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Shoveling Snow Monitor? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by Airborne_Ape@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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I can understand why Apple may be reluctant to introduce snow shoveling as a workout; getting a dozen software engineers from California to get cups of hot coco to trial it would be a tough sell.

Whereas thousands of people suffer from cardiac episodes directly associated from shoveling snow each year, I would love to see Apple add it in as a safety monitor similar to car crash detection if nothing else.

Does anyone know of third party watch apps which can track snow shoveling in the meantime?

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[–] totalimmortal_@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

So I recently started using Gentler Streak for tracking workouts and this post made me check to see if that app has a shoveling option. To my surprise, it does!

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[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Doesn’t the watch already monitor your heart and warn?

[–] -Sparkeee-@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I use "Snow Sports".

[–] tphalp@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Ditto

[–] NLtbal@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Just start an outdoor walk workout

[–] Laketech@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I used to just start an ”Other” workout when I shoveled. Now I just sit by the beach in the nice warm south…. ;-)

[–] RunninSilenceG@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I use the "Play" workout when doing yard work or snow removal, cause as ya know, its so fun.

Know your own limits. Lift with your legs. Stay hydrated. GG

[–] doogm@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I never start a workout but it always gives me almost every minute as green ring.

I think if Apple could offer heart attack as a warning to the watch, they would have done so long ago. I know that they warn you that Apple Watch cannot detect heart attack on two different screens when you start an ECG on a supported watch. Clearly Apple hasn't been able to reliably detect heart attacks as an event with the watch.

[–] DimeadozenNerd@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

This is almost certainly an awareness issue. Can’t program for an issue that they don’t know exists. I wouldn’t have known that anyone suffers cardiac issues from shoveling snow, let alone thousands every year. Definitely a good idea to suggest it to Apple.

[–] ExtraGloves@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Use dance. People will think you’re the man. Just dancing around for hours every time it snows.

[–] YoungJoyYee@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

There is an app named WorkOther, you can add whatever you want as workout options with it, like cleaning house, washing dishes, and shoveling you want.