{"id":2105,"date":"2022-07-21T10:23:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2022-07-21T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:23:12","slug":"bear-your-way-create-a-fitness-plan-with-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2022\/07\/bear-your-way-create-a-fitness-plan-with-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear Your Way: Create a fitness plan with Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post is part of a new series called Bear Your Way<\/a>, where we hope to inspire users of all professions, hobbies, and interests to get the most out of Bear<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re halfway through 2022, which is a good time to check in on your new year\u2019s resolutions! If, like many of us, you could use help working towards health and fitness goals, Bear can be a useful tool for developing good habits and staying on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get started: Simple goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKeep it simple\u201d is some of the best advice we\u2019ve heard for setting goals.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A goal like \u201cI want to lift 100 more pounds in six months\u201d works for some people. But if that doesn\u2019t click for you, consider trying a more open-ended goal that is still actionable, such as \u201cI want to run\/work out at least two times a week.\u201d This could make it easier to get started, and we can always adjust it down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a fitness plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Where do I start?” The common refrain at the beginning of so many of our fitness journeys. Thankfully, there is a wealth<\/em> of free videos, guides, and apps targeted towards beginners. These cover everything from health to fitness to diet, and solid options are the 7 Minute Workout<\/a> app, the 5 Step Fitness Program<\/a> from Mayo Clinic, and 22 Simple Ways to Get Healthier with Minimal Effort<\/a> from Healthline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wherever you decide to start, Bear is a great place to build and track your fitness plan. A note template can make it easier to organize and track things like your exercise routine, dietary goals, and journal. Headings are a good way to separate training and goals into categories, and highlighter formatting can help exercise names and foods stand out.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Organize, Review, & Share<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Everyone\u2019s fitness plan is different, but the tools you can use in Bear to organize, review, and share (if you want!) your plan remain the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tags<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We recommend developing a nested tag system to organize the notes related to your fitness journey. A parent tag like #personal<\/strong> is a good place to put child tags like #personal\/health<\/strong> and #personal\/fitness<\/strong>, then others like #personal\/health\/diet<\/strong> and #personal\/health\/weigh tracking#<\/strong>. Or you could skip the #personal<\/strong> parent tag and go straight to #health<\/strong> and #fitness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Date-based tags like #2022\/07#<\/strong> can also help you track progress by time. This is a great way remind yourself where you started and how far you\u2019ve come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organize with links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bear’s Wiki Links<\/a> are a useful way to create a table of contents for navigating between notes in your fitness plan. For example, a primary note could contain wiki links to other notes with fitness or workout plans for certain days of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Your review notes are also a good fit for Wiki Links. If you track other fitness-related details like diet or weight records, Wiki Links are a useful way to organize and navigate to them when it\u2019s time to log or review details. Check out an example below.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Conclusion, and bonus features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It can be tough to build new habits, especially when it might involve changing our routines. We hope these Bear tips and features can inspire you and make the journey a little easier, and we’d love to hear from you on Reddit<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, or directly at bear@shinyfrog.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of features, though, we have a couple honorable mentions that can make opening Bear to log data or review notes faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Widgets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A Bear widget<\/a> on your iOS device\u2019s Today screen can open Bear to a specific note. This can save a lot of time throughout the day, and it\u2019s easy to change which note the widget opens. Plus, the next time you get that junk food craving at 2am, a health note widget sitting on your Home Screen might serve as a subtle reminder of your health goals.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Shortcuts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve covered some great ways in the past to use Apple Shortcuts with Bear<\/a>. One great Shortcuts option is the \u201cautomatically run shortcut commands when you arrive at a specific location\u201d feature. This could, for example, automatically open your workout notes when you get to the gym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you happen to pass by your gym frequently, take advantage of the option to specify a window of time this automation can be triggered. This can be based on the time you typically visit the gym.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let’s explore some ways Bear can help on your health journey, from creating a fitness plan and diet routine, to finding notes more quickly with Wiki Links, widgets, and Shortcuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_anchor_podcast":"","jetpack_anchor_episode":"","jetpack_anchor_spotify_show":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[30710022,30710023,1788],"tags":[30710087,30710091,30710092,30710001,30710078],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bear-fitness-goals_blog-1200x820-1.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pakp3M-xX","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2128,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions\/2128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}