Seeing notifications of low battery too late

My apple watch always runs out of battery exactly when I need it, either before bed or when I prepare to run. I don't get any notifications on the phone when it gets low batter and I don't see (?) the notifications on the watch. I need help with this.

  1. Can I get the notifications on the phone? Or iMac?

  2. Can I set a shortcut to get notifications at 30% battery (or higher?)

  3. Can I set a sound for the notifications?

Thank you in advance.

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u/vaidab — 7 days ago

Seeing notifications of low battery too late

My apple watch always runs out of battery exactly when I need it, either before bed or when I prepare to run. I don't get any notifications on the phone when it gets low batter and I don't see (?) the notifications on the watch. I need help with this.

  1. Can I get the notifications on the phone? Or iMac?
  2. Can I set a shortcut to get notifications at 30% battery (or higher?)
  3. Can I set a sound for the notifications?

Thank you in advance.

reddit.com
u/vaidab — 7 days ago

Seeing notifications of low battery too late

My apple watch always runs out of battery exactly when I need it, either before bed or when I prepare to run. I don't get any notifications on the phone when it gets low batter and I don't see (?) the notifications on the watch. I need help with this.

  1. Can I get the notifications on the phone? Or iMac?

  2. Can I set a shortcut to get notifications at 30% battery (or higher?)

  3. Can I set a sound for the notifications?

Thank you in advance.

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u/vaidab — 7 days ago

Recovery based training or following the gym schedule?

I've been training for years following my schedule and I'm curious if I should incorporate recovery-based training in it. Currently I'm doing: gym (MFWO) 4 times a week (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat), then 2 days of HIIT/Zone 2s (Tue and Thur) and 1 day of rest. I feel good with this schedule.
I've bought an Athlytic subscription and I'm half a year in it. It shows recommendations for recovery-based training based on multiple data points including my RHR. According to it I have this recovery pattern: high Mon, Tue, low Wed, Sat, med Thur, Fri, Sun. Theoretically I should relax Wednesday and Saturday at least.
Not sure if I should incorporate the advice in my schedule. I was in a cutting phase that ended 2 weeks ago and now I'm maintaining until the end of August.

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u/vaidab — 11 days ago

5 months with Athlytic, no actionable data? Am I missing something?

I've been using Athlytic for 5 months. My routine: gym 4x/week, 2 HIIT sessions, 2 Zone 2 runs, 1 rest day — set since January, and I'm seeing progress.

What I'm seeing (and not sure what to do with):

Today tab:

  • Recovery bounces between low/medium/high seemingly at random. When it reads 22% ("needs rest"), do I trust the app or my program (push a bit in the morning, ease off after)?
  • Target sleep window is off from my actual pattern — it wants 8h30, I run fine on 6h + occasional summer nap, and it recommends bed/wake times that don't match my natural rhythm.
  • "15h sleep debt" flagged even when I feel fully rested.
  • Fitness age: 8.3 years younger — this one I buy.

Trends tab:

  • Recovery vs. exertion: "balanced," 3/7 exertion days.
  • Flagged as "overreaching in recovery-based training."
  • Training load ratio 0.6 (low), cardio fitness 42.9 (good).
  • HR recovery: excellent, 40bpm.

Cross-reference with Macrofactor (workouts): it notes my hardest sessions precede my best recovery days.

Journaling: tried it, days don't vary much. Tags show +15% bad weather, -31% hard workout correlation with rest — but I already train hard on purpose (failure on some sets, not all), so I don't see what to change.

Bonus oddity: it flagged high HR three separate times... while holding my partner's hand.

Core question: I have plenty of data but haven't changed a single behavior because of it. For people who've used Athlytic (or similar recovery trackers) longer-term — what specific actions did the data actually get you to take? Am I overthinking metrics that are just noise around a routine that's already working?

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u/vaidab — 12 days ago

Similar machines with different weight impact

Full gym, the second leg curl has a 15lbs diff for my 1RM. How can I log it if MFWO sees the first one’s history? Should I duplicate the machine?

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u/vaidab — 16 days ago

Plugin that colors notes (and ideally graph view) by note property tags

Basically I'm using Obsidian for my work and I have tags with clients, projects and products. I'd like to have all the notes with the property tag clients colored in a certain way in the files view and, ideally, in the graph view.

I've tried a few plugins but some didn't work, some provided a rainbow of colors I couldn't edit. I'd love some suggestions on how can this be done.

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u/vaidab — 2 months ago

Overhead press form

I'd like to double check a recommendation I got from a bodybuilder at my gym.

  • Taking the bar around the clavicle
  • Pushing so the shoulders are straight and at my back (bar behind my head, as far back as possible)
  • He said (0:34) that the bar is too front, so I should stop pushing
  • And I'd appreciate any other feedback.
u/vaidab — 2 months ago

Deadlift

My back seems too rounded. I’d love some feedback and cues to improve form. Also should I lower the weight?

u/vaidab — 2 months ago
▲ 2 r/AppleWatchFitness+1 crossposts

Apple Watch SE (GPS) not reliably reading heart rate during workouts/running – anyone seen this?

I'm trying to figure out whether this is a hardware issue, a software issue, or something I'm missing.

Device:

  • Apple Watch SE (GPS)
  • watchOS 26.5 (latest version)
  • Issue occurs consistently during workouts

The problem:

When I run, I train based on heart rate zones (Zone 2 runs, intervals in Zone 5, etc.).

The watch frequently stops updating heart rate for extended periods. During these gaps, the displayed heart rate zone remains frozen instead of updating.

For example, during an interval workout I may finish a hard effort and my heart rate should be dropping quickly, but the watch continues showing Zone 5 for another 20–30 seconds. Then suddenly a new data point appears and I'm already in Zone 1 or Zone 2.

It isn't a sync issue with the iPhone. The watch itself is not refreshing the heart rate value.

What I've already tried:

  • Updated to the latest watchOS version
  • Rebooted the watch
  • Confirmed the issue directly on the watch

The issue is reproducible on every run.

I already sent the watch to Apple service. They ran diagnostics and reported that they couldn't find any hardware problems.

Has anyone experienced something similar?

Here are some images that might be relevant.

I'm particularly interested in:

  1. Ways to debug whether this is a sensor issue, software issue, or fit/wearing issue.

  2. Any diagnostic logs or tests I can run myself.

  3. Whether Apple diagnostics can miss intermittent heart rate sensor failures.

  4. Any known issues with watchOS 26.5 and heart rate tracking during workouts.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

u/vaidab — 3 months ago