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Why is the Apple Watch the catalyst for this versus any HR monitor or fitness tracker?
by Mtinie 9y ago
Why is the Apple Watch the catalyst for this versus any HR monitor or fitness tracker?
- rickyc091 9y agoJust going to make a few assumptions. Apple has a gamification system similar to fitbit. You complete rings (goals) by walking, standing up and exercising. Except you are competing against yourself and they prompt you with daily reminders / notifications. Being that Apple Watch is more than a notification system, it's a bit more difficult to ignore. Let's say you're on a 80 day streak completing 100% of your goals of standing up, exercising and walking. You'll want to keep going. At 24 hour hackathon, there was someone trying to keep their streak up so they ended up leaving to jog around the block to complete their daily activity. Of course, this isn't to say that it can't be possible without the Apple Watch. It's just that it's more difficult to ignore.
- archvile 9y agoYou can now do Activity Sharing so it can be more than competing with just yourself if you have friends who use a an Apple Watch. It can be a great motivational tool if you use it as such.
- brlewis 9y agoI don't see where saagarjha said that only Apple Watch could act as such a catalyst.
- vlozko 9y agoWhen you get a notification saying you've increased your daily move goal streak to 200+ days, you're tempted to not break it. There are already quite a few people I've seen hitting 800 days.
- archvile 9y agoI've got perfect months the last 2 months and now I stress if a day gets close to not hitting the completion mark (I.e. It's raining or such to inhibit an outdoor walk/run).
- mistersquid 9y agoI don't disbelieve you, but in my particular case this would not be possible. I exercise intensely at least 3 times per week. If you achieve your move goal 5 times per week, the Apple Watch software will automatically raise your move goal the following week, giving you the option to manually adjust it on the start of a new week. Because I let the software take its automatic course, my move goal at one point was 1160 calories. So, when winter weather came as well as a period of work crunch, I simply couldn't spend the 2.5 hours/day biking to hit that move goal. Since then, my move goal has gone up and down, my higher goals coinciding with better weather and longer days. Long story short, hitting one's move goals for many weeks on end implies the wearer is manually adjusting the move goal down each week.
- cromulent 9y agoI set mine manually only once, when I bought it, and it has never changed.