Lesser Known Apple Watch Workouts Part II

In the past eight years, the Apple Watch has continued to grow and become a dominant health and fitness tracker for millions of people. Nowadays, if I see a fitness device on someone's wrist, there's a significant chance that that device is an Apple Watch. The gadget is ubiquitous!

With each update, Apple has added new workouts to its Fitness app. Far more than just runs and cycling workouts, Apple Watch now tracks everything from Badminton to Squash, Pickleball to Fencing. But as the diversity of workout categories continues to grow, there continue to be a few omissions. Here is Part II of my Lesser Known Apple Watch Workouts Series, covering the Months of October & November 2022.

**Lesser Known Apple Watch Workouts I**

View the first series of Lesser Known Apple Watch Workouts: here.

Moving Day

The first of the month signals the beginning of a great migration of people out of and into new abodes. This workout entails roping friends into working tirelessly for cheap pizza, pivoting in-and-around awkward corners, and quickly realizing just how heavy a box of books is.

Doomscrolling

You grab your phone, open your social media app of choice, scroll a bit, look up, and realize that night has fallen. Where has the day gone? Why do I feel such a sense of dread? You've fallen victim to Doomscrolling, the act of spending excessive amounts of time on the web, often drawn in by the endless string of worrisome and negative articles to be found online.

Grocery Shopping

This workout adjusts to the type of grocery shopper you are. Are you an aggressive, Mad Max-style shopper who flies through the aisles without regard of ramming someone's ankles into dust? Or are you a casual, leisurely shopper who takes their time perusing your local market? Whichever you are, this workout has you covered.

Beer Pong

This college drinking game is a mix of speed, skill, & precision under the gruelling conditions of being completely plastered.

Raking Leaves

Nothing more satisfying than tidying a lawn of fallen leaves into a tidy pile. And nothing is more infuriating than having that neat pile of leaves obliterated by a gust of wind & restarting the process all over again.

Trick-or-Treating

You have roughly 5 hours (4-9 pm is generally considered the peak Trick-or-Treat window) to hit as many houses as you can in a costume you can barely see out of, all with a sack of sweets that becomes progressively heavier with each passing block. Trick-or-Treating is essentially a HIIT workout in disguise (pun intended).

Tug of War

An Olympic Sport for two decades, Tug-of-War pits you (and your team) against a rival in a test of strength and skill. Back sprains and catastrophic injuries, including amputations, are not unheard of in this sport, so play safe.

Unclogging the Toilet

A workout that puts your gag reflex and forearm strength to ultimate test.

Hitting the Snooze Button

Roughly equivalent to a stretching workout, this activity requires the user to slap their nightstand haphazardly until their palm finally slams the Snooze button and earns them another 9 minutes of blissful sle.. *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*

Preparing Thanksgiving Dinner

Preparing a Thanksgiving meal is an emotional & mathematical marathon. Things need to be mashed, seasoned, turned, basted, stirred, brushed, carved, fried, boiled, strained, mixed, tossed, and probably a dozen more adjectives I can't recall. Oh, and everything takes its own precise time at its own precise temperature to come out just right. This is a harrowing day and not for the faint of heart.

Black Friday Shopping

Part sprint, part rugby. This workout requires you to outmanoeuvre dozens of people frantically racing toward that 60" 4K QLED TV for only $499. With only three available, may the odds be ever in your favour.

Lesser Known Apple Watch Workouts II