Wellbeing has become such a priceless (or in many cases pricey) endeavour that we can't seem to get enough of it. Last year, we were mainlining magnesium, consuming creatine - a muscle boosting supplement that became mainstream, and we turned to AI chatbots for help with anything from a personalised training regime to a daily meal plan. What is the multi-trillion pound industry focussing on in 2026? Several experts give us their thoughts on what's on the wellbeing agenda. If 2025 was about smashing targets at the gym, tracking runs to the second and lifting heavier and heavier weights, then this year is all about recovery.

"I need help getting into shape. Can I use AI as a personal trainer?" The most popular AI tools, like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude, can't actually help you trim down that waistline or make your pecs look plump. Sure, Claude can draft a decent nutrition plan, and ChatGPT can tell you which dumbbell exercises to start with, but basic Google searches could already do that a decade ago. Yet here we both are, in worse shape than we'd like.

A personal trainer called Siri has been forced to change her name to stop iPhones pinging every time someone says her name. Siri Price, 26, from Edinburgh, has put up with sharing her name with Apple's personal assistant for over a decade but reached her limit with the company's latest update. With the release of iOS 17 two weeks ago, iPhone users must simply say'Siri' to activate the hands-free assistant, when previously they had to say'Hey Siri'. The recent update means that human Siri - who was just 14 years old when the technology was first released - has been inundated with phones pinging when anyone tries to speak to her. The fitness coach said she has been left'fuming' at the constant noise.

Feeld Notes is a column about a middle-aged woman who suddenly realizes she wants to have sex again--and the beguiling app she uses to do it. Not to imply I get liked by a lot of men--ha!--but of the men who do like my profile, a significant percentage of them are substantially younger than I am. Listen, I'm not a cougar, an appellation that, by definition, suggests a certain predatory instinct. As I've explained previously, I don't have it in me. But I'd be lying if I said that that some part of me isn't delighted to think that the pictures and the words on my profile project a sort of youthful exuberance.

When Georgie Thorogood's date made a sleazy joke about "horsey girls carrying whips", she knew it was time to make a hasty exit. After meeting Tom through a dating app in the summer of 2021, she had been hoping for some polite conversation over a few drinks, maybe some romantic chemistry if she was lucky. What she got was a two-hour rant about his ex-wife and some creepy innuendo. "I knew straight away he wasn't for me. I politely told him I didn't want to see him again, but he took the rejection really badly. I work in music communications and at the time I was setting up a festival. He started getting aggressive and telling me that I was destined to fail," she says.

Domestic robots have never been more in vogue than now. As per a study, the global sales value of domestic robots is forecasted to grow from US$ 4.3 billion in 2019 to US$ 10 billion in 2023. Despite the increasing usage of robotics in smart cities and homes, not everyone may know about some lesser-known applications. Most homes use domestic robots for cleaning-- which includes vacuum cleaning, laundry management, lawn mowing and window cleaning, among others--entertainment and socializing--social robots, toys--and security--surveillance robots and robotic nannies, among others. By doing so, they are exploiting only a small percentage of ways in which robots can be put to use in smart cities.

A growing number of fitness apps use artificial intelligence software to personalise workouts.

In the 21st century, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are becoming commonplace. Both are becoming more important components of current workout routines. AI has become intrinsically connected to health and fitness. AI, according to technologists, improves everything. When it comes to fitness, it has the potential to empower the app by dramatically increasing engagement, which may lead to long-term income.

A website designed to help people become industry leading personal trainers. When it comes to exercising regularly and maintaining a healthy diet, things are challenging. We often find all kinds of excuses to avoid exercising. People often ask themselves "What if the diet isn't going to work?", or "What workout plan to choose?". All of these questions might seem intimidating and going to the gym is also intimidating to most people.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is conquering sports and the corona pandemic is accelerating this trend. Whether it's clever fitness apps, strategic statistical analyses, grouping of spectators or even the fight against Covid-19 - AI has become indispensable in sports. In 2013 three young men founded a fitness app start-up in Munich - with a YouTube video, a newsletter and three PDFs. Today Freeletics, as the leading company in the so-called fit-tech scene, has over 50 million users in 175 countries worldwide. This spectacular development shows how rapidly AI has found its way into sports.