{"id":12777,"date":"2022-08-20T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/20\/wheres-my-apple-watch-rest-day\/"},"modified":"2022-08-20T14:45:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T14:45:11","slug":"wheres-my-apple-watch-rest-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/20\/wheres-my-apple-watch-rest-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Where\u2019s my Apple Watch rest day?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/19\/23313204\/apple-watch-rest-days-recovery-athlete-cheat<\/a>
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In 2017, I tested out the Apple Watch for several months<\/a>. One big limitation, I discovered, was that it didn\u2019t acknowledge my rest days. Rest days are essential for building muscle<\/a>, but the Watch\u2019s goals don\u2019t really acknowledge that.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not like Apple hasn\u2019t known about this problem; I\u2019m not the only person to write about it<\/a>. And the last time I did, I received emails like, \u201cHey, you know you\u2019re not supposed to lie on the couch on rest days, right?\u201d Yes, but unless I\u2019m deliberately incorporating hills, I don\u2019t usually break 100 bpm when I walk, and the Watch doesn\u2019t read it as exercise. <\/p>\n

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