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This may be a silly question but what is the interest of this type of apps for an average user? I mean, I do daily walks as my main physical activity and never felt any need to use an app to track/log my activities. So, I'm just curious to know what is the incentive to download an use such an app?
Step counting is a way to ensure you get an acceptable amount of exercise in a stagnant world. I lost substantial weight in part by counting my steps.
I use the clock and a mix of various destinations to make sure I will walk enough. For that I just need a good old wrist watch for that, without any tracking included.
Walking also helped me lose quite some extra-weight, so if I may say so myself: congrats, that's great :)
Nice! Yeah I know tracking may not be "required" but for me it's not always easy to quantify especially on days when the weather is bad. I probably will be switching one day to a lower tech solution like a pedometer, given this article. Those are like $15.
It's gamifying your exercise. Some get a dog to remind them, some use an app, some just have the habits.
I see. For me it has become something I need to do. I will just feel like shit the day I can't ;)
im currently a dog one. I have forgotten but she lets me know.
I can easily imagine that and I would love to be able to say I am too :)
Most of my life, I lived with one dog or more... When my mast dog passed away, some 20 years ago, we moved in this big city, in a very small flat... a dog is not even a realistic option here. Even less so that my spouse are getting old and I would worry what will happen to our dog after we pass.
honestly given my wifes and my ages and our condo we have to big a dog. I was more against it but its hard to fight something you don't really want to do. Its like fighting to eat healthier food or watching less tv. Our current dog should be smaller and we really should not get one after her given our ages.
Just so you know: we have not owned a tv since 2000. And, as much as possible, we eat healthy food. I mean, no industrially processed (and over packaged) junk/industrial fast or not fast food. Even our bread is handmade (not by us, we would not have enough room, but by the small local bakery that makes everything the good old way) ;)
I considered a smaller dog but since we're both not in the best health... I just can't. At least, I can regularly see dogs at the park, and sometimes I will pet them.
Exercise social media
You mean, like publicly sharing one's stats and achievements?