Apple’s vice president of Fitness Technologies, Jay Blahnik, is known for appearing at almost every Apple event to talk about what’s new for Apple Watch users. This week, the executive shared some training tips in an interview with The Sun.
Jay Blahnik talks about the fitness features of the Apple Watch
Of course, Blahnik took the opportunity to praise the Apple Watch’s health and fitness features, calling it Apple’s “most personal device.” Apple’s vice president also said that Apple Watch was “designed from the ground up to help with wellness and fitness.” But of course this is not a surprise to anyone right now.
We felt like one of the magical things was that the same device that could help you run a marathon could also be a guardian of your health.
And to prove that the Apple Watch is definitely the ultimate workout partner, Blahnik revealed six simple tips and tricks that all Apple Watch users can take advantage of while exercising.
How to take advantage of the Apple Watch during workouts
For example, he suggested users change or edit views to show different data during a workout. Some people may prefer to view their heart rate zones, while others may choose to view their pace, power, and cadence. He can also easily switch between views using Digital Crown, the executive explains.
When you set up Pacer, that will be your default view. But you can always flip the digital crown and go back to a normal metric view or heart rate view.
Blahnik also encouraged Apple Watch users to race against themselves using Race Route. “Every time you’ve done a race more than twice, Race Route starts to remember it,” he explained. After that, you can challenge yourself against your best time and your last time. And with watchOS 9, users can check their heart rate zones to see the intensity of their workouts in five different segments.
Another tip shared by Blahnik is to create a custom workout with different goals for different situations. He can, for example, set the Apple Watch to send a haptic feedback after a one-minute warm-up or every mile he runs.
Understanding body movements is a challenge for Apple
As Apple has added more and more metrics to watchOS, the vice president of fitness said that people can learn a lot about themselves from such data. He also explained that Apple had to “figure out” how to use the arm to accurately detect things like ground contact time. “To get those extra measurements, you typically need to put a device on your hip or a dongle in your shoe. We wanted to allow that without those accessories,” he added.
And of course, his final advice for Apple Watch users is to sign up for Apple Fitness+, which offers multiple guided workouts that users can do at home or at a gym. And even if you don’t have an Apple Watch, Apple Fitness+ is now available on iPhone, too.
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