Many people give up their New Year’s fitness resolutions by the second Friday in January, aka Quitter’s Day. A new analysis of data contributed by approximately 100,000 participants in the Apple Heart and Movement Study over four years identified participants with Apple Watch consistently keep up their exercise levels past Quitter’s Day.
Agency Apple Marcom taps into this insight with a campaign of three 15-second spots–directed by the Alaska duo via production house Iconoclast–in which physical temptations literally chase after people mid-workout. In this spot aptly titled “Stool,” we see a bar stool pursue someone jogging past a restaurant. As the stool closes in on him, the runner checks his Apple Watch, gaining info on his workout and goals–which gives him the willpower to push forward in the face of temptation.