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[Firozfx]

I need to make up 900 points by Friday. Problem is I am Fasting. So little time to do anything.

 

Looking to squeeze in 3 30 minute high intensity idt sessions after 9 at night.

 

Eish

[Veebee]

I need to make up 900 points by Friday. Problem is I am Fasting. So little time to do anything.

 

Looking to squeeze in 3 30 minute high intensity idt sessions after 9 at night.

 

Eish

 

 have to be careful of pushing yourself over the top while fasting. won't be easy on the body.

[Ratty]

They reset you "current" weeks goal on Friday midnight. Even though you might've achieved your points, your status might still show "Pending". It does that until the Wednesday, when you get awarded (or not). So there are a few lee-way days, but it doesn't mean you can squeeze activities in there for the week prior. 

I know that. 

 

But my point was that at the point that they reset your goal on Friday midnight, they don't know that you haven't made your goal as you could still have points coming in due to the   delay (Virgin Active especially).   Only by the next Wednesday will they know for definite that you didn't make the previous week.

[splat]

This tweet made me chuckle

 

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TableMountainBikers‏@TableMTB

I ride up Mont Ventoux 3 times on June 7 and @Discovery_SA award 300 Activity points!I think I need @hellopetercom

 

[driewiel]

Here is an option to let Discovery know how we feel. Will likely make no difference and to be honest I have stopped playing Vitality's games, but it summarises the issue quite nicely.

https://www.change.org/p/discovery-health-discovery-vitality-to-review-their-point-system

[dracs]

just saw this ...

 

Discovery ‏@Discovery_SA  3h3 hours ago

@mestment Hi, we are working on a programme that is specialised for endurance athletes, communication will be sent when this is launched.

Anyone know what this actually means? 

[NotSoBigBen]

Anyone know what this actually means? 

 

'we finally take heed that the natives are restless but need to keep you calm for another few months ...'?

[Pure Savage]

Anyone know what this actually means? 

If common sense is a good guess, they will look at distance or time trained at a lower heart rate, so a 6 hour ride over 180km at 70% gives you more points than a 30min work out at 80%

[Frosty]

If common sense is a good guess, they will look at distance or time trained at a lower heart rate, so a 6 hour ride over 180km at 70% gives you more points than a 30min work out at 80%

Or a sliding/tiered points scale that has been suggested by many here and on their social media pages.

[shaper]

Or a sliding/tiered points scale that has been suggested by many here and on their social media pages.

Think members should be reimbursed for all their hard work in fixing an adhoc system Disco put together as they will finish up with a working system which will give valuable and real time data... none of which they were capable of doing themselves without suggestions and improvements of the obviously more qualified members

[BarHugger]

Dear Discovery Vitality... I write this post IRO of Apple watch.

Calling all Autobots.. I Mean Discovery Vitality Members, I have the long sort after answers to successfully utilizing the Apple watch with the weekly fitness goals.

I refer to the 30 minute workout to earn 300 points.

Firstly: Don't think of this as a 30 minute workout.... Its a 30 minute RACE!!!!! Unless you are a 1 legged 89 senior citizen, with a triple by pass and high blood pressure, its going to be quite difficult to get your heart rate up to the desired rate for the full duration.

Secondly: Expect you heart rate reading to be as accurate as a compass made using a thorn in placed in a mud puddle... so you are going to have to keep your heart rate higher than the required rate (based on how old and fat you are), to combat the law of averages.

Thirdly: Take a running start.

SO HERE WE GO!!!!!!!!

Mount your weapon of choice - for me its the spin bike, so I will use this as a reference. Stretch before hand as you are going to have to accelerate from zero to "AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH" in a few minutes.

Step 1: Take preworkout. Caffeine is your friend. In fact take double what the bottle says. If you feeling as you are seconds from death then you are spot on.

Step 2: Get the bike and start peddling as if you were Oscar Pistorius evading a bail hearing.

DON'T START YOUR WORKOUT ON YOUR WATCH YET THOUGH!!!!! No no, we need to build up cardiac tempo. 

Step 3: From the time screen scroll up, then left or right to the heart rate sensor. This will give you and indicator of when you can start you work. Like Little Bears porridge it must be JUUUUUUUUUST RIGHT!!!

For me the magic number is 150BPM

Step 4: When you heart rate hits the magic number, start your workout on your watch. Remember for every minute your heart rate is a beat under target, you have to exceed the target by the same margin for a minute. Hence without the warm up my heart rate could be 130 for 10 minutes, meaning I need to raise it to 170 for 10 minutes to average 150 over 30 mins.

Step 5: DRUM AND BASE.... or GENERAL DOOF DOOF! Music of a high tempo will help distract your conscience from the physical pain you are experiencing, plus the dancing will also help camouflage any cardiac arrest episodes. The last thing you want is a nosy paramedic interruption your mission for 300 points and a chance at a free coffee. 

Step 6: Ignore what your body is telling you. If your throat is burning as if you gargled Hydrochloric Acid, and your lungs feel as if you inhaled mustard gas - YOU ARE DOING GREAT!!!!!! KEEP IT UP!

Step 7: Stay away from the light

Step 8: Pray just to be safe

Step 9: If you can talk.............peddle faster

Step 10: Keep plugging away until you get to thirty means

Step 11: Stop the workout on 30 minutes and feel free to fall over.

In summary that's my trade secret - feel free to use is.

Discovery Vitality, feel free to use this in your next news letter. Maybe title it.... "What is all the b!tching about you little sissies"

Oh while watching the highlights real of my life while on the bike this morning, I realised where the name Discovery Vitality came from

Possibility 1: The paramedics have to "Discover Vitals" after you collapse.

Possibility 2: Disco Vites, as in Disco Vitamins. Because building houses on the main dance floor at 330 with your sunglasses on sweating like Jacobs lawyer in Con Court is how I felt this morning.

And before you people at the BIG D, try judge my fitness, I maintained a 175bpm average over 30 minutes at gym this morning so I'm fairly fit.

Albeit that at 26m my heart rate magically dropped to 68 for 90 seconds, then back up to 176. That must have been when I when I was chatting to St Pete.

OK that's about all I have to say about that.

Love you long time, 

A previously happy client.

PS: Whats Momentum's number again?

PPS: Please contact your life insurance division and ask them to remove from my list of extreme sports:
Dinosaur Wrestling
Lava Baths
Catching Bullets with my face
Cable Theft

And simply add "Gym"

Oh and up my cover by R10,000,000. My kids need new pajamas.

Kisses

 

[dracs]

If common sense is a good guess, they will look at distance or time trained at a lower heart rate, so a 6 hour ride over 180km at 70% gives you more points than a 30min work out at 80%

 

 

Or a sliding/tiered points scale that has been suggested by many here and on their social media pages.

 

One would think...  but the tweet was in reply to a comment about power and TSS being ignored...  Basing on TSS would be a good option...  power not so much given limited number of power metres out there...

 

Also spotted this, which means my OH could possibly get some points once again at some point in the future...:

 

Discovery (@Discovery_SA)

2016/06/09, 12:44 PM

@kevin1craig Hi Kevin, we are looking to re-integrate with Strava, however there is no details available in this regard as yet.

[Fisan]

One would think...  but the tweet was in reply to a comment about power and TSS being ignored...  Basing on TSS would be a good option...  power not so much given limited number of power metres out there...

 

Also spotted this, which means my OH could possibly get some points once again at some point in the future...:

 

Discovery (@Discovery_SA)

2016/06/09, 12:44 PM

@kevin1craig Hi Kevin, we are looking to re-integrate with Strava, however there is no details available in this regard as yet.

 

Oh great!

 

The said the same thing of Movescount (Suunto).

 

Suunto came up with a working platform integration.

 

Discovery denied it, because...Discovery.

[Pure Savage]

 

Dear Discovery Vitality... I write this post IRO of Apple watch.

Calling all Autobots.. I Mean Discovery Vitality Members, I have the long sort after answers to successfully utilizing the Apple watch with the weekly fitness goals.

I refer to the 30 minute workout to earn 300 points.

Firstly: Don't think of this as a 30 minute workout.... Its a 30 minute RACE!!!!! Unless you are a 1 legged 89 senior citizen, with a triple by pass and high blood pressure, its going to be quite difficult to get your heart rate up to the desired rate for the full duration.

Secondly: Expect you heart rate reading to be as accurate as a compass made using a thorn in placed in a mud puddle... so you are going to have to keep your heart rate higher than the required rate (based on how old and fat you are), to combat the law of averages.

Thirdly: Take a running start.

SO HERE WE GO!!!!!!!!

Mount your weapon of choice - for me its the spin bike, so I will use this as a reference. Stretch before hand as you are going to have to accelerate from zero to "AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH" in a few minutes.

Step 1: Take preworkout. Caffeine is your friend. In fact take double what the bottle says. If you feeling as you are seconds from death then you are spot on.

Step 2: Get the bike and start peddling as if you were Oscar Pistorius evading a bail hearing.

DON'T START YOUR WORKOUT ON YOUR WATCH YET THOUGH!!!!! No no, we need to build up cardiac tempo. 

Step 3: From the time screen scroll up, then left or right to the heart rate sensor. This will give you and indicator of when you can start you work. Like Little Bears porridge it must be JUUUUUUUUUST RIGHT!!!

For me the magic number is 150BPM

Step 4: When you heart rate hits the magic number, start your workout on your watch. Remember for every minute your heart rate is a beat under target, you have to exceed the target by the same margin for a minute. Hence without the warm up my heart rate could be 130 for 10 minutes, meaning I need to raise it to 170 for 10 minutes to average 150 over 30 mins.

Step 5: DRUM AND BASE.... or GENERAL DOOF DOOF! Music of a high tempo will help distract your conscience from the physical pain you are experiencing, plus the dancing will also help camouflage any cardiac arrest episodes. The last thing you want is a nosy paramedic interruption your mission for 300 points and a chance at a free coffee. 

Step 6: Ignore what your body is telling you. If your throat is burning as if you gargled Hydrochloric Acid, and your lungs feel as if you inhaled mustard gas - YOU ARE DOING GREAT!!!!!! KEEP IT UP!

Step 7: Stay away from the light

Step 8: Pray just to be safe

Step 9: If you can talk.............peddle faster

Step 10: Keep plugging away until you get to thirty means

Step 11: Stop the workout on 30 minutes and feel free to fall over.

In summary that's my trade secret - feel free to use is.

Discovery Vitality, feel free to use this in your next news letter. Maybe title it.... "What is all the b!tching about you little sissies"

Oh while watching the highlights real of my life while on the bike this morning, I realised where the name Discovery Vitality came from

Possibility 1: The paramedics have to "Discover Vitals" after you collapse.

Possibility 2: Disco Vites, as in Disco Vitamins. Because building houses on the main dance floor at 330 with your sunglasses on sweating like Jacobs lawyer in Con Court is how I felt this morning.

And before you people at the BIG D, try judge my fitness, I maintained a 175bpm average over 30 minutes at gym this morning so I'm fairly fit.

Albeit that at 26m my heart rate magically dropped to 68 for 90 seconds, then back up to 176. That must have been when I when I was chatting to St Pete.

OK that's about all I have to say about that.

Love you long time, 

A previously happy client.

PS: Whats Momentum's number again?

PPS: Please contact your life insurance division and ask them to remove from my list of extreme sports:

Dinosaur Wrestling

Lava Baths

Catching Bullets with my face

Cable Theft

And simply add "Gym"

Oh and up my cover by R10,000,000. My kids need new pajamas.

Kisses

 

I dont know what all the fuss is about, just pop onto one of the watt bikes, slide in your USB, then select "Link HR" belt, then search the HR belts for the youngster that is killing it at 165bpm in zone 3 and link. 

 

Then go about your workout as you would with power meter on the watt bike, enjoy and make sure that lightie keeps up, or switch to another keen bean with a HR near you.

 

Once it says you have a average HR above your Magic number, mine is 156bpm, just click esc and it saves it on the USB. Upload to Garmin, bobs your uncle, 300 points. If you have an hour and a half to kill, just leave your USB stick in the machine and make sure nobody clicks ESC on the bike, Sauna unplug stick and enjoy your smoothie on the way out.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

I dont know what all the fuss is about, just pop onto one of the watt bikes, slide in your USB, then select "Link HR" belt, then search the HR belts for the youngster that is killing it at 165bpm in zone 3 and link. 

 

Then go about your workout as you would with power meter on the watt bike, enjoy and make sure that lightie keeps up, or switch to another keen bean with a HR near you.

 

Once it says you have a average HR above your Magic number, mine is 156bpm, just click esc and it saves it on the USB. Upload to Garmin, bobs your uncle, 300 points. If you have an hour and a half to kill, just leave your USB stick in the machine and make sure nobody clicks ESC on the bike, Sauna unplug stick and enjoy your smoothie on the way out.

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[JanJan]

I dont know what all the fuss is about, just pop onto one of the watt bikes, slide in your USB, then select "Link HR" belt, then search the HR belts for the youngster that is killing it at 165bpm in zone 3 and link. 

 

Then go about your workout as you would with power meter on the watt bike, enjoy and make sure that lightie keeps up, or switch to another keen bean with a HR near you.

 

Once it says you have a average HR above your Magic number, mine is 156bpm, just click esc and it saves it on the USB. Upload to Garmin, bobs your uncle, 300 points. If you have an hour and a half to kill, just leave your USB stick in the machine and make sure nobody clicks ESC on the bike, Sauna unplug stick and enjoy your smoothie on the way out.

 

I dont know what all the fuss is about, just strap your HR Belt to your dog for 30 minutes. My Italian Greyhound sleeps at 160 bpm. Bobs your smoothie