@gedeonm Yeah, that sucks. Just spent a week hobbling around home/hardly moving because of my back. Would be nice to have the fitness app say “hey, you’re not moving much and seem to be unwell - wanna pause your streaks?”
@gedeonm I find that so annoying that Apple hasn’t or won’t make arrangements for those kinds of things. It should be trivial to do.
I also hate they can’t/won’t allow you to set different targets for different days. Mon-Fri is hard for “normal” people to get a lot of exercise in. The weekend isn’t. So let me set different targets and goals for different days. Come on, Apple… 🤦🏼♂️
@gedeonm That’s why I really like MyTrends++ by David Smith. If you miss a day, you don’t lose the streak. (I think it used to be called Fitness++, but he probably changed it when Fitness+ came out.)
@gedeonm I also hate it when that happens. Two things I want from watchOS 11 are rest days (think Pedometer++), and automatic pause/resume for outdoor walking workouts like it does for running and cycling. /cc @lorihc
Once I lost that streak, which was well over a year old, I just thought nuts to it. Since then, I’ve been experimenting with other systems. Streaks Workout is obviously fab. But Gentler Streak is good too, albeit in part locked behind a sub.
@craiggrannell@gedeonm I went to Gentler Streak when I had a tendon injury that put me out for 3 months. It lets me mark sick or injured days, has TONS of workout types, and suggests activities you’ve done before to meet your day’s needs. It will suggest a lighter day if you didn’t sleep well. And as a lady I appreciate that it takes into consideration energy changes from hormonal cycles. Honestly surprised Apple is not stealing from this app. Worth the sub.
@RichelleTrickel@gedeonm All of that. And I like that it tells you to chill out a bit if your activity level shoots up. The Insights tab is really nicely done as well – the activity recaps are fun and friendly. Again, it’s the sort of thing I’d expect from Apple but that Apple is not providing.
Full disclosure: I was provided with a sub for review purposes (and it took me a good long while to get around to that). But I’m tempted to continue with it when the sub is up.
@craiggrannell I seriously do not understand why Apple, even after all these years, has not built rest days or more importantly sick days into the Activity app. It’s pretty darned heartless and a piss poor user experience. cc @Pschiller
@gedeonm@Pschiller I remember talking to an Apple PR about this at the last in-person WWDC. They were adamant that it was vitally important to be “consistent”. But the system is robotic. Moreover, it is dangerous. Marathon runners eg shouldn’t be running the next day. It’s also not good for accessibility, because you can’t swap out the rings eg if you are unable to meet the “exercise” goal.
I find it hugely frustrating. And judging by how widely that Stuff piece was shared, we’re not alone.
@gedeonm@Pschiller I was so downhearted by the screw-up and broken streak that I gave up. And I never restarted. Which is probably better from a mental health standpoint anyway. But had the Apple system been more flexible – just a little – this wouldn’t have been a problem. Gentler Streak gets it. That app is human. Apple could learn an awful lot from it (and also from the ‘x days in y’ and pause features in Streaks). Oh, and from Eugene Jarvis, who said failure in games should be recoverable.
@GeekAndDad In short, if we killed them all, we’re looking at some severe ecosystem collapse. (Lots of things eat them. And it’s uncertain how their void would be filled.) My friend is part of an effort looking at ways of making them safer for humans.
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