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Apple's Heart Month Activity Challenge Requires 60 Minutes of Exercise on Valentine's Day
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If you don’t get the badge today after doing 60 mins of excessive, RELAX. You’ll get it in few hours or a day.
apple’s server is likely slammed with all the request for the badge so it might take a while.
apple’s server is likely slammed with all the request for the badge so it might take a while.
I am saying you do exercise for your own body’s benefit. You don’t need badge or other reward..
Dunno about you but I like to take my watch off for horizontal activities. If I don’t it eventually asks whether I’m working out right now and having nothing fitting to select is really annoying.
Tracking heart rate with the “other” workout program was interesting but I wish there was something better. At least a notification saying “she was faking it” when her heart rate didn’t spike towards the end. 😉
Tracking heart rate with the “other” workout program was interesting but I wish there was something better. At least a notification saying “she was faking it” when her heart rate didn’t spike towards the end. 😉
came for the comments... was not disappointed.
Apple should have an actual Activity/Health Program running on with watch... charge a couple bucks a month, maybe even multi-tier with the topmost partnering with real gyms. All paid users should receive physical pins for major goals (e.g. monthly & yearls goals and individual milestones, e.g. total length run >1k km as well as competitive goals/challenges). Those should not be participation awards but require real efforts...
No badge for me either. Same with my January goal. Did it, no badge. Not losing sleep over it. But interested to know if other people have similar issue.
Saw the challenge. Did 60+ min. on Valentine's Day. Confirmed 60+ min. on the green circle.
Still, no Valentine's Day Award...
Still, no Valentine's Day Award...
As far as I can tell if you do a workout using the workout app it doesn’t really matter what’s happening, you’re exercising. Yoga, open goal, outdoor walk, all seem viable for someone you described.
That’s true, the workout time might be all that matters for this. But the exercise bar probably won’t move much.
That is what the Fitness challenge is for.
"Honey, your heart rate was only a little better than a dead person?"
These do contribute to Exercise minutes much more easily. From Apple’s Support document, Workout Types on Apple Watch:
Another one is “Cooldown,” which seems to track exercise minutes no matter what you’re doing. Granted, I’ve never tried it sitting down and doing absolutely nothing, but a cooldown by its very nature is going to have a lower heart rate and very little motion — sometimes even just deep breathing and mindful meditation — but it always credits the full time to the exercise ring.
Here is a link to that document (I had bookmarked it the other day since I haven't had my AW6 for long): Workout types on Apple Watch
I used the Other workout type this morning when I shoveled snow and it seemed to work well. Here is what my Workout activity looked like (and I got 19 minutes on my Exercise ring):
Since we are getting more snow (6 -7 inches) here in Columbus, OH, over the next day, the lack of outdoor running doesn't look like it will cause my Exercise ring not to meet my current goal (30 minutes).
Who knew shoveling snow would have an extra reward beyond clearing the driveway and sidewalks?
Thanks. For some reason it wasn’t letting me add the link on my iPhone — the “Insert” button wasn’t doing anything 😄
I’ve done similar when shoveling snow, but I do wish the Apple Watch could figure that one out for itself without my having to start a workout. I always work up a sweat and get my heart rate up when doing it, but the lack of recognizable wrist motion seems to prevent the Apple Watch from considering as exercise unless a workout is running.
Not me. I sit my fat ass on the couch until Apple dangles another pointless colorful trinket in my face. Only suckers work out for nothing.
Got mines this morning
Although would have been nice to get it at the same time as my perfect move,perfect stand,perfect exercise, perfect week, and move streak badges
Although would have been nice to get it at the same time as my perfect move,perfect stand,perfect exercise, perfect week, and move streak badges
Here's what I did to get the badge.
Having earned 63 mins on the 14th I was never awarded the badge.
I powered off my watch
Force quit the Fitness app on my iPhone
Set my date / time on my phone back to the 14th
Powered up my watch
Launched the Fitness app on my watch
Checked my iPhone and saw I was awarded the badge
Force quit Fitness app
Powered off my watch
Reset my Date/time to automatic
Power cycled my iPhone
Powered up my watch
All before coffee. You may find that simply powering your watch on/off could award the badge but when I didn't see the badge as an option I figured I needed to go back in time.
-jb
Having earned 63 mins on the 14th I was never awarded the badge.
I powered off my watch
Force quit the Fitness app on my iPhone
Set my date / time on my phone back to the 14th
Powered up my watch
Launched the Fitness app on my watch
Checked my iPhone and saw I was awarded the badge
Force quit Fitness app
Powered off my watch
Reset my Date/time to automatic
Power cycled my iPhone
Powered up my watch
All before coffee. You may find that simply powering your watch on/off could award the badge but when I didn't see the badge as an option I figured I needed to go back in time.
-jb
Holy **** this worked. I had no idea you could go back in time and muniplate it like that. Genius!! Now I better switch it back because I screw myself and everything up haha
