Pro whitewater kayaker here. Just switched from a garmin Fenix to an Apple Watch ultra. Took a while to figure out but after getting WorkOutDoors and Athlytic, the ultra has been amazing! Couple questions I have about WorkOutDoors though:
Is there a way to have the screen always on? As of right now it turns on and off every two seconds because it thinks every paddle stroke is me raising my wrist. I’m actually worried this drains even more battery, but maybe not. It also turns on just after it’s out of view during my normal paddle stroke, which is a little annoying.
Is there a way to show elevation drop reference the start point? I just want to see how far I’ve dropped from the start of the river. Otherwise going up and down waves thinks I’m climbing and descending constantly which makes for weird elevation numbers. That and maybe it going underwater a fair amount could throw off the air pressure? Just guessing.
And last thing is about uploading to strava. I use the paddling activity but when loading it to strava it automatically loads it as stand up paddle boarding. Is there a way to change that?
Thanks
Tad
The next version of the app will support the always on display.
You can configure a screen to show the "Relative Altitude", which will be the drop since the start of the workout.
Apple's paddling workout is for several types of paddling. By default the app uses SUP when uploading to Strava, because that seems the most common paddling workout type, so you will need to change it in Strava.
You cannot configure what is sent at the moment but I plan to allow it in the future, probably when I allow custom activity types to be created.
I hope that helps. Glad you like the app!
