I don’t really get how this is a problem since there’s pretty simple solution.
Just set your goals to what you want to have as a minimum on an off-day, then on the days you work out you aim for the 200%, 300% or maybe even 400% award.
Mine is set to something achievable even on my off days, but not so low that I’ll achieve my goal by laying on the couch all day. Simply because I want to at least move a certain amount even though I’m not working out.
I’m with you. People are really stressing about this. The point of the move rings is the encourage a baseline amount of movement and exercise. Anything more is just gravy.
If anything I’d say Apple’s only flaw is that they gamified activity/fitness too well. Perhaps the exercise ring should use a different name like Active Minutes, to parallel Stand Hours.
And then in the other hand, if they put in some sort of rest day mechanic, it would shut up the ring addicts. So maybe I should be for it regardless? 🤣
Mine is set to something achievable even on my off days, but not so low that I’ll achieve my goal by laying on the couch all day. Simply because I want to at least move a certain amount even though I’m not working out.
That’s what I do. I’ve set them to a baseline just to make sure I don’t go full sloth. If I’m actually exercising I’m following a specific workout goal. I couldn’t care less about awards. I’m wearing the Watch, not the other way round.
It’s a problem because they’re addicted to closing their rings and collecting awards can’t see it for what it is.
It’s not just about being “obsessed” with closing rings. The whole concept of rings is to encourage and remind you to keep a regular exercise and movement routine, and it falls apart when you can’t schedule rest days into the system.
You either need to set the exercise goal so low that it’s rendered perfunctory, or you have to start pretending the days you didn’t exercise actually don’t count and begin ignoring the notifications that remind you you’re falling behind for the day/week(because you actually aren’t). Either way, the system becomes pretty useless very quickly.
That rest days still aren’t accounted for in the rings system after all these years is insane, and has rendered it entirely irrelevant to me as someone whose joints can’t take meaningful exercise every single day(thanks, hypermobility!). It could have been a neat system to help me keep track of my exercise, otherwise.
What are we actually supposed to set the calories to on the move ring? I train 6 days a week and never have an issue closing them but at first I was just obliterating them and I adjusted it to double the default but I’m not actually sure what calories it’s counting for the move ring…
I set my goal at 750 and average 1200 for the entire year. I set my goal in away that allows me to hit 50% with normal daily activity. I run almost everyday and my rest day is a 5 mile walk at a slow pace if I need it. If your goal is to lose weight, 90% of the work is done in the kitchen. Exercise is a bonus on top of you can be in great shape and never exercise. The idea of a rest day is flawed in my opinion, because you don’t need a day to sit and do nothing. I lift weights. I bench 350. I don’t do that everyday, but if you are working on a whole other sort of your body, you are fine to exercise every single day of the week. If you don’t want to do that, you are more than welcome to not do that. But I don’t believe Apple needs to add a rest day as the vast majority of people don’t work out hard enough to be so dead they can only sit in bed all day.
Clearly posted by someone who has never in their life had to deal with health problems or a busy schedule that precludes a casual….checks notes ….5 mile walk.
I prefer cardio for my exercise, and as stated I literally cannot do cardio exercise every day. My knees will not take it, period.
The idea of a rest day is flawed in my opinion, because you don’t need a day to sit and do nothing.
Given how fundamentally you appear to misunderstand the term/concept of a “rest day”, I’m not so sure you should be broadcasting your silly opinion with such confidence.
A Rest Day does NOT mean sitting in bed all day. It means a day of recovery. The most elite athletes and trainers in the world endorse the concept.
what are rest days?
People obsessed with closing their rings get sad that they can’t close them every day because there’s no such thing as a rest day on the Apple Watch
I don’t really get how this is a problem since there’s pretty simple solution.
Just set your goals to what you want to have as a minimum on an off-day, then on the days you work out you aim for the 200%, 300% or maybe even 400% award.
Mine is set to something achievable even on my off days, but not so low that I’ll achieve my goal by laying on the couch all day. Simply because I want to at least move a certain amount even though I’m not working out.
I’m with you. People are really stressing about this. The point of the move rings is the encourage a baseline amount of movement and exercise. Anything more is just gravy.
If anything I’d say Apple’s only flaw is that they gamified activity/fitness too well. Perhaps the exercise ring should use a different name like Active Minutes, to parallel Stand Hours.
And then in the other hand, if they put in some sort of rest day mechanic, it would shut up the ring addicts. So maybe I should be for it regardless? 🤣
That’s what I do. I’ve set them to a baseline just to make sure I don’t go full sloth. If I’m actually exercising I’m following a specific workout goal. I couldn’t care less about awards. I’m wearing the Watch, not the other way round.
It’s a problem because they’re addicted to closing their rings and collecting awards can’t see it for what it is.
It’s not just about being “obsessed” with closing rings. The whole concept of rings is to encourage and remind you to keep a regular exercise and movement routine, and it falls apart when you can’t schedule rest days into the system.
You either need to set the exercise goal so low that it’s rendered perfunctory, or you have to start pretending the days you didn’t exercise actually don’t count and begin ignoring the notifications that remind you you’re falling behind for the day/week(because you actually aren’t). Either way, the system becomes pretty useless very quickly.
That rest days still aren’t accounted for in the rings system after all these years is insane, and has rendered it entirely irrelevant to me as someone whose joints can’t take meaningful exercise every single day(thanks, hypermobility!). It could have been a neat system to help me keep track of my exercise, otherwise.
What are we actually supposed to set the calories to on the move ring? I train 6 days a week and never have an issue closing them but at first I was just obliterating them and I adjusted it to double the default but I’m not actually sure what calories it’s counting for the move ring…
No one I know with an Apple Watch knew either…
I set my goal at 750 and average 1200 for the entire year. I set my goal in away that allows me to hit 50% with normal daily activity. I run almost everyday and my rest day is a 5 mile walk at a slow pace if I need it. If your goal is to lose weight, 90% of the work is done in the kitchen. Exercise is a bonus on top of you can be in great shape and never exercise. The idea of a rest day is flawed in my opinion, because you don’t need a day to sit and do nothing. I lift weights. I bench 350. I don’t do that everyday, but if you are working on a whole other sort of your body, you are fine to exercise every single day of the week. If you don’t want to do that, you are more than welcome to not do that. But I don’t believe Apple needs to add a rest day as the vast majority of people don’t work out hard enough to be so dead they can only sit in bed all day.
Clearly posted by someone who has never in their life had to deal with health problems or a busy schedule that precludes a casual….checks notes ….5 mile walk.
I prefer cardio for my exercise, and as stated I literally cannot do cardio exercise every day. My knees will not take it, period.
Given how fundamentally you appear to misunderstand the term/concept of a “rest day”, I’m not so sure you should be broadcasting your silly opinion with such confidence.
A Rest Day does NOT mean sitting in bed all day. It means a day of recovery. The most elite athletes and trainers in the world endorse the concept.
This should help the next time you want to contribute to a similar discussion: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/how-often-should-you-take-rest-day
Yes I wanna know haha
Days where you’re sick, on vacation, whatever, so you can’t fill your rings.
Pedometer++, for example, requires you to have 7 full days in a row, and then after that, you can miss one day each week.