Until about 10 days ago I was doing 900-1500+ move goal and probably 90 mins exercise and then we went camping for a week.
I had my goal set for 750 moves so I brought it down to 500 because I couldn't guarantee I was going to make the weekly goals but had an unblemished record for the year.
Drove home from the camp site with the family and unpacked then needed to get back on the mountain bike but only paid a small heed to 'actually it's 7pm and I didn't eat anything today'... well, my concentration wasn't there at the crucial time, went over the bars and broke my collarbone.
So now, I've set 300 mins of move because it seemed hard to manage even that. Exercise goal has been harder since I can't move fast and I can't get the heart rate to make the exercise goal unless I do that so I have to walk up and down local hills.
So, in terms of the title, I have a goal to do 57x15 mins workouts this month which I can do. In terms of making the normal every day goal... well I could normally do that without even thinking but since I can't move fast enough to tax my cardio system I need steep inclines to do it in any reasonable time.
In short, without just selecting something that's going to give me credit for no work, I think the current programmes really only offer a personal reaffirmation of achievement that when you get down to basics in my kind of circumstance seem a little superficial.
Don't get me wrong, working my routines with running, swimming and more recently mountain biking, have motivated me and the watch has been a great measure as has my weight loss and overall feeling of wellbeing but that is best measured against what I have done and how I am rather than a cadence by the measurement criteria be manipulated.
I also wonder about the criticism that many athletes say that it doesn't accommodate rest days. Perhaps I did this by having the move goal down at a low 750 as a base etc.
Maybe there's room for improvement.. share your thoughts
(btw it's probably going to be 10 weeks of walking and not much more and I'm cursing that fall as I really, rally want to run)
I had my goal set for 750 moves so I brought it down to 500 because I couldn't guarantee I was going to make the weekly goals but had an unblemished record for the year.
Drove home from the camp site with the family and unpacked then needed to get back on the mountain bike but only paid a small heed to 'actually it's 7pm and I didn't eat anything today'... well, my concentration wasn't there at the crucial time, went over the bars and broke my collarbone.
So now, I've set 300 mins of move because it seemed hard to manage even that. Exercise goal has been harder since I can't move fast and I can't get the heart rate to make the exercise goal unless I do that so I have to walk up and down local hills.
So, in terms of the title, I have a goal to do 57x15 mins workouts this month which I can do. In terms of making the normal every day goal... well I could normally do that without even thinking but since I can't move fast enough to tax my cardio system I need steep inclines to do it in any reasonable time.
In short, without just selecting something that's going to give me credit for no work, I think the current programmes really only offer a personal reaffirmation of achievement that when you get down to basics in my kind of circumstance seem a little superficial.
Don't get me wrong, working my routines with running, swimming and more recently mountain biking, have motivated me and the watch has been a great measure as has my weight loss and overall feeling of wellbeing but that is best measured against what I have done and how I am rather than a cadence by the measurement criteria be manipulated.
I also wonder about the criticism that many athletes say that it doesn't accommodate rest days. Perhaps I did this by having the move goal down at a low 750 as a base etc.
Maybe there's room for improvement.. share your thoughts
(btw it's probably going to be 10 weeks of walking and not much more and I'm cursing that fall as I really, rally want to run)