Discovery Vitality in 2016

[Shellyb1]

Anyone with the Apple watch update to the new watch software?

It seems to be a lot more generous with the steps than the previous version.

 

[whatwhat]

Anyone with the Apple watch update to the new watch software?

It seems to be a lot more generous with the steps than the previous version.

I'm running WatchOS 2.2 but never worry about steps as I use it for recording heart rate. But will check the history to compare since the update.

 

[krycor]

Haven't noticed yet.. Today I cycled and the uv sleeve slipped under my watch setting into auto pause and then it killed the work out before I noticed and killed it whole trying to resume so I ended up with a split workout = 1/3 points aaaaaaaaargh

 

[StrontiumDog]

Did a session today at gym after 6 weeks off gym, so obviously not that fit at present.

Did 10 minutes rowing at 7 intensity, then 13 minutes of deadlifts. Admittedly I was not going very heavy, only pulling my bodyweight in weight, but I struggled to hit a very high heart rate and keep it high. I stopped the session on Polar Beat app but carried on with my workout doing other things at my own pace. Average for the 23 minute recorded session was 73% of HR max. I highly doubt it would be wise for me to try to average 80% of HR max.

 

[robdarussian]

Haven't noticed yet.. Today I cycled and the uv sleeve slipped under my watch setting into auto pause and then it killed the work out before I noticed and killed it whole trying to resume so I ended up with a split workout = 1/3 points aaaaaaaaargh

Turning off "wrist detection" should fix that.

 

[Tinuva]

Did a session today at gym after 6 weeks off gym, so obviously not that fit at present.

Did 10 minutes rowing at 7 intensity, then 13 minutes of deadlifts. Admittedly I was not going very heavy, only pulling my bodyweight in weight, but I struggled to hit a very high heart rate and keep it high. I stopped the session on Polar Beat app but carried on with my workout doing other things at my own pace. Average for the 23 minute recorded session was 73% of HR max. I highly doubt it would be wise for me to try to average 80% of HR max.

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With deadlifts, at 60kg, as you say not heavy, I am able to push my HR% to over 90%, easily hit 98% with it, but its only for a short peak that lasts my 15-20 seconds, then my heart rate takes less than 30 seconds to recover back to 75%, and then another 30 seconds to hit 69%. Unfortunately with that, my average is around 74% to 75% at the end of the day. I will not push harder than that on lifting weights.

Other exercises don't push my HR% up that much. Squats and Deadlifts are the best. Overhead press goes up to like 77% max, bench press I think is about the same, when doing like 50-60kg benches.

Doing a bike is the easiest for me currently, although I work my butt off. A bit over the top to get to 80%. I will probably just skip this active rewards from next month.

 

[Jase]

A quick Q: My garmin has not synced a workout / steps to vitality since the 24th. Is it because I am capped at 30k points for the year?

 

[WesleyR]

A quick Q: My garmin has not synced a workout / steps to vitality since the 24th. Is it because I am capped at 30k points for the year?

No, you should still receive Rewards points which are not allocated to your normal Vitality status points. Maybe check in Garmin Connect whether Discovery is still linked to your account.

 

[Jase]

No, you should still receive Rewards points which are not allocated to your normal Vitality status points. Maybe check in Garmin Connect whether Discovery is still linked to your account.

According to vitality, my garmin connect synced at 7.40 this morning.

 

[F1ve_Claw]

A quick Q: My garmin has not synced a workout / steps to vitality since the 24th. Is it because I am capped at 30k points for the year?

Wife had the same issue. She sent through an email and now suddenly it works!

 

[krycor]

Turning off "wrist detection" should fix that.

So got around that this time round but only after missing like 10km of my cycle today meh.. Went on for another 20km and then an extra 10km to push my time to 2hrs but still only got 600 points.. Meh. Will just get points like usual I suppose at the new slow rate due to the event point changes.

Ps. Can you get points for an event (marathon, cycling timed etc) as well as HR?

 

[StrontiumDog]

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Sorry, fixed it now. Basically just under 15 minutes of my 23 minute workout was between 70 and 79.9% of max HR.

With deadlifts, at 60kg, as you say not heavy, I am able to push my HR% to over 90%, easily hit 98% with it, but its only for a short peak that lasts my 15-20 seconds, then my heart rate takes less than 30 seconds to recover back to 75%, and then another 30 seconds to hit 69%. Unfortunately with that, my average is around 74% to 75% at the end of the day. I will not push harder than that on lifting weights.

Other exercises don't push my HR% up that much. Squats and Deadlifts are the best. Overhead press goes up to like 77% max, bench press I think is about the same, when doing like 50-60kg benches.

Doing a bike is the easiest for me currently, although I work my butt off. A bit over the top to get to 80%. I will probably just skip this active rewards from next month.

Starting off with 10 minutes of cardio is not the end of the world but it sure was boring! Will replace this with a jog to the gym when weather permits.

Will have to pull heavier on deadlifts then or only do things that involve legs to get the HR up. When 2 April comes it's going to be really really tough to average 80% for 30 minutes! All want is my 300 pts that we are supposed to be getting according to the old rules. Freaking fiddling and timing things right with the HR monitor and app to ensure a high HR is not how I want to be spending my gym time!

 

[xrapidx]

All you need to do is get older, then your max heartrate comes down - and you can achieve it easier.

 

[Napalm2880]

Any news for tomtom devices?

I saw a post on the TomTom twitter feed that they're working on it. No ETA yet. If you linked before 18 March you can still use MapMyFitness for a while. New TomTom devices can't be linked until the direct integration is completed.

 

[msquared]

any news on suunto? Their last communication a month again was that they were working on a solution.

 

[abudabi]

Ps. Can you get points for an event (marathon, cycling timed etc) as well as HR?

Nope.. 1 "item" of points per day... whichever earns you the highest

 

[abudabi]

A quick Q: My garmin has not synced a workout / steps to vitality since the 24th. Is it because I am capped at 30k points for the year?

On just about a 2-weekly basis I need to de-link and then re-link my fitbug to get me step data in. Polar sync has not missed a beat and neither has the wife's jawbone steps.

 

[Malasius]

any news on suunto? Their last communication a month again was that they were working on a solution.

We are also working closely with Strava, SUUNTO and TomTom to get the required integrations in place to award Vitality points, and we are confident that this will be finalised with all three partners in the coming months

https://www.discovery.co.za/portal/individual/vitality-news-mar16-vitality-fitness-points

 

[SoTrue]

I expect this thread to become hectic after 2 April.....

 

[gifs]

I expect this thread to become hectic after 2 April.....

Simply reading this thread after 2 April might send your heart rate over 80%. Be sure to wear your strap.