I recently downloaded and evaluated a handful of weight training apps for tracking sets, reps, and rest periods on Apple Watch (without phone nearby).
I wanted something that was free or cheap (no large subscription fees).
“Strong” and “Hevy” made the cut for my needs. In both cases, the free tier works great for me!
I’ve just downloaded Hevy and absolutely love it
Yep…I totally get that! Way back before Apple Watches I wore a Polar heart rate monitor. One day near the end of my usual hard 30min on the step mill I looked at the watch and it had TIMED OUT….just dashes on the screen. It did NOT count the calories of the last 30 min I had just done so in my OCD brain all of that exercise and sweat didn’t happen. Soooooo what did I do???Yep, I did the whole thing again because the watch didn’t show the calories burned and I had to see it there or it didn’t happen. I told my husband what I did, because in my brain that was totally normal. He tried to gently explain that it wasn’t “normal” and that I had become obsessed. I wear the Apple Watch now and don’t have to worry about it timing out like the old Polar so I don’t have to do workouts twice anymore🤔😂
Arrived at the gym and realized I left my watch, so I went back to get it.
I see no problem with this. =)
Agreed! Similarly addicted to my AW regarding workouts and also regarding sleep quality. So many metrics! I’m good with it though… we can improve what we can measure.
This is normal behaviour, same with headphones. But if you forget a towel, play on.
Oh that’s dope. I didn’t know you could do that.
I recently found “other” under workouts and now use it for anything that gets my heart rate up. Spent an hour and a half a half this morning doing food prep and you bet I logged it
I use “Other” often - cleaning house, walking during shopping, etc. It’s all about closing those rings 😅!
I was chopping and stacking firewood the other day and I put on traditional strength training workout
The other day I was doing lane timing for a swim meet and three times in three hours Watch notified me of elevated heart rate. I should have logged it as a workout.
I was chopping and stacking firewood the other day and I put on traditional strength training workout
About to turn my anxiety attacks into a workout. Sweet!
I use “Other” often - cleaning house, walking during shopping, etc. It’s all about closing those rings 😅!
Why do I see Mr Burns saying “Excellent” when I think of Apple in this scenario? https://tenor.com/rscH.gif
Same way. If my watch is out of battery. I will literally count my steps so I can log them manually.
That’s… insane. Your phone can track your steps instead.
Wouldn’t it be easier to backtrack your path using google maps, and converting distance into steps? Just an idea.
What app you use to track lifts?
If I forget to start a weight training workout, I just run it later after I’m done.
Even though there’s a giant timer/clock on my gym’s wall I feel naked without my watch’s timer between weight sets.
Same, I forgot to start the fitness tracker on the watch only to feel like my workout wasn’t complete afterwards.
I once told a friend “if your exercise tracker doesn’t track your workout, are you really exercising at all?” He laughed. I laughed. But we knew deep down we both believed in it
Bent Over. Ah a work out for working.
I once told a friend “if your exercise tracker doesn’t track your workout, are you really exercising at all?” He laughed. I laughed. But we knew deep down we both believed in it
