Box breathing app
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Re: Box Breathing
I’ve been trying to add this app to my Race for ages & it will not go on.
App says it’s installed but it doesn’t show up in the app list on the watch.
I’ve done all the usual (uninstall, soft rest, clear app cache etc) & now I’m at a loss…
Race 2.44.46
App 3.1.0 (20247)
Anyone have any ideas please ??
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@Mattg576 as far as I know, it needs to be activated in the context of some specific sport profiles. Try the “Meditation” sport and see if the box breathing S+ app becomes available. Then you should be able to use it.
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It’s in the app description
“choose a sport like yoga, stretching, or indoor training”
then you’ll find the S+ app -
@fv4500 Annoyingly that is the exact sport mode I’m trying to use it with (Meditation).
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@sartoric
Thanks, I’ve just looked in Yoga & it is there
Rather odd that you can’t use it in Meditation which is in the same group of sports mode as Yoga & probably the mode most likely to be used with it…
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@Mattg576 strange indeed… it’s where I use it!
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@fv4500
I see it too but you can’t choose it from the list or disable it.
maybe it’s a default of that sport, maybe a bug
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Be aware that there is still, afaik, a bug if/when you pause the activity even if the app is not running.
https://forum.suunto.com/post/165272 -
I used the Box breathing app when it came out with Yoga sport mode, now
- I can’t select it with Meditation sport mode (custom and default).
- I can’t un-select it with Yoga (it’s enabled, but it doesn’t appear in the SuuntoPlus list of Apps). This is a custom mode.
Additionally, I created a workout in intervals.icu for breathwork. Workouts normally go under Suunto Guides. I can’t select any Guide with Yoga and Meditation (default and custom), but I can use it with the old sport mode Yoga/Pilates.
At the moment the list of sport modes includes Yoga/Pilates, Yoga and Pilates, plus Meditation, and clearly something is not working for those that were released later. At least they don’t seem to include Guides. -
@Mattg576 did u ever get this to work? I have exactly the same issue with my race 2 and have tried everything but to no avail. Won’t work with neditation or yoga and Pilates.
I’ve reset, uninstalled, reinstalled, setup settings in the app, followed all the advice but I never get the cues on screen either. -
@TED77 Yes I did get it working (but NOT with meditation !!) but to be honest I found it pretty pants, I thought there would be a vibration pulse at each cycle as I wanted to use it whilst stretching but nope, you have to look at the watch so I binned it …
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@Mattg576 i used to do it like this:
https://forum.suunto.com/post/87182
Only works with equal time periods (so you will have same inhalation and exhalation or hold time) Have not tested with Meditation Sportsmode, but I guess doing with laps and autolap would work - and also for stretching
Edit: just tried - works with meditation sportsmode. You can’t set Autolap below 10 seconds though.
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@ChrisA Cheers Chris, looks like a great workaround to achieve what I was after.
Annoyingly I’ve set it all up as you suggested but I cannot get the box breathing app to show up in the Suuntoplus sports apps, I’ve installed - uninstalled - reinstalled - soft reset watch & synced numerous times all with no luck so gave up…
Thanks anyway
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@Mattg576 yes, it doesn’t work with Suunto+ apps, but you can use it with any breathing exercise where you would need a set time interval (like 10 seconds for inhaling and 10 seconds for exhaling, or 10 seconds inhaling - 10 seconds hold - 10 seconds exhaling - 10 seconds hold) and get a vibration after each interval. I often do my breathing exercises with closed eyes and/or laying down and there it’s helpful to get a rhythm in the beginning. I don’t necessarily use it now and inly go by feeling
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@TED77 thanx, for paying attention on the app, i’ll take a look what could cause the issue like that next week.
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@ChrisA I get what you mean now Chris, ignore the box breathing app altogether & just use the autolap function to guide each cycle - perfect & it works a treat!!
I still find it strange that I can’t get the BB app to work with any sports mode, not even the ones listed in the app description when I could previously but I won’t be wasting any more time on it (who knows what’s going on with the software currently, I haven’t had many issues so happy to leave as is)
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@Mattg576
it’s great how you could configure Suunto watches for different “use cases”
