[HN Gopher] Lesser known Apple Watch workouts
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Lesser known Apple Watch workouts
Author : bookofjoe
Score : 125 points
Date : 2022-10-12 16:49 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| graypegg wrote:
| I love that the dog walking icon features Clarus! Fun mock ups
| re wrote:
| Moof!
| gcanyon wrote:
| Nice catch! I'm old enough to remember Clarus well, I'm ashamed
| I missed this.
| robg wrote:
| I had to explain to folks in the Department of Defense the
| unintended privacy implications of the unit data. Two smartwatch
| wearers doing certain exercises together can land both in
| military jail. Sex as a team workout is no surprise not one of
| the supported workouts...
| sky_rw wrote:
| > "And for those types of activities, the Apple Watch shines"
|
| Citation Needed.
| heavymark wrote:
| While presumably most meant to be humorous the dog walking was a
| real struggle. I would use outdoor walk, but the main issue, is
| when trying to look at my walking progress (getting faster, lower
| heart rates, longer walks etc), hard to compared apples to
| oranges since the pace with dog is always different as having to
| stop or when someone walks by affects things, etc. So wish there
| was a "solo walk" maybe that is just me and meant for imrpoving
| performance etc, vs regular walk that could be with dog or with
| friends etc, which will have various metrics etc.
| pwinnski wrote:
| Amusing.
| bookofjoe wrote:
| And we are NOT easily amused!
| gcanyon wrote:
| I know these workouts are fake because no Apple Watch has the
| battery life to record a "Building IKEA Furniture" workout.
| tenpies wrote:
| The scary realization I had recently, is that compared to most
| other furniture that requires assembly, IKEA is quite easy.
| Also, I don't understand why hex bits for drills are not a
| thing.
|
| My new measure of "wealthy" also switched to buying furniture
| that doesn't need to be assembled, or the assembly is included
| in the delivery.
| wongarsu wrote:
| > Also, I don't understand why hex bits for drills are not a
| thing
|
| Huh? In my experience everything that describes itself as
| electric screwdriver comes with hex bits in its bit set.
| IKEA's own drill (Fixa [1]) has a somewhat limited bit set,
| but also includes two (presumably the two you need to
| assemble IKEA products).
|
| I'd understand if drills without torque limiter would leave
| them out, after all the bits are already pretty close to
| round. But then again, why would those come with bits at all?
|
| 1: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/fixa-screwdriver-drill-
| lithium-...
| r_klancer wrote:
| You absolutely can get hex bits for drill/drivers. Do
| yourself a favor and pick some up at the hardware store; I
| refuse to set up knockdown furniture without one.
|
| That said, be careful to set the torque fairly low. (Invest
| in a driver with a clutch if you don't have one!) It's way
| too easy to overdrive the fasteners.
| m463 wrote:
| > I don't understand why hex bits for drills are not a thing.
|
| It took me a while but I have created a good set for
| assembling ikea furniture:
|
| dewalt gyroscopic screwdriver:
| https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00DL7QDS2
|
| This screwdriver is KEY to assembling ikea furniture. Not
| only does it have a clutch, but the twist action gives you
| the finesse to tighten without spinning the screw and
| stripping the soft ikea woodlike substances.
|
| I think it preserves your "mechanics feel"[1] you normally
| only get from hand tools.
|
| allen bits: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B085986848
|
| allen ball-end bit:
| https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E7ZPUE
|
| drivers: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/product/B08RS29QVS
|
| favorite phillips bits:
| https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B003X4YSDU (don't seem to
| slip as easily)
|
| [1] "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance"
|
| "There's what's called "mechanic's feel," which is very
| obvious to those who know what it is, but hard to describe to
| those who don't; and when you see someone working on a
| machine who doesn't have it, you tend to suffer with the
| machine.
|
| The mechanic's feel comes from a deep inner kinesthetic
| feeling for the elasticity of materials." ... [read the book
| for more]
| Arrath wrote:
| Yeah I've honestly never gotten those jokey complaints, IKEA
| furniture is no more difficult, if not easier, than putting
| together a middling LEGO set1.
|
| 1barring the extra physical requirements for unwieldy pieces
| of pressed particle board
| wongarsu wrote:
| I think a lot of the complaints come from people who never
| experienced LEGO and haven't heard of the idea that the
| manufacturer might include spare parts. So when they've got
| something left over, they feel like they failed.
| Arrath wrote:
| > haven't heard of the idea that the manufacturer might
| include spare parts.
|
| I see you've met my girlfriend, who I still haven't
| convinced that a spare peg or two doesn't mean I missed
| one when putting it together.
| rustyminnow wrote:
| Some are worse than others. Every time I have to dis/re-
| assemble our IKEA bedframe, it's a struggle to figure out
| how the weird spinny locks work - which way to turn them,
| are they actually engaging? did I strip something? why
| don't I just go buy a real bed frame?
|
| The basic stuff like bookshelves, coffee tables, chairs,
| maybe desks are pretty easy. But I put together a metal
| filing cabinet from IKEA once, and it was like a 2 hour
| ordeal for a piece of junk.
| Arrath wrote:
| I'll concede that point, I've never worked with any metal
| IKEA furniture.
| yamtaddle wrote:
| > The scary realization I had recently, is that compared to
| most other furniture that requires assembly, IKEA is quite
| easy.
|
| 1,000% this. I can only assume the people who complain about
| IKEA instructions and/or quality have never purchased a flat-
| pack furniture product from any other big stores. The
| assembly and quality-per-dollar are both almost always much
| worse.
|
| > Also, I don't understand why hex bits for drills are not a
| thing.
|
| You mean like Allen wrench heads? I expect they strip too
| easily, under the kind of torque even a very-tame electric
| driver delivers.
| wiredfool wrote:
| They do make hex bits for drills.
|
| IKEA sells (or used to at least) a battery powered
| screwdriver/drill with all of the common bits for ikea
| furniture, including the hex ones. It's pretty good quality
| for the price, even has an adjustable clutch for not
| stripping screws.
| chaostheory wrote:
| It is still an annoying issue, but we have Apple Watch Ultra
| now. If I were to guess, this problem goes away for most models
| in the next generation of Apple Watches
| gleenn wrote:
| Apple Watch Ultra has entered the chat. Jokes aside it can
| track an ultra marathon with an extended power mode
| admiral33 wrote:
| Tangential but does HN have a favorite workout app / training
| program?
| speedgoose wrote:
| I like http://workoutdoors.net because it brings OSM outdoor
| maps to the Apple Watch.
|
| Otherwise Strava is very important in my village.
| huseyinkeles wrote:
| +1 for WorkOutDoors. It supports exporting to Strava as well
| btw.
| serpix wrote:
| Workoutdoors is a diamond, unicorn, gem of an app. This
| single app is better than what Garmin, Suunto, Polar, Apple
| combined put out.
| AustinDev wrote:
| future.co is pretty good if you like being accountable to a
| real person.
| telesilla wrote:
| When they support Android, that would be lovely.
| naet wrote:
| The reddit community body weight fitness and their recommended
| starting routine[1] were a really great resource for me getting
| started. There are a couple adult fitness parks nearby my area
| that have related equipment (pull-up / dip bars, inclined
| planks with handholds, etc), and one also has it's own very
| similar fitness routine recommendations printed on a sign. I
| now do my own more customized routine, but I wouldn't have been
| able to get started or figure it out without those initial
| resources.
|
| The Couch to 5k program is a great place to start if you're
| interested in more cardio / running for beginners, and there
| are a bunch of free apps to help you time and track your
| progress.
|
| [1]
| https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommend...
| freetime2 wrote:
| TrainingPeaks was nice when I was training for a specific
| cycling event. But it's a little too expensive for me to pay
| for the premium version year-round. Does anyone have any
| alternative suggestions for planning/tracking workouts by TSS?
|
| Zwift makes indoor cycling tolerable for me in the winter
| months.
| random42_ wrote:
| I use Strong to track weight lifting workouts. For running I
| use the workout app in my Apple Watch.
| admiral33 wrote:
| Does strong give you programs?
| random42_ wrote:
| Unfortunately no. It's a very simple app that doesn't get
| in the way. I tried using others that were bloated and it
| was hard to do simple things. I basically need to create
| multiple routines and have a timer between sets.
| diebeforei485 wrote:
| Apple's paid Fitness+ service is excellent. You can filter
| workout by the equipment you have available. So far you've
| needed an Apple Watch to use it, but you can use it with just
| your iPhone when iOS 16.1 comes out later this month.
|
| You can get 3 months free - https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-
| free-apple-fitness-for-3-...
| donio wrote:
| Mine is a 2 step program: 1. Carefully place
| phone and all other gadgets and distractions on the table
| 2. Go for a run
| type_Ben_struct wrote:
| The building IKEA furniture one is no joke! That's a real
| workout.
| kolbebe wrote:
| I know this is for laughs but I wouldn't be surprised if we get a
| watchOS update at some point that learns your routines and
| understands what you're doing.
|
| Also, the icons you created fit in so well with the rest of the
| workouts. Kudos
| themodelplumber wrote:
| I wonder how specific it could get. Something like "loosening
| the corroded, frozen roller assembly on a vintage push mower"
| would be pretty funny to see. My forearms were still burning
| the day after!
| r_klancer wrote:
| My favorite anecdote (so far) from working at Fitbit is that
| until 2017 or so you could log "Starting a fire, indoors" as
| an activity.
|
| In the early days the web app allowed you log arbitrary
| activities; it would tote up the calorie value of all of
| them. Where did they get the activities? From a public domain
| list of activities and their caloric value--compiled by U.S.
| government economists starting in the 1930s when they wanted
| to estimate the caloric needs of Americans to make sure
| _there was enough food_ for all the hungry farm workers and
| factory laborers during the Depression.
|
| I was there the day we removed that database and ceremonially
| typed in "starting a..." and there was no longer an
| autocomplete for it.
| themodelplumber wrote:
| Wow, that's pretty fascinating, I love little history
| details like that, too.
|
| I find it interesting just how many calorie-estimation
| models there are for different purposes. I once lost at
| least a week and a half of weight loss effort when I
| inadvertently changed the TDEE estimation model from So-
| and-So's Model over to Whozit's Model. I remember it being
| really annoying to troubleshoot that...anyway thanks for
| sharing your experience.
| keepquestioning wrote:
| Just use stable diffusion to learn movements from text
| sentences..
| joshka wrote:
| It knows when you're washing your hands already...
| auslegung wrote:
| Anyone else wear your watch in the shower and get a minute or two
| of exercise time as a result? But then I go on a 5-minute jog and
| forget to tell it what I'm doing and I get zero exercise
| minutes...
| allthecybers wrote:
| I can relate. Just yesterday I'm halfway through a treadmill
| workout, heart rate is up, and I'm sweating good. I feel a tap
| on my wrist and the watch is asking me if I'm done with my
| workout.
|
| Other times it'll ask if I'm working out at the most random
| times, when activity levels are much lower. Like last night I
| was rewiring the underside of my standing desk and it asked if
| I was working out.
| freetime2 wrote:
| The auto stop reminder is really annoying on hikes. It always
| asks me if I'm finished on the steepest sections when I'm
| working hardest but moving slowest. Come on Apple - if my
| heart rate is 150 BPM, I'm probably still moving!
| random42_ wrote:
| From personal experience, I can say that outrunning a swarm of
| bees is serious exercise. You're running as fast as you can,
| swinging your arms randomly to try and ward off the bees that got
| close and are stinging (or trying to sting) you; all that while
| dodging obstacles in the way.
| rootusrootus wrote:
| Sprinting a quarter mile to outrun killer bees would be a hell
| of a workout. If I could even hold a sprint that long without
| keeling over from a heart attack. By the end of the quarter
| mile I'd probably just give up and let the little bastards take
| me.
| withinboredom wrote:
| I just walked slowly. They didn't even sting me. But bees
| crawling in your ears is something you never forget.
| random42_ wrote:
| In my case the bees (Africanized bees) were really
| aggressive. Some kids were throwing rocks in their beehive a
| few seconds before my sister and I passed by (that was in an
| almost deserted public street).
|
| The bees were really angry and we got stung multiple times.
| Luckily we're not allergic and were able to run away. They
| stopped attacking after we were out of range (my guess),
| about 70 meters away.
|
| Edit: typo.
| seanmcdirmid wrote:
| That sounds like a great idea for a VR fitness game.
| mahirsaid wrote:
| this is hilarious!!
| ajaimk wrote:
| I actually use "Outdoor Walk" for Walking the dog. Mainly to
| track how much exercise he gets.
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