Apps WorkOutDoors: New workout features

[cichykot]

Hi Ian, I know I’ve asked before, but this is an important matter for me, and I think a few other people would be pleased. I’m the user who uses WoD for training, so issues related to mapping are of least interest to me personally, although I know everyone has their own priorities. What I'm getting at is that I would really appreciate the ability to import workouts from FIT and TCX files. I currently use Xert workouts and it’s really difficult to arrange quite complex sessions here in the program. Importing ready-made workouts for execution would definitely make life easier, not just for me, I think. Two examples below.

 

[cfc]

Hi Ian, I know I’ve asked before, but this is an important matter for me, and I think a few other people would be pleased. I’m the user who uses WoD for training, so issues related to mapping are of least interest to me personally, although I know everyone has their own priorities. What I'm getting at is that I would really appreciate the ability to import workouts from FIT and TCX files. I currently use Xert workouts and it’s really difficult to arrange quite complex sessions here in the program. Importing ready-made workouts for execution would definitely make life easier, not just for me, I think. Two examples below. View attachment 2450617

The ability to import schedules in FIT files is on my to-do list but at the moment I am focussed on the navigation improvements.

A couple of years ago I coded up the ability to import schedules that the app currently supports, but I asked around (including on these forums) and most people said it wasn't worth including unless it allowed nested repeats. That would have meant improving the current schedule functionality rather than just allowing intervals with the current functionality to be imported, so I put it back on the to-do list.

Since then Apple have released intervals without nesting, so I have been tempted to enable that code again, but at the moment I am focussed on navigation improvements. Sorry about that.

 

[FMUK]

The ability to import schedules in FIT files is on my to-do list but at the moment I am focussed on the navigation improvements.

A couple of years ago I coded up the ability to import schedules that the app currently supports, but I asked around (including on these forums) and most people said it wasn't worth including unless it allowed nested repeats. That would have meant improving the current schedule functionality rather than just allowing intervals with the current functionality to be imported, so I put it back on the to-do list.

Since then Apple have released intervals without nesting, so I have been tempted to enable that code again, but at the moment I am focussed on navigation improvements. Sorry about that.

Being able to support the level of intervals that Apple have would be awesome.

My own use case for intervals is to have my plans in intervals.icu & use Watchletic to sync them to the Watch where todays Workout is then immediately available (and future from my calendar are a click away) in the native Workout app.

If WoD could have a vaguely similar workflow (even via a manual download of the FIT from intervals.icu), I'd probably then use WoD for my Interval workouts, as SOMETIMES I also need a map.
Currently I run "Map Only" on WOD whilst doing Intervals where I need a map, and only 'properly' use WoD for the non-structured runs where I happen to need a map.

(even though its perfectly simple to create the structured workouts in WoD, its just not as simple as me dragging a plan into a calendar and having the next 16 weeks set up for me and then not worrying about building any interval sessions on the watch or phone at all!)