Is Apple trying to kill you with your November Challenge?

[rumz]

My November Challenge is that I have to close the Move Ring 1 time. Beat that.

Hahaha. You’ve got me beat. I laughed at mine when it I saw the challenge of a total of 120 exercise minutes— 4 per day. My watch’s way of telling me just how low the bar is...
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LOL that's insane. Seriously though it's a flaw with their system. They need some sort of cap at a certain point where exercising more just doesn't make sense, or would even be unhealthy (400+ minutes of exercise is unreasonable but not deadly; but having to triple your move goal every day of the month would definitely be over-training).

Here’s my question. What would trying to record 7 hours of exercise a day do to your watch’s battery? Would it even be able to do that consistently?

I had thought of one scenario where someone could log those kind of hours— a thru-hiker. Though I’m not sure if it’s too late in the year to do that in the northern hemisphere— maybe in more southern areas it could still be done. Then I realized how devastating that much “workout” recording would likely be to watch battery life. Of course, if your watch gave you the minutes without needing to explicitly start a workout, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad... for my part, the way my watch is calibrated it rarely gives me exercise minutes that aren’t part of a workout done with the “Workout” app.
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Haha. I work for brown too. Peak will get me through this unreasonable goal... I’m more concerned with what next month might be...

Quick update — the 3rd day of the month is done and I’m at 1,752.

Orrr I guess you can have a job that is really active, and it sounds like your watch is not miserly about giving you exercise minutes (at least I assume you’re not having to log your work day as a workout )

 

[xDKP]

That was my October challenge, which I laughed at since I've closed all 3 rings every day except January 1 and one day that my phone was replaced. Apple does "Perfect Month" awards. They should do "Perfect Year" awards as well...

Imagine the feeling if you casually missed you didn't close the last minute of exercise a bloody Wednesday in October - and lost out to a full year

But the Gold-7-Week should at least be Gold-Month maybe?

 

[freemyheart]

But the Gold-7-Week should at least be Gold-Month maybe?

I think I could close that in one day

 

[Nell]

My original 1,220 minutes challenge hasn’t returned and my close all three rings 3, no 20 times has now changed again to close all three rings 0 times. I have met my challenge. Well done me!

Obviously by tomorrow it could be a whole different story...

 

[freemyheart]

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My original 1,220 minutes challenge hasn’t returned and my close all three rings 3, no 20 times has now changed again to close all three rings 0 times. I have met my challenge. Well done me!

Obviously by tomorrow it could be a whole different story...

Congrats!

 

[Nell]

Congrats!

Thanks! I’m feeling very proud.

 

[japanime]

I had a similar one for October. Double my calories 9 times. (500)

This month complete 233.3 miles. (That’s 7.5 miles a day). fall and rainy here so I doubt that will happen...

Ours are similar. Last month, I had to burn 18,000 calories (which I did). This month, I have to log 241 miles. Thanks to great weather, I've managed 100 miles so far.

 

[john991]

Ours are similar. Last month, I had to burn 18,000 calories (which I did). This month, I have to log 241 miles. Thanks to great weather, I've managed 100 miles so far.

Mine is 233 miles, 7.5 miles / day. Getting cold here, so it maybe tough for me.

 

[Perezricardo19]

I figured watchOS 5 would have some new challenges. I wasn't expecting this though.

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I feel you but life is about goals $$$

Seven hours of exercise a day? No problem, right?! HAHAHA!

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Ours are similar. Last month, I had to burn 18,000 calories (which I did). This month, I have to log 241 miles. Thanks to great weather, I've managed 100 miles so far.

Ha ha ha I here you as a upscale apartment painter I’ve managed 4850cal and 85 flights of stairs with an average of 22500 steps a day and still have not met Apple goals

 

[Bballrob]

I got off light this month. Double my move goal 3 times this month. Today was my third one.

Done.

 

[Jason Hensley]

I’m still working on mine, needing to average 131 minutes of exercise a day. So far I’m +219 minutes through 10 days.

 

[maflynn]

My November challenge is impossible, 30 workouts in 30 days. I take at least one day a week that I use as a recovery day. I probably could have cheated by setting the exercise and failing my arms, but there are days like today that I'll not go out for a run, and I take it as a full day of rest.

 

[Jason Hensley]

My November challenge is impossible, 30 workouts in 30 days. I take at least one day a week that I use as a recovery day. I probably could have cheated by setting the exercise and failing my arms, but there are days like today that I'll not go out for a run, and I take it as a full day of rest.

30 workouts doesn't mean one workout per day. You could do 2 workouts a day, or split your one workout into two and still have your rest day. I believe each workout needs to be 15 minutes to count towards these goals.

 

[john991]

30 workouts doesn't mean one workout per day. You could do 2 workouts a day, or split your one workout into two and still have your rest day. I believe each workout needs to be 15 minutes to count towards these goals.

Correct 2 x 15 minutes per day counts as 2 workouts per day.

 

[Nell]

My pride at completing my challenge was premature; it’s now back to wanting me to close all three rings 20 times. While I hope to do it, I’ve had a rubbish week and have missed my stand goal a few times so I have to watch myself from here on in.

 

[mollyc]

Correct 2 x 15 minutes per day counts as 2 workouts per day.

Yes I do that when I get a challenge for more than 30 a month. I just stop and restart a workout in the middle of my 45 minute walk.

 

[DukeSilver79]

I've been training for a couple of 5k's and my first half marathon next May, so my monthly goals have gotten stupid. I'll just have to learn to do without my fake medals once in a while, because I have a family.

 

[batting1000]

Exercise 22 times this month. I run 5 days per week, so I'll probably just miss it.

 

[Jason Hensley]

Exercise 22 times this month. I run 5 days per week, so I'll probably just miss it.

Split some of your running workouts into two (at least 15 minutes for each workout) and you’ll get it!

 

[Jay-Jacob]

This challenge tough for me and manage do it today but I still don’t get award for it? I hope I get that badge cos if not it annoying work hard for it and not get yet.

My normal move is 500 so goal ask 1000.

Edit: seem switch off and on iPhone fix it. Phew.

 

[ZebraDude]

Yes, Apple is killing me as well and the winter weather is making it less fun.

 

[Jason Hensley]

That is

Yes, Apple is killing me as well and the winter weather is making it less fun.

That is a lot of workout minutes... My goal is the same but for 3,930 minutes. So far I am up to 2,682.

 

[john991]

Down to the stretch. How many of us are close?

I have to move 233.2 miles, so far I’m at 172 miles. (61.2 miles to go).

 

[Jason Hensley]

Down to the stretch. How many of us are close?

I have to move 233.2 miles, so far I’m at 172 miles. (61.2 miles to go).

You’ve got this!!!

I’m at 3252 of 3930 exercise minutes. I should wrap it up by Tuesday or Wednesday, a couple of days ahead of schedule.

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

Mine is to do 42 workouts of at least 15 minutes or more, and I had 24 by Nov 22nd, so I have to do 18 more in the next 9 days.