Vibes and Scribes

6:44am. Another work from home day. A 5:30am rise time has allowed me to pray, get in my morning core workout, and have some time to post this blog. As mentioned in yesterday’s post (and previously on Bluesky), I’ve decided to return to blogging. I enjoy it but don’t feel I have to be consistent […]

You Janet Jackson fans will recognize what I did there in the post title (wink). Greetings all. We humans have been presented with methodologies and processes aimed at motivating us to to things for a reward, for decades. Oxford’s Dictionary defines gamification as : gam·i·fi·ca·tion/ˌɡāmifəˈkāSHən/ noun Think of the many times you’ve been presented with […]

Greetings all, I hope this post finds you well. Since July 2017, I’ve been tracking my fitness workouts with the Apple Watch. First starting with the Series 3, then continuing with the Series 4 (gifted to me). For all intents and purposes, the watch has proven to be a useful device for what I need, […]

“There ‘s an app for that.” I started seriously, or maybe I should say consistently, going to the gym in my very late 20’s…(yeah, yeah, there have been a FEW hiatuses, but that’s not what this post is about,😂)…long before the iPhone or any wearable fitness tracker was even in existence. It was then that […]

Playing the numbers… Greetings good people. I’ve never purchased a lottery ticket, but definitely been “living by the numbers” for almost ten years. I have been working out in the gym, solely (aside from those varied hiatuses) with pen and pad, pretty much regularly after college. The Nike+ iPod Fitness tracking system made me start […]

“…and on the third day…” Greetings everyone. We’re just about at the tail end of the work week, and that’s a good thing (for me, anyway). I run. I started running of my own volition in July 2010, when I started tracking my runs using the Nike+ iPod fitness tracking system. It’s really that technology […]

Greetings all, It’s Friday, 10:31PM EST to be exact, and I’m glad that the start of a long(er) weekend is here. This post is about the end of a journey, a journey that began with the use of what became a fitness tracking device I became very fond of. While I won’t rehash all my […]

Greetings all… The weekend is gone that quick…what else is new? It was a good one nonetheless, outside of my broken sleep patterns via trying to see the launch on Saturday morning. It was a success this morning at 3:30 am or so (I didnt wake up for it, but will be checking out the […]

Greetings all… Earlier tonight I posted a blog about day 1 of 31 of my social media fast for the month of August. Part of the daily social media regimen is being an admin to the Facebook group, Apple Watch Fitness Fans. I usually post my daily exercise and workout results there, like many of […]

On July 3, 2017, I purchased my Series 1 Apple Watch from Best Buy – specifically for fitness tracking. NIce to say that one year later, it has served it’s purpose. While I’ve worked out more on than off since my college days, the watch, through the Activity app and iOS Health app dashboard, provides […]