Cookie Policy | Fitness Ritual

This page explains what cookies are, which ones Fitness Ritual uses, and how you can control them.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit. They help the site remember information about your visit, like your preferences or how you found us, which can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.

2. Types of cookies we use

We keep our cookie use simple. Here's everything we use, grouped by purpose:

Essential cookies

These are required for the site to function properly — for example, keeping the site secure and loading pages correctly. The site won't work properly without them, and they can't be switched off.

Preference cookies

These remember choices you make, such as your preferred language or display settings, so you don't have to reset them on every visit.

Analytics cookies

We use analytics tools, including Vercel Analytics and Google Analytics 4 (a web analytics service provided by Google), to understand how visitors use our site: which articles are popular, where visitors come from, and how they navigate between pages. Google Analytics sets cookies (such as _ga and _ga_*) to distinguish visitors and sessions. The data is used in aggregate to improve our content and is not used to identify you personally. You can opt out of Google Analytics by adjusting your browser settings or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Affiliate tracking cookies

When you click a link to one of our affiliate partners, a cookie may be placed so that partner can credit Fitness Ritual if you make a purchase. This cookie is set by the partner, not by us directly, and typically expires after a set number of days. See our Affiliate Disclosure for more on how this works.

3. Third-party cookies

Some cookies on our site are placed by third parties we work with — our hosting and analytics providers (Vercel and Google), and the affiliate partners whose products we link to. We don't control these third-party cookies directly; they're governed by each provider's own privacy and cookie policies.

4. Managing or disabling cookies

Most web browsers let you control cookies through their settings. You can usually choose to block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or delete cookies that have already been set. Here's how, in the most common browsers:

Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

Keep in mind that blocking essential cookies may affect how parts of our site work.

5. Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time as our site or the tools we use change. We'll update the "Last updated" date above whenever we do.

6. Contact us

Questions about our use of cookies? Reach out:

Email: contact@fitness-ritual.com