I've been working really hard this week on closing all three rings
in my exercise app every day this week. It's not easy for me to do.
The three rings represent different facets of exercise.
The red ring is measured in calories burned throughout the day. The
green ring is a measure of time your heart rate is elevated. The blue
ring is hours in which you stood for at least a few minutes, to keep
you from just staying seated at your desk all day long. The rings
work like pie charts; if you're halfway to your goal on a particular
facet, the graphic representation looks like a half circle. You've
reached your goal for that facet when the ring looks like a complete
circle.
The new achievement I received yesterday refers to the green
ring, representing activity. For me, that's the hardest to achieve --
I have been satisfying that requirement by walking at a pace brisk
enough to keep my heart rate sufficiently elevated. I'm finding
that "sufficiently elevated" seems to be 100 BPM, but my evidence is
anecdotal. I need 30 minutes total per day to close the ring; yesterday
I got nearly 50 — hence the achievement.
I have a personal goal to close all three rings
every day this week. I started on Sunday. With luck, I'll make it
the new norm.
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