Needless to say, the majority of NTC users proudly express their satisfaction with the app, which may lead the collaboration to a great success (or at least slightly greater success than their previous collaborations).
The said batches have a set date, and upon a pleasant surprise for some, the first batch has already been released on December 30th 2022 and is available in every region that Netflix operates in! The said batch includes 45 workouts, ranging from cardio, yoga, pilates, core-strength, weight training and pretty much anything else you can think of (related to fitness of course). If you’re a fitness-freak and want to take on a challenge of doing the whole program ASAP, do not worry, the second batch may release quite soon- perhaps even in the first half of 2023, either way, regardless of whether it does release soon or not, it’s unlikely that you’ll get bored of the content you’re already given as it may genuinely be good and you might even see some change in your strength or see positive progress regarding your weight goals or body visuals, hence you may wish to do the program again, at least until the second batch releases.
The collaboration has been inspired by the pandemic and the restrictions that have been established during that time, amongst which, one was the prohibition of going to the gym. This has caused a major problem in the society, as people were locked in their houses with no ability to train or workout in public, which resulted in a major increase in obesity amongst people. That’s where many have gone through a home-workouts phase, to the point where it became a trend to show off your progress of before and after the lockdown, along with recommending or filming special home workouts that have helped people lose weight. As such event was so popular all around the world, Netflix felt the need to take their platform to a next level and bring back the trend of a healthy at-home lifestyle, with workouts performed by professionals (whether it be yoga instructors or bodybuilders).
Netflix is slowly expanding the focus of their platform to care for the well-being and self-improvement of their users. It has previously partnered with Headspace, a meditation-related platform, which allows the users to access guides into meditation and various other mindfulness-related content. If you wish to access it and check it out yourself, all you have to do is look up “Headspace” in the Netflix search bar.
Netflix has a perfect timing for the release of the new content. Since the new year has just begun, a lot of individuals have written their New Years Resolutions, amongst which, many probably wish to begin their fitness journey, and they may not know where to start, or they may struggle with social anxiety. The collaboration of Netflix and NTC allows those people to achieve their dream goals in the comfort of their own home.
The idea seems promising and has a bright future ahead of itself. Also, whilst being a Netflix-user you get a whole wellness package included in the price. Why not try it for yourself? If your new years resolution is to change your lifestyle and start working out, look up “Nike” in the Netflix search bar, and enjoy the various workouts Netflix has prepared for you.
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I didn’t know about it before, so now I’m motivated to check Netflix. I think that many people after watching movies on Netflix, feel that they need to move their body a little, so having fitness videos on the same platform as the series will be a good motivation to excercise.
from a broad perspective, I believe that having some exercise after bing-watching movie series is the least a person can do after sitting for so long. It is at least noticeable that the netflix community cares about the health of others (most likely so they dont get sued if a person gets incredibly sick from watching too much netflix 😐 ). However, on the other hand I also believe that people will take it the wrong way. I believe that there will be people that think that people who watch netflix typically do not exercise so netflix is promoting exercise to get people in shape. Nowadays cancel culture is rapidly growing in our society so I believe there will at least spark a couple of issues along the way. Either way great post!
That’s always interesting to observe how do “world giants” as Netflix occupy a new market. Endless opportunities arise for them and I am feeling like this “gymmy” trend can finally become something bigger and many more people would be able to change their lifes and exercising is a perfect thing to start with.
That’s a great option. You finally came to the end of your favorite series; you binge-watched and binge-ate your favorite snacks. Now is the time to exercise. You don’t have to look for fitness videos on Youtube. You have all of the things in one space.
I like how Netflix is evolving. At first I haven’t been much of a Netflix user- even though I do pay for the subscription. Now, however, due to the fact that I don’t have any good gyms close by- I can try out this new option for the same price that I’ve been paying before. I don’t know whether it will give me the same results as going to an actual gym, but I’d say, it’s worth a try.