Apple Watch has been on our wrists for just five months and yet it is already having an amazing impact on many people’s lives.
We want to find out how Cult of Mac readers are using Cupertino’s fitness tech to get in shape, so we’re inviting everyone to share their inspiring stories. Plus, we’ve set up a new Cult of Mac club on Strava so you can connect with other readers who are into fitness.
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Join the Cult of Mac club on Strava
Sharing your running, cycling and swimming workouts on our new Strava club will provide an amazing insight into the thousands of miles Cult of Mac readers are logging every day using their iPhones and Apple Watches.
On our club page you can connect with other readers, share your progress, compete for the top spot on our leaderboard, or engage in some friendly banter and trash talk on the discussion board. Plus you can share motivation and encouragement by giving “kudos,” (the Strava equivalent of Facebook Likes).
To join, all you need is a free Strava membership. Then just click the Join button on our club page.
If you use a different fitness-logging app, like Nike+, MapMyRun, Endomondo or Runtastic, you can import you workout data into Strava using apps like Matt Stuehler’s handy Nike+ Data Downloader.
Share your fitness story
During last week’s iPhone 6s keynote event, Tim Cook said Apple has been flooded by e-mails from users who have been motivated to exercise on a regular basis by Cupertino’s hardware. He read an e-mail from Dennis H, who said his Apple Watch had changed his life by helping him lose 30 pounds.
LoopInsight’s Jim Dalrymple is a high-profile example of the amazing things you can achieve with smart use of Apple’s fitness tech. He has lost over 40 pounds using HealthKit and Apple Watch.
Stories like those are important because they provide us with a fantastic source of inspiration, revealing just what is possible when you set your mind to it.
I’ve previously shared my story of how I used fitness gadgets to turn my life around. Now it’s your turn.
Has Apple Watch helped you get in shape? Have you integrated it into your training routine? How are you using HealthKit? What apps have helped you get results?
Whether you’ve lost weight, improved your marathon time or are simply enjoying the health benefits of standing up more frequently, tell us about it, and we’ll share the most inspiring stories right here on Cult of Mac. E-mail me.
Graham Bower is a designer, writer, fitness geek, and long-time Apple user. He is the co-host of Apple Core a podcast about the history of Apple. In his spare time, Graham writes fantasy and sci-fi novels. Connect with Graham on Bluesky or at www.grahambower.com.
13 responses to “Has Apple Watch helped you get in shape?”
Absolutely. Closing those rings has become a minor obsession! I’m working out much more regularly and I’m finding it much harder to blow off a workout when I’m feeling lazy…
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The Apple watch has absolutely helped my fitness regimen. It pushes me to add another 15 mins to my bike rides, add time to the elliptical machine and stand more often. The only thing that I took off was the water reminder. That got irritating. The Apple watch is great.
Hate to spoil the party but let me tell you guys something. Either you are the type who loves to exercise and will do it, Apple Watch or no Apple Watch. If you are exercising more because of the Apple Watch this high you are on will not last long.
Not true for me.
Both with exercise and with dieting, the ease of tracking progress, understanding how to have good habits, and the help to perform incrementally make me do more in a way that has persisted long term. The 10-20-30 workout app brings wind sprints into the realm of something easy to do several times a week. Closing the loops is a trivial way to see whether I got to the daily exercise goal. Reminders to stretch hourly are also painless and effective.
I’ve tried keeping the good habits without the apps, and backslide quickly. These apps and the watch help in achieving lifestyle goals without having to obsess about them.
It’s analogous to jogging more when one lives next to an easy pleasant trail – the watch apps make doing the right thing less effort.
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I’ve lost about 30 pounds so far. Not so much chasing the rings, but having something that motivates me to get off my butt and exercise.
Have lost 10 Kilos in 3 months. I’m sure the watch isn’t totally accurate but having this data has certainly raised my awareness and consequently motivated me to be more active. I wish Id kept the old clothes I gave away now – never thought I’d fit back into them! Shame also I lost 94 days worth of data when I upgraded to ios9 but hey-ho! I feel better and the scales don’t lie so that’s the main thing!
Of course, since I bought the A-Watch, I have no money to eat :V