wearing the watch while weight training

[brentg33]

Hi all,

i have the 42mm SS w/ black sport band.
I know that a major feature of the watch is its fitness tracker/app.
However, it seems like that is mostly for cardio/runninng...etc.
does anyone thing that wearing it while weight training is a bad idea (as far as damage to the watch?)
I usually weight train 5 days a week.....
just looking for opinions

thanks

 

[leenak]

How do you think you'd damage the watch? For some things like pushups, I did move the watch face to the inside of my wrist just for comfort sake but other than that it is fine.

As far as workout tracking, I use the workout app and select workout 'other' and it'll show me my average heart rate as well as time worked out.

 

[brentg33]

guess I'm just paranoid....

 

[NavySEAL6]

How do you think you'd damage the watch? For some things like pushups, I did move the watch face to the inside of my wrist just for comfort sake but other than that it is fine.

As far as workout tracking, I use the workout app and select workout 'other' and it'll show me my average heart rate as well as time worked out.

That's exactly what I do

 

[whatos]

Just wear it, enjoy it, and everything else will fall into place. The more you wear it the better you'll understand it.

 

[PhoneI]

I lift weights 4 times a week, and I have no problems wearing the Watch. I set the Fitness tracker to 'Other'.

 

[ScubaCinci]

I didn't have any issues when wearing it.

 

[p0p9y9]

I just use the "other" workout, and use it to monitor my heart rate and elapsed time. Works pretty good.

 

[sheaitisnotso]

Check this out from Speck:
http://www.speckproducts.com/2015/apple-watch

Although the idea of putting a case on the watch is pretty lame, I'm in the same exact situation as you because we often use kettle bells in my boot camp classes. I'll definitely be looking into this case for the added protection from the weights.

 

[Royksöpp]

Just be careful you don't drop a dumbbell on the face. That would be quite a traumatic experience.

 

[SLQ03]

Feels like they forgot about us that weight train. Not much of a cardio guy and would like to see something that we could actually use to track PRs.

 

[randalblanken]

I heard about this third party app, Vimo Fitness, that's supposed to work for weight training workouts. I haven't tried it yet as I'm still waiting for my watch to ship. I just looked it up on the apple watch App Store and there are two different apps from this company ready for the apple watch. http://www.vimofit.com

 

[Andy0568]

I just use the "other" workout, and use it to monitor my heart rate and elapsed time. Works pretty good.

Is it true that "Other" workout doesn't continuously measure heart rate? I read someone's post that said they were using "Outdoor Run" when weight training so they would have continuous heart rate measuring.

 

[craigo14]

A dedicated weight training section would be better

 

[Chiguy12]

Hi all,

i have the 42mm SS w/ black sport band.
I know that a major feature of the watch is its fitness tracker/app.
However, it seems like that is mostly for cardio/runninng...etc.
does anyone thing that wearing it while weight training is a bad idea (as far as damage to the watch?)
I usually weight train 5 days a week.....
just looking for opinions

thanks

I train with weights and if you use kettle ball, dumbells, and cables you will hit the wrist area. I'm getting a protective case and will only use it while in the gym. I'm not that paranoid I just know that I'll do damage with the way I workout.

 

[RayDonovan]

Apple's idea of a workout is based on running. Meanwhile every gym Melbourne (And there are a LOT of them) is packed with people doing weights, not cardio.

 

[Wallabe]

Do you even lift?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRb5s2lOxV8

 

[p0p9y9]

Is it true that "Other" workout doesn't continuously measure heart rate? I read someone's post that said they were using "Outdoor Run" when weight training so they would have continuous heart rate measuring.

No, it does measure heart rate continuously. I looked at minute by minute data in the health app when I was working out, and was able to confirm that.

 

[trifusion]

Looking for a weight training Apple Watch try www.body-pro.com

Greg

 

[leenak]

Just be careful you don't drop a dumbbell on the face. That would be quite a traumatic experience.

Especially since that would be dropping a dumbbell on your wrist, which I have never done.

 

[techspin]

I train with weights and if you use kettle ball, dumbells, and cables you will hit the wrist area. I'm getting a protective case and will only use it while in the gym. I'm not that paranoid I just know that I'll do damage with the way I workout.

Do you usually hit your wrist on all that equipment? I imagine the only point of impact that really matters is the watch face.

 

[marklemac]

dumbbell only workout last night, I set the app to 'other' and it all worked well.

The watch doesn't get in the way of the dumbells at all.

My only problem is that my lifting gloves have a built in wrist strap, so they did cause a slight issue with the watch, so I just slid it up my wrist a bit more to fit.