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Apps Weight Lifting and Activity Apps
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Check out Gymaholic. It's all you need for weight training. I love it.
I only weight lift. Thanks for the advice. I just have to be cautious using the stainless model around the weights I use.
I also own the stainless steel model and even with the occasional bump it's been just fine. No visible scratches or anything. I'm sure you should be more than fine. I also second Gymaholic for tracking my weight training workouts. It's really an excellent app and it's free although you can buy more features with in app purchases.
As an old fart runner I tell my weight lifting buddies that very few people die from weak arms
. Please no offense to lifters. My observation over the years is you are either built to fight or built to flee. I have perfected my skill to flee. NickAs an old fart runner I tell my weight lifting buddies that very few people die from weak arms
No offense taken. I appreciate your view. However, I have been a Police Officer for six years and when it comes to Fight or Flight, statistically Officers are likely to be engaged in physical altercations than foot pursuits.
Staying physically fit and strong is priority for me. Because when the Officer is in a fight and my back up is five minutes away, that's a long time to overcome your adversary, which requires physical strength, coupled with defense and arrest tactics. Especially when dealing with individuals who are mental or intoxicated. (And Officers don't always have two hands to access control options on their duty belt) And staying physically fit is a positive reflection on health for the Community and Department. But cardio is equally important for stamina.
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I'm just cautious with my Watch. Thanks for the feedback though. And I will look further into the App.
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No offense taken. I appreciate your view. However, I have been a Police Officer for six years and when it comes to Fight or Flight, statistically Officers are likely to be engaged in physical alterations than foot pursuits.
Staying physically fit and strong is priority for me. Because when the Officer is in a fight and my back up is five minutes away, that's a long time to overcome your adversary, which requires physical strength, coupled with defense and arrest tactics. Especially when dealing with individuals who are mental or intoxicated. (And Officers don't always have two hands to access control options on their duty belt) And staying physically fit is a positive reflection on health for the Community and Department. But cardio is equally important for stamina.
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As an officer in the Army Military Police Corps for 21 years I appreciate the work you do and agree with your position. As a young Lieutenant, I would select one of the biggest MP's to be my driver when I was duty officer. I soon found out that when a perpetrator had a choice on who to go after I was usually chosen because I was smaller. I then started selecting MP's that were more my size. At least then I felt I had a 50/50 chance
I'll take a look at these apps. Wasn't looking for so much a tracking tool as far as amount of weight lifted but more so maybe a different interface with calories burned and all that; maybe a bit different than the apple other category.
Those apps posted above are more so for I lifted x amount of weight for x amount of weight correct?
Those apps posted above are more so for I lifted x amount of weight for x amount of weight correct?
Weight training is an anaerobic exercise which means it does not directly correlate to the cardiovascular system (HR). The
Watch only records your HR so there is very little relevant info it can add to a weight training specific app. I just use Other: Strength Training for recording with the understanding that you can't monitor anaerobic exercise with a HR monitor.Also I'm a firm believer in the big 3 and all should be treated equally.
- Weight training
- Cardio
- Proper diet
What I did to protect my watch from the bumps at the gym is to get a new sweat band that I put OVER the watch and band. That has the double benefit of keeping the watch protected and adding to the pressure to keep it firmly on the wrist so that it reads the heart rate. And it was a cheap solution that I can easily take off when I leave the gym and want it as a watch again. The one downside is that if I want to check my HR with the band over the watch, I need to move it aside to see. Easy to do when just standing between sets, but a bit awkward on the treadmill/bike/elliptical/stepper.
Weight training is an anaerobic exercise which means it does not directly correlate to the cardiovascular system (HR). The
Also I'm a firm believer in the big 3 and all should be treated equally.
- Weight training
- Cardio
- Proper diet
So you're using other and naming the workout strength training?
Interesting idea with the sweat band over the Apple Watch. Although, I imagine that would be uncomfortably warm with the sweet and and the Watch. Perhaps not.
Not really, the band is cotton so it breathes pretty well. And I don't have to worry about bumps and bangs from any of the equipment, just get on with it.
I got mine at Dick's. Here is what I use:
https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/ua-1-performance-wristband-4pack/pid1235106-001
1" wide only covers the face. They also have a 3" band if you want more coverage over the sides as well. The narrow ones seem to work pretty well for me.
[doublepost=1480732395][/doublepost]Noted it says it's polyester/Nylon, but it breathes well. Feels like cotton.
https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/ua-1-performance-wristband-4pack/pid1235106-001
1" wide only covers the face. They also have a 3" band if you want more coverage over the sides as well. The narrow ones seem to work pretty well for me.
[doublepost=1480732395][/doublepost]Noted it says it's polyester/Nylon, but it breathes well. Feels like cotton.
You create your workouts on the iPhone (and transfer them to the watch, simple) or you can create them on the watch. It's easier to create them on the phone and transfer them. Once it's on the watch, you don't need the phone during your workout.
The app will walk you through the workout, exercise by exercise, set by set. You can see the weights you plan to do and the reps, and you can edit each set on the watch. It will handle super sets, drop sets, etc.
Throughout your workout, your current HR and estimated calorie burn is shown at the bottom of the watch face. HR updates every 10-15 seconds or so, as does the calorie burn. I believe it's reading the HR continuously (like the Apple workouts do).
As an old fart runner I tell my weight lifting buddies that very few people die from weak arms
There's lots of reasons why weight lifting is superior to just cardio type activities like running. I do both, about 70/30 weight lifting/running. But I still hear this myth/stigma weight lifting gets too often. Keep in mind I'm not talking about the guy standing around talking 5 minutes in between sets. But for generalized health I'll give the nod to weight lifting. Although there are some days I combine them to some extent, so HR is important during those weight lifting workouts.
I'm curious if there are any apps out there that track reps and sets automatically. I've seen a few watches/wrist units that actually track reps/sets and such and seem interesting.
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It's good to have muscle and less fat. Also if you keep a good pace you're getting cardio and weights done at the same time.
Anyone tried Gymatic? It will automagically learn your exercise and keep reps for you. And include rest in between reps. Works pretty well on my AWS2