“Ten months ago we first asked about the importance of Activity and Fitness tracking in your decision to buy the Watch. 60% responded that those features were core to your purchasing decision,” Bernard Desarnauts, co-Founder of Wristly, writes for Medium. “After purchasing the Watch, 83% of you indicated a notable improvement in your overall fitness and health.”
“The vast majority of Apple Watch users exercise regularly, with 86% exercising at least once per week and 22% of those exercising 6–7 days per week!” Desarnauts writes. “Leaving only 14% stating that they are not doing regular exercise. When looking at the types of exercises, the most common among respondents is running/jogging, followed by weight training and cycling. The ‘other’ exercises include various other workout routines such as walking (6%) and elliptical training (1%).”
“Only 11% of Watch owners prefer to use a third party app every time they workout, but 30% say they use both a third party app and the Workout app,” Desarnauts writes. “Our research therefore shows that in the aggregate 89% of users use the default Workout app.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: We use two third-party apps to track data beyond or in conjunction with Apple’s Workout app: Runtastic Pro and Strava.
Exercise six times per week; lost 15 lbs. by “closing the circles.”
It works.
Anecdotal evidence is unreliable. Where is the independent, unbiased data that shows convinsingly and unambiguously that Apple Watch users are healthier than non-Apple Watch users? Well, fanboys, where is the evidence?
I wonder if people can exercise and eat more healthfully without an Apple Watch? The only person I know who owns an Apple Watch is obese.
Yes, they can.
One must admit, though, that the watch clearly provides great motivation.
Statistically, when people take up exercise, a very significant percentage of them gives up quite soon. The watch data tells us that when people get the watch and begin to exercise, a very significant percentage continues to exercise for a long period of time.
You get what you measure! Exercise is no different.
Apple Watch and two things from Withings…
Withings Body Cardio Scale and Withings Aura.
Those have permanently changed my life. How I move, how I sleep, how I eat. Absolutely fantastic. Apple Health is fantastic and gets better all the time. I have invested to these things quite a lot of money but it is absolutely worth it. I feel much better and I also have data to help me to improve it.
I wonder is it even possible for people to lead healthful and happy lives without Apple Watch?