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🤔😂
What app you use to track lifts?
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.
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.
Oh that’s dope. I didn’t know you could do that.
If I forget to start a weight training workout, I just run it later after I’m done.
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 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
My question I’ve had is what’s more accurate, Apple Watch tracking or app opened up through phone tracking? I track my cardio using Nike Run Club and when I go hiking watch tells me I burn near 800 calories, but when I track with my app through the phone I barely pass 300 calories! I’m not sure which one is more effective and which one I should lean on for accurate results
the watch has your heart rate during your workout so i’d like to think it was more accurate
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
My question I’ve had is what’s more accurate, Apple Watch tracking or app opened up through phone tracking? I track my cardio using Nike Run Club and when I go hiking watch tells me I burn near 800 calories, but when I track with my app through the phone I barely pass 300 calories! I’m not sure which one is more effective and which one I should lean on for accurate results
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.
