Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Activity Challenge: March 2025.
- Thread starter goldmac2006
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
45 minutes is not 50 or 60 minutes, and there are no 5 minute or 15 minute workouts to stack with it.
That is approx, some of my 45 minute yoga workouts are rounded to 46-47 minutes. But yes you can stack cycling, another cycling and a yoga/Mindful Cooldown.
I'm not quite sure that this needs a reply but, yes, I know that 45 minutes cycling workouts are occasionally 46 or even 47 minutes. I do them all of the time when I do just a 45 minute workout, or stacked with a 20 or 30 to get 1:05 or 1:15 (before stacks I just manually started a 20 or 30 after I finished my 45). I just checked - I've done 916 cycling workouts so far.
Yes, I know, I'm weird, but I schedule workouts like that all of the time - 40 minutes cycling, 50 minutes cycling, 60 minutes cycling, even 90 minutes cycling, especially when I was recovering from an overuse running injury and needed to replicate my workouts on the bike. (These days I'm more likely to do 20 minutes walking outdoors followed by 20 minutes on the bike and 20 minutes on the elliptical doing a treadmill workout.)
But my original point was that if you want to do 30 minutes of a core workout and F+ doesn't offer that as an option you can still do a 20 and then a 10 (or even three 10s).
Yeah, I guess I could, but I think I'd get more out of a 20 minute and then just do some more planks or crunches if I feel like it. I just don't get much out of a 10 minute after you subtract the warm-up and cool-down time.
I do stacks to plan workouts around my day, especially balancing jobs/internships and school.
Custom plans are not a one size fits all approach to y’all.
On Tuesdays I only do stacks for half an hour of workouts. Thursdays nothing can be 45 minutes long for any videos. All other days no restrictions on the total stack time.
The 20-minute core workouts almost always run long. I did one yesterday that was a few seconds under 20 minutes, and I believe it may be the only one that is under.
You know how most streamed tv shows these days give you the opportunity to skip the previous episode recap and the intro? I'd like Apple to do that with their workouts. My typical routine is run 3 miles, eat a few bites and rest for 20-30 minutes, core or strength workout, and then run 3 more miles. So, when I start the core workout, I've already run 3 miles and I definitely don't need to warm up.
Hey there! I mostly use the intro to check my yoga mat and MagSafe stand placement. I also make sure my shirt isn’t too bunched up and grab my dumbbells when the trainer prompts me to. During the midpoint break, I check my watch’s notifications and use my hand gripper to strengthen my wrists.
Core and strength workouts over 20 minutes, including HIIT, rowing, treadmill, and any strenuous activities in Fitness+, have built-in breaks. You can grab a water bottle or wipe down your sweat. HIIT and kickboxing workouts tend to have more breaks because they’re usually more intense and these extra breaks allow you to catch your breath and sip water.
Dance, Pilates, and yoga/Mindful Cooldown don’t have prompts for breaks, no matter how long they are. These are slower-paced and not as strenuous. Once the yoga or Mindful Cooldown is over, I use it as the finale workout video for each stack I create. I put my iPhone speakers on mute (sometimes I forget to turn them down after fitness+). After my Stack of the Day is over, I turn off the TV I watch news during my workouts. I turn off the fan and/or air conditioning, put my equipment away, refill my water bottle and fold up my iPhone stand.
You can skip the countdown when you start the workout, except for meditation videos. To enhance your workout experience, add a Fitness focus and Mindfulness focus on your iPhone and Apple Watch. You can also set a custom wallpaper set for your iPhone and Apple Watch face. This helps prevent distractions from your iPhone from blocking your screen while the video is playing, especially phone calls. I found it particularly helpful when I receive numerous calls from numbers I didn’t opt in for, and Canvas emails overwhelming my Outlook inbox. Additionally, you can enable Intelligent Breakthrough and Silencing for 15 Pro users and later, ensuring that only priority notifications, such as deliveries and critical notifications, reach you.
Sorry for the off-topic, but can you? When F+ first started you could not, and I guess I haven't tried since.
Do you skip them the same way as any other workout - by tapping the screen during the countdown? Or is there another way?
On your watch, nope . On the iPhone, nope. Quite different even though it uses the native workout app on my watch.
I didn’t start using fitness+ until iOS 17.5 as that’s when I upgraded to my Apple Watch Series 6, the first AW that I have that can be used with this programme.
I was LTTP for fitness+ as I used to have a series 1 Apple Watch which wasn’t supported for it and it was one version incompatible before it in terms of watchOS. I upgraded to a S6 due to my Apple Watch Series 1 falling apart after seven years.
Last edited:
All good ideas. I don't need time to check a mat (rubber floor) or set up any equipment. I watch Fitness+ on the tv in my exercise room. Another alternative could be an option to skip warmup.
I do check/adjust my mats, get comfortable or get certain dumbbells as I hate to pause it in middle of reps, only every X number of minutes like 5-10 minutes between sets or at the prompted break during strenuous activities in Fitness+. I do not have an AirPlay compatible TV (all of them are 5 yrs+ and decade old ones), norAll good ideas. I don't need time to check a mat (rubber floor) or set up any equipment. I watch Fitness+ on the tv in my exercise room. Another alternative could be an option to skip warmup.
TV so I have a MagSafe stand that folds out of my wallet and I mount my iPhone on an elevated surface which is a step stool, and I adjust the viewing angle when I have to lay on the mat for bridges, Pilates and yoga Savasana. I place the stand and platform horizontally for standing up for HIIT, dancing or lateral lunges.All other use cases I have the iPhone facing in front of the mat by default. If I row on the rower my iPhone will be facing towards me in the left and propped up on the end table of the gym room, and I watch the news or NFL/MLB games off the telly in the gym room during my workouts. I still do warmups and cooldowns/yoga to reduce likelihood of injury.
Good morning, fellow Apple Watch enthusiasts! I’m halfway through my activity challenge! Getting there y’all!
Last edited:
I'm at a make-or-break point now - I do have a 14 day streak going for March so far, but there are fewer than 19 days left if I break it any time before the 19th.
Alrighty then... March is done for me! On to April!
Struggling a bit. 6 days at a trade show didn’t help. Then I picked up an injury that means I can’t run. I can walk, but hitting 13 miles a day that way is really hard. Did it yesterday and today. But it’s a much bigger time commitment walking rather than running. Oh well. I’ll get there.
Keep trying, all we can do.
I’m behind too due to travel and today I forgot to start my workout til about 10 min in … grrr
Sorry to hear that! Did you get checked out by the GP yet? Make sure to follow the instructions given by your doc or the consultant when you want to work out.
How far is your activity challenge currently?
Doctor? No need to see them. It’s just a slipped disc. It will heal eventually. Painkillers aren’t really touching it though.
My friend, you might still need to see a general practitioner (GP) for a slipped disc. You don’t want it to worsen and hinder your recovery.
Even my chiropractor, whom I’ve seen years ago, mentioned that many accidents involving these conditions are common, but they can also involve the cervical spine.
I see a chiropractor every 4-5 weeks. I have scoliosis so it flares up every now and then.
Understandable. In your next appointment, let them know about the injury, and they can provide adjustment therapy. I also enjoyed the therapy where they applied electrodes to your back and stimulated your muscles. You can even inform them if the therapy is too intense, and they’ll adjust it accordingly.
Although I’ve never had any spine issues, I use an ergonomic chair and place a small pillow on it for added support. I use a stand that I adjust for my computer.