{"id":2974,"date":"2018-01-09T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2018-01-03T08:36:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T16:36:21","slug":"apple-watch-can-help-wheelchair-users-roll-past-their-new-year-fitness-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/apple-watch-can-help-wheelchair-users-roll-past-their-new-year-fitness-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch Can Help Wheelchair Users Roll Past Their New Year Fitness Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year millions of Americans\u00a0make a New Year&#8217;s Resolution to start exercising regularly or to become more active. For people who are wheelchair users this can be an even more difficult resolution to obtain. Luckily, the Apple watch Series 3 is a watch that considers all the different ways people move.<\/p>\n<p>This device encourages wheelchair users\u00a0by tracking pushes, rather than steps.The watch also encourages users to meet daily goals, burn more calories and nudges them to keep moving throughout the day. Alongside the activity app, where the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2977\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Apple-watch-face-e1514995678264.png\" alt=\"The picture has two Apple watches demonstrating what the wheelchair workout screen displays. One watch has a reminder to move, the second watch lets you choose a wheelchair workout. \" width=\"400\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Apple-watch-face-e1514995678264.png 789w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Apple-watch-face-e1514995678264-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Apple-watch-face-e1514995678264-768x619.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>user can track pushes, there is the workout app where the user can accurately measure movement in specific exercise routines and set goals.\u00a0For wheelchair users, there are two unique workouts \u2014 Outdoor Wheelchair Walk Pace and Outdoor Wheelchair Run Pace. Just choose a workout and Apple Watch turns on the appropriate\u00a0sensors. Enabling wheelchair workouts is easy and simple, check out the step by step guide below to learn how!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enabling Apple Watch Wheelchair Mode:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.<\/li>\n<li>Tap the\u00a0<strong>My Watch<\/strong>\u00a0tab, then tap\u00a0<strong>Health<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Tap\u00a0<strong>Edit<\/strong>, then tap\u00a0<strong>Wheelchair\u00a0<\/strong>and choose\u00a0<strong>Yes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Tap\u00a0<strong>Done<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Track Apple Watch Wheelchair Workouts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the Exercise app on Apple Watch<\/li>\n<li>Scroll down the wheelchair exercises.<\/li>\n<li>Tap\u00a0<strong>Outdoor Wheelchair Walk Pace<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Outdoor Wheelchair Run Pace<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Set your goal.<\/li>\n<li>Start spinning.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That\u2019s it! Now when you go into your Workout app on your Apple Watch, you will see two wheelchair workouts which will track pushes instead of steps.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SoEUsUWihsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year millions of Americans\u00a0make a New Year&#8217;s Resolution to start exercising regularly or to become more active. For people who are wheelchair users this can be an even more difficult resolution to obtain. Luckily, the Apple watch Series 3 is a watch that considers all the different ways people move. This device encourages wheelchair&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,12,29,59],"tags":[16,77,76],"class_list":["post-2974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps","category-recreation","category-technology","category-wheelchairs-and-scooters","tag-mobility","tag-recreation","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2974"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2984,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions\/2984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}