Hello Arnold, You ask an excellent question the answer to which is that a walking pad is simply a much smaller version of an electric treadmill, complete with a walking belt.
Mark On Friday, June 21, 2024 at 1:26:30 AM UTC-7 Arnold Schmidt wrote: > Please forgive me for varying a little bit off topic from iphones, but I > have a question about this walking pad. On a tread mill, one can make the > motion of walking and it has bearings in it so that one is actually > walking. Does this thing have roller bearings in it so that you can > literally walk in place, it is a tread mill but much lower to the floor > than a conventional tread mill, or is it simply walking in place? One is > simply picking their feet up and putting them down more or less in the > same place, we use to call it running in place in gym class. Thanks for > clarification. > > Arnold Schmidt > > Sent from Arnold's iPhone S E 3 > > On Jun 20, 2024, at 7:07 PM, Kay Malmquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Mark, > Which walking pad did you end up buying and why? I still haven't given up > on this idea but don't know which way to go. Thanks and I love hearing > what you are doing with your shortcuts to make things easier in the long > run. > > Kay Malmquist > [email protected] > > “Abundance flows into your life when gratitude flows out of your heart.” > – Jon Gordon > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* VIPhone > *To:* VIPhone > *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2024 1:50 AM > *Subject:* Some General Updated Info from Mark About Workout App, etc. > > Hello Everyone, You know, each day I plan on posting to the list my > various discoveries about my recent use of my Apple product but, somehow, > time just slips away. It’s almost midnight so I’m just going to list a > couple of things: > > 1. > Because of various sundry reasons, I will be posting to the list from the > main group address, for a while. > > 2. > Since using my new walking pad, I have started using the native Apple > Watch Workout app. I got a kick out of the Apple Fitness Plus sessions, at > first, and I may use them, from time-to-time but I find that I am not > particularly fond of listening to some trainer talking and talking and > talking while I exercise. I prefer my own playlists and or Apple Music > Stations. > > 3. > I have been diving into the shortcuts app as it provides a great deal of > functionality to my workout sessions. For example, I have created a > shortcut, that I can run from a watch face complication that (1) sets the > volume on my Apple Watch for playback on my Bluetooth headset, (2) changes > the active watch face to what I want to explore during a workout, (3) > starts a custom workout such as Indoor walking with a specific goal, and > (4) starts any Apple Music app playlists or station. I have created > another shortcut that, at the end of any workout session, returns all of my > various settings to their original parameters that existed before the > workout session. > > 4. > On a different note, I discovered that one can create shortcuts that can > be activated directly from the home screen that will allow one to directly > play any station / playlist on Apple Music. As an example, If I want to > play the the Apple Music 1970s love songs station, I only need to doubletap > an icon on my home screen and the station immediately begins playing. The > Music app does not appear. This can be done with any playlist / station, > public or custom, in Apple Music. It’s really quite impressive given that > one cannot save an Apple Music Station to one’s library. Without getting > too deep into this, I have also created one shortcut that, when activated, > simply displays a menu of whatever stations I have selected and I can > select from that menu. > > 5. > While I am a huge fan of Amazon Music, I am discovering that Apple Music > offers a great deal when one wants to walk only in the Apple Orchard. > > I have so much more to share about my recent discoveries but the more I > type, at present, the more typos I am making so I will stop here, for now. > > I hope you are all doing well. > > Mark > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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