For real. I lift weights and would feel naked without my Apple Watch. I can leave my phone in the car and still listen to music. The heart rate sensor on the 4 is much more accurate this year and I use it to keep track of rest time between sets. It’s great.
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For real. I lift weights and would feel naked without my Apple Watch. I can leave my phone in the car and still listen to music. The heart rate sensor on the 4 is much more accurate this year and I use it to keep track of rest time between sets. It’s great.
The SBSS has used DLC since the original Apple Watch. It's not perfect, since a lot depends on how well the coating adheres to the underlying steel, but from the accounts I've read Apple's process seems to be a good one.
I strongly suspect you're trolling here. Your response just conjures up the image of the testosterone dripping body builder type who's constantly grunting and thinks he's some amazing Adonis. Meanwhile the rest of the gym is rolling their eyes at you and can't wait until you leave.
If your first reaction when you see an Apple Watch is that the person wearing it is just some poser who's trying to show off the fact that they have an Apple Watch, and that you're somehow above all of that, then I have a suggestion for you. Have a look in the mirror; I suspect that's where you'll find the real poser. Meanwhile leave every else alone, as they have no reason to justify to you what tools they find useful in their exercise regimen.
I look at the steel Apple Watch the same as a steel mechanical watch. It's meant to get scratched up and beat to heck, which is why it is made out of steel in the first place. Whether it's a Rolex or an Apple Watch, I pretty much wear them doing anything, from yard work to working out to rock climbing to construction projects around the house.
Interestingly enough, once that Apple Watch get’s that first scratch, you seem to care a little bit less about trying to keep it perfect. At least that’s been my mentality when I did own the regular stainless Apple Watch, knowing that it kind of gives the Watch character if it has a scratch or some type of blemish on the casing.
I generally agree, but I personally think it would be better if Apple went with brushed steel instead of the polished.
The two extremes:
Pamper your watch and hope you get “enough” for your pristine watch once you decide to swap it for something newer, or wear it as much as you can justify for as long as you have it, for maximum use per dollar spent.
I’ve now got the SBSS, and do the latter.
Pamper your watch and hope you get “enough” for your pristine watch once you decide to swap it for something newer, or wear it as much as you can justify for as long as you have it, for maximum use per dollar spent.
I’ve now got the SBSS, and do the latter.
I wrote a lengthy post on this earlier. I don’t workout with my watch because I wear weightlifting gloves with wrist straps so it couldn’t be placed on my wrist. Additionally I don’t need apps to lift or do cardio, only a clock, which is on the wall in the weight area and right in front of the pool. Until my health insurance company offers a discount by reporting health stuff from the watch I don’t see the need. I’m at expert level lifting, doing cardio on a bike, swimming, etc. same goes for nutrition. Everything is in my memory and this is the case for many who workout an awful lot. The watch, health apps (outside of bpm monitoring) are more for beginners in my opinion. The people I see at my gym using the watch spend more time futzing with it than they do actually working out. All experts in my gym do not use a watch as they are a wealth of experience, many years of experience so the watch would just rob time or lengthen workouts. I keep my phone on me for music and if I pull it out it’s to change a music station, which is rare. I usually click the button on my pb3’s to skip to the next track. I use the watch everywhere else. We all have different uses for the watch.
I’m an expert lifter and cardio guy myself. Been working out for 26 years now and I find the Apple Watch to be a great assistant for my workouts. Different strokes for different folks I guess.