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The Apple Watch activity app works very well as a behaviour change tool because the rings look so satisfying when they're all complete. /ocd
There's a ring for calorie goal (mine is 580 a day which is pretty easy to hit if I cycle in and home), activity (time spent with your HR above resting) and stands (you have to stand at least one minute of each hour for 12 hours to complete the ring).
The only problem is it doesn't have the same satisfying gamification trick for keeping your calories low and consequently I have lost very little weight. But I am very good at walking up all 14 flights of stairs at work.
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tricitybendix
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Interesting to hear.
I always though folk on here (and regular cyclists/runner/fit people in general) wouldnt see incentives/gamification as a plus.
I personally don't, my resting HR and weighing scales tells me all I need to know.
Targets for sure.
Is there a setting to have HR monitoring constantly on in apple watch?
amey
I've always used a proper garmin for strava-ing so can't comment on that bit.
I've apple-watched in tandem with power meter to compare calorie burn and it seems close enough that for commutes/ general bike messing about/rides where either using a garmin or garmin/hr combo is a faff I'm happy to let the watch take the strain.
For general activity (running about, walks, etc) it seems very good at catching anything over baseline, as well as logging general through-the-day HR (not constant, spot readings only). Plus the daily goal thing has provided some activity prompts during my more sedentary wfh days.
I've got my Strava plugging into Healthkit along with daily step counts/activity burn from the watch etc, which then feeds into Myfitnesspal to tell me to eat more/less, and it's a system I'm happy with. Plus the watch is still providing novelty for phone notifications etc, and the mfp app provides an on-watch 'how many calories left for the day' number so its one less thing to stare at the phone for.
All in all, a very expensive tool but no regrets. If you're not already heavily invested the ecosystem probably not worth it.
@tricitybendix has had one since xmas had has just finished a unbroken month-long activity streak so is probably better qualified to comment on how it does everything really.