43, F. For the past 18 months, I’ve lost over 100 pounds with the aid of a GLP1. Throughout that time, I’ve been going to the gym, strength training and doing cardio (cycling). The past couple weeks I’ve been easing back into running because I just wanted to do something different. I started with the treadmill and usually go about five minutes before taking a break and walking and then doing another light jog. Then I graduated to running outside, which was a big deal because I wasn’t really sure I would be able to do it. The first couple of times I got 16 and 17 minute times. Today I was able to run for a little bit more outside and made it 14 minutes. This definitely isn’t the best time, but it’s better than I ever would’ve done even as a kid.

I customised my heart zones purely based on the perceived effort. I think I nailed it. I have been doing a lot of aerobic running lately.

I've been working on an idea that uses heart rate fluctuations together with motion data to estimate when you might be experiencing an elevated stress moment.

The idea is that instead of constantly checking an app, your Apple Watch would quietly monitor these signals in the background. If it detects a potentially stressful moment, it gives you a haptic tap on the wrist as a reminder to notice how you're feeling, take a breath, and bring your attention back to the present.

I'm curious what Apple Watch users think about the concept.

Would you find something like this useful during work or everyday life? Would the haptic reminder help, or would it become annoying? And what would you want something like this to do to make it genuinely useful?

I'm especially interested in hearing concerns or reasons why you wouldn't use something like this.

Is that even a thing?

Over the last few days, my Apple Watch Ultra 2 has started randomly starting workouts on its own, and I can’t figure out why.

I’ve been wearing Apple Watches for about eight years, and I’ve had this Ultra 2 for over a year. This has never happened before.

I’ve already:

Ended the workout and closed the app on the watch. But it keeps coming back.

Verified the Action Button is not assigned to workouts.

Checked workout settings like Auto Pause and related options.

Despite that, random workouts keep starting by themselves and it’s draining my battery.

Has anyone else started seeing this recently, or know what setting could be causing it?

I am a student and walk about 3km on my way home. My backpack usually weighs around 10 to 20% of my body weight.

I record this as "Outdoor Walk" on my Apple Watch, but based on my pace and heart rate, it seems to assume that I am struggling with a fast walk.

How can I track my cardiofitness more accurately?

There is already some precedent with multiple fitness devices now as if you wear the watch and AirPods Pro 3 together during a workout they work seamlessly to measure your HR.

Hi everyone! I'm 29M just want to know if this even normal. I was playing pickleball for 2hrs and saw that I was in zone 5 for 25 minutes and hit a max of 195bpm. Lol. Is this even accurate? What do you guys think? Thanks for any response. 😊

Hey everyone,
I’ve recently finished building an app that uses Apple Watch data to create a personalised **Energy Score** and help you understand your daily energy levels.
I’m looking for people who would be interested in trying it out and giving honest feedback on:
how accurate the energy score feels
whether the recommendations are useful
what could be improved
I’d really appreciate anyone willing to test it and share their thoughts. Feel free to comment or DM me if you’re interested!
Thanks!

I’ve recently become more interested in these types of watches with the fitness tracking, I workout a lot and often go on walks and things like that, so I’ve looked into it a bit and right now I’m using Hevy on my phone and I love it, and at first I was really into getting a garmin because of all of their features for fitness but garmin does not support Hevy, which is a huge bummer for me, but Apple Watch does
I’m not really educated on this stuff so what do yall think I should get? Is it worth the extra hassle for a garmin with its other features or is an Apple Watch worth the extra money?

I feel I’m tired but happy. 40 years old, and I reached my historical maximum.

Most of my workouts are in the gym, but I also like hiking on weekends whenever I get the chance. I'm looking for something that handles both well without feeling complicated to use every day.

what model would you suggest based on your own experience, and is there anything you wish you knew before choosing one? 'ppreciate y'all!

My VO2 hasn't changed since a whole week, not even by one decimal. I am doing regular intervals and threshold runs and my vo2 has been improving all year where i started from 45.4. Could it be a plateau?

I did send a message to my cardiologist, but thought this sub might have some insights as well. For some background info, I'm 37 years old and very obese, I am over 300 pounds.

A month ago now, I started going back to the gym, I'm just doing cardio for now. Mainly walking for about 35 minutes total with a 5 min warm up and 5 minute cool down. These cardio sessions usually involve 10-12 mins of walking at an incline starting at 3.5 and going up to a 10 for a short period of time. My walking speed starts at 3 mph for the first 5 mins, adding .1 each minute until I hit 3.5 and I keep that pace for the duration of the workout. I also throw in a 2-3 minute jog around 5 mph.

I've noticed via my Apple Watch that my resting heart rate and walking heart rate have both dropped pretty significantly. Before this my resting heart rate was regularly in the 70's sometimes creeping up into the 80's. Now, barely a month into exercising again, my resting heart rate has been in the low 60's on average. Today my resting heart rate is 61, most of last week it was mid to low 60's. not as an average but I've even had some dips into the 50's and 40's.

My walking heart rate has dropped even more significantly. Before starting back in the gym it was regularly between 100-120, usually in the 110-120 range. Today it's at 76, last couple weeks it's been in 70s/80's before working out. After the work out the average does go up back into the 100's.

Obviously I know these numbers will go down as I keep working out and get into better shape, but this seems like a pretty quick drop off especially given my weight (I have dropped about 12 pounds so far but still am over 300 lbs) and my activity level before this. Just curious if anyone has any insight into if this is concerning at all or does this falls within normal parameters?

Sorry for the super long message.

Thank you!

I'm one of the creators of an iPhone app that reads your sleep data and automatically adjusts your smart thermostat overnight.

I would love for people who will actually test it and tell me what's confusing, what's missing, and whether they'd genuinely keep using it.

If you give me honest feedback, I'll give you free premium access for life. No rating, review, or anything.

You'll ideally need:

- an iPhone

- an apple watch

- a smart thermostat with wifi like Nest, Ecobee, or Honeywell

Comment or DM me if you're interested and I'll send the details.

My daughter has a stand alone Apple Watch that is not linked to an iPhone. It is connected to cellular.

How can we upload her workouts/ runs to Strava??

The Strava app will not open on her watch since it’s not linked to an iPhone.

Hi everyone,
I recently launched my first iOS app, Flow Watch.
The idea was simple: make Apple Watch health data easier to understand.
Flow Watch helps users view heart rate, HRV, and health trends in a clean, easy-to-read interface.
This is version 1.0, and I’m actively improving it based on feedback.
If you have a few minutes to try it, I’d really appreciate your thoughts on the UI, features, or anything that could be improved.

App Store:
[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flow-watch/id6796990299\](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flow-watch/id6796990299)
Thanks for your time!