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September Activity Challenge
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I just got served with another ridiculous one. Last month, I was challenged to log at least 348 miles (I managed just over 300 miles). This month, I'm expected to log 4,290 exercise minutes, or an average of 143 minutes a day.
These automated challenges are silly ... and potentially dangerous. The algorithms should at least take into account the weather conditions of where the users are located. In Japan, the brutal heat and soaring humidity of August and the onslaught of typhoons during September are by no means conducive to achieving extreme exercise goals.
Difficult for me, 33,800 calories burned for the month. 1,127 per day!
My September challenge is absurd too, especially for this month. I’m supposed to burn 48,800 calories (1,622 per day). That might be doable for October, but with a marathon next Sunday, this week is going to be light pre-marathon and next week is going to be light post-marathon. So I’m officially out.
(I think the monthly challenge algorithm is fairly basic and dumb. When I get a calories burned challenge, it seems to be about a 10% increase from the prior 90-day average.)
(I think the monthly challenge algorithm is fairly basic and dumb. When I get a calories burned challenge, it seems to be about a 10% increase from the prior 90-day average.)
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Mine is exactly the same. 8hrs behind the desk are not hepling either
yeah theres been times where im like sooo close to the goal but missed the deadline by a smidge
I've got to walk or run 232 km for September, 7.6 km a day. I do walk a fair bit but I hate running and most of my exercise is cycling. I normally do 200 km a week. I just wish I could delete running from all my exercises as it's an activity that I've never liked or done apart from being forced to at school nearly 55 years ago now!
similar here, indoor cycling during the week, mountain biking on the weekend, and for the 3rd time this year I got a walk/run goal (140 mi), won't be looking at the challenge this months, might make it, maybe not, it'll be fine either way.
Wish the app would recognize the type of workout ...
Again, more evidence of how these automated challenges are not just silly, they could be dangerous.
The Apple Watch is a nifty device for fitness tracking and motivation. But Apple needs a team of trainers to "curate" our challenges the same way the have a team of music-industry people curating Apple Music playlists.
Go 140 miles. Should be doable since I average 4-5 miles a day at work walking and I have a Renaissance Faire coming up in two weeks where I will be on my feet for two days straight walking around plus TwitchCon at the end of the month where I will be doing a shedload of walking.
