I bought some "off road" skates as an alternative for my exercising. Typically I am doing "outdoor walks" and "other" which is usually stretching and such.
Today was the first test run. I managed not to do a face plant but as far as speed, I'm going slower than walking speed. I thought I would be better but I guess after 50 years you forget how to skate. And, since these are off road, I'm never going to be blazing around but probably should eventually get up to the speed people jog at.
The parks I visit have a variety of trails from concrete, to crushed granite, to covered in mulch, to barely a path through the under brush. I am hoping that the off road / big tires will allow me to not worry too much which path I pick.
What routine in Apple's Workout app would you think would work best?
The reason I ask is I get a bit frustrated with the Workout app right now. Sometimes when doing "outdoor walks", it just decides not to give me any exercise minutes at all and other times it gives me full value. I can't figure out a consistent pattern. A lot of my "Other" workouts is to fill in time I believe I deserve. e.g. I walk for a half hour and it gives me 5 minutes so I do "Other" for 25 minutes to fill in the lost time. I assume I'm not doing something right and would prefer to work with the app rather than fight against it.
Today was the first test run. I managed not to do a face plant but as far as speed, I'm going slower than walking speed. I thought I would be better but I guess after 50 years you forget how to skate. And, since these are off road, I'm never going to be blazing around but probably should eventually get up to the speed people jog at.
The parks I visit have a variety of trails from concrete, to crushed granite, to covered in mulch, to barely a path through the under brush. I am hoping that the off road / big tires will allow me to not worry too much which path I pick.
What routine in Apple's Workout app would you think would work best?
The reason I ask is I get a bit frustrated with the Workout app right now. Sometimes when doing "outdoor walks", it just decides not to give me any exercise minutes at all and other times it gives me full value. I can't figure out a consistent pattern. A lot of my "Other" workouts is to fill in time I believe I deserve. e.g. I walk for a half hour and it gives me 5 minutes so I do "Other" for 25 minutes to fill in the lost time. I assume I'm not doing something right and would prefer to work with the app rather than fight against it.
