Analysis of Apple Watch running data
I question the validity of the application. Apple seems to be promoting physical health while simultaneously leveraging mental illness to increase revenue.<p>I grant that this is an actual business space, accessorizing and promoting fitness, but these computerized accessories fundamentally distract from the individual&#x27;s primary goal of getting in shape, leading to reliance on computerized devices that are unnecessary to meeting fitness goals. Isn&#x27;t there such a thing as tuning one&#x27;s ability to know one&#x27;s own limitations naturally? Run. Run hard. Run fast. Run until you can&#x27;t run any longer, and discover and accept physical limitations and push against them if your drive is unsatisfied.<p>Is this kind of data gathering really necessary to fitness? I&#x27;m nearly certain these applications actually fall under the category of play and entertainment. Maybe watch Rocky (1976) and&#x2F;or Chariots of Fire (1981) for inspiration. Note the lack of any cybernetics. I&#x27;ll take a mechanical stopwatch over an Apple Watch running fitness application any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Feel free to use an Apple Watch if it makes you happy, but to accept nothing less than perfection is really quite something else, so maybe there is a different kind of fitness that is immediately more pressing than physical fitness.