Rock climbing as strength activity

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+1, please add bouldering

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Hi gang, quick update here for the group.

  1. Regarding bouldering being added as an activity: I can confirm that Bouldering will be added as an activity in October (with a list of additional activities as well). If our team is able to get it out sooner, we will. Unfortunately it’s not as easy as just adding a line of text in the app for an activity like activity; each activity has to connect back into our systems, algorithms, AI coach, etc. Thanks for the patience here and for rallying around this. As someone who enjoys bouldering myself, I’m looking forward to this.

  2. Regrading adding bouldering and rock climbing into the pool of activities that count towards the Strength section of Healthspan: this one is a bit more complicated, as we have an internal process around any activity that may/may not impact Healthspan that is rigorous. We have let our Product team and Research & Development teams know about the interest here and coming to a resolution and they are aware. Timeline TBD on when we’ll have clarity here.

Thank you for reaching out. Helpful to hear directly from members here.

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Thanks for the update @Durkin . Adding bouldering as an activity is great, however if it doesn’t count as strength activity, it doesn’t solve the original problem.

I would rather having a generic rock climbing activity that has an impact on strength training — and consequently, on healthspan score — then having two climbing activity that fail to represent the activity’s nature and make the band almost useless for climbers.

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Hi @scopeta, I hear you and I agree. I’ve given the team this feedback from the group (+me, as I like to boulder myself) and it’s something they are now aware of and have added to their list to have deeper discussions on. If I were a betting man, I would think over time we’ll make it happen (it feels like common sense), but I obviously can’t promise anything because I know activities related to impacting strength activity, and Healthspan in particular, has to be backed up by research. Thanks for understanding. I appreciate the follow-up.

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Sounds like the work around for now is to classify our rock-climbing sessions as something listed within the strength training categories, like Pilates.

@Durkin would be interested to know if the difference in activity has any impact? Regardless of whether the activity is classified as a gym session, pilates session or a toddler carrying session - I am assuming that they the app doesn’t distinguish between them individually rather it distinguishes categorically and that the individual sessions are more for personal logging?

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there is a million research out there on climbing as a strength trainin activity, this should not be at all hard to find.

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