Inbox Number

The Inbox will show a number based on any uncompleted tasks, it acts like a reminder. This will show on the Eclipse home page and also on the iPhone Eclipse app logo.

A daily wellness survey that has not been entered for the day will add "1". Any workouts from the current day and yesterday will also each add a "1". These tasks will all add together as a number on the Inbox icon (see below I have 3 inbox entries to complete, this is made up of 2 workouts + 1 daily wellness entry = 3). 

Once you use the Inbox on a workout to add additional context, or complete the daily wellness survey, it will reduce the number from the list.

Inbox - Daily Wellness Survey

Each day the Inbox gives you the option to enter a Wellness Survey, which lets you add additional context around how you are feeling today. 

Tags are used as a reflection for any items that you feel impacted your most recent sleep, such as eating late before bed last night. It can be entered from anytime once you wake up and added to as the day continues.

Adding Tags

Tags are fantastic for quickly and easily adding context to the wellness survey. You will notice a default list to get you started, but you can add custom tags:

Tags are customisable by the user, so you can build a list of regulars to select from, as the tags will repeat with the current list. Have as few or many tags as you like, but try keep them short to work best. See some examples below:

Insights

We cannot stress enough how valuable entering tags can be to your insights. They are unique to you and provide amazing context to the automated metrics.

Using the Insights tab in Eclipse Yourself (found on the main home page), open the Recovery Insights or Readiness Insights to view how tags influence your health:

Using Insights Graph

• The light blue dot 🔵 indicates the overall average value. If the dot is to the right, this is better compared to your baseline.

• The blue shading ▍▍is a heat map indicating past values. The more condense the shading, the more values in that range.

• The little red line ▍indicates today's value, so you can easily compare today versus historical at a glance. See above the red line is on "Exercising-Good" as I entered that in my Daily Wellness today. It is just a little ahead of my average indicated by the blue dot by 2%

• Depending on the time period applied, a number will show next to the tag incating how many times it has been used. See above my tag "Alcohol-Last-Night" it has been tagged (20) times, averaging -6% worse in my recovery.

• Where you see a % value in yellow, this indicates it is the best or worst for that graph.

Injury and Illness Tags

If on the Wellness Survey you select an injury or illness, they will show on all the activity, recovery, readiness and orbit graphs.

They show at the top of the graph as a little block for that specific day. Also note that the text 'injury/illness' will also appear below the date and title. See below and example on the Orbit graph, the line of yellow blocks at the top indicate a long running injury.

Wellness Report

Wellness survey notes and tags will show in the Profile Details view which is handy if you are using the Share functionality for monitoring other users. For individual users, you can view your current and historical wellness survey entries via the Orbit screen, as seen below:

Workouts Entry

Once you select a workout from the list you will be presented with a range of questions. Questions vary depending on the type of activity. Tap any question to see a list of values. Only when the form has been completed will the 'Done' button appear to save the entry. Some key points to note on this screen:

• A yellow tick (✔️) next to a question means that Eclipse has pre-selected the best suited answer to save time. You can edit this by tapping into the question and manually selecting a value.

• A green tick (✔️) on a question means that you have selected a value.

• Comments can be typed in the Notes box.

Training Category

When you start a workout using the Apple Watch, you will select the type of activity, such as running or cycling. However there is a lot more information we can uncover by adding a category to better reflect the training. For example, was that running activity to build endurance, was it repeated sprints, was it match prep and so on.

Training Category shows some default options to get you started, but you can scroll to the bottom of the list to add any new customised options. See below I have setup new categories for Cardio Burn, FTP and Beep Test. Any option you select will also show at the top in recent selections.

Primary Load Type

A valuable question to better breakdown your training load and volume, just select one option that best describes why you did the workout. Options include:

•  Aerobic - activity that increases the heart rate. Examples: Endurance, Cardio, HIIT, Running etc

• Power - maximum amount of force in a short time. Examples: Sprints, Plyometric, Explosive, Kettlebells etc

• Strength - building muscle strength. Examples: Weights, Push-ups, Resistance Bands

• Mixed - for sessions that include lots of different elements with no primary focus.

• Recovery - low intensity exercise. Examples: Walking, Stretching, Yoga etc

• Rehab - short for Rehabilitation which is any training for recovery, usually following an injury. Examples: Movement, Balance, Reconditioning etc

RPE - Workout Intensity

RPE stands for 'Rate of Perceived Exertion', which in simple terms is asking you to rate how hard the session felt between 0 (rest) and 10 (max effort) . There is no right or wrong answer, it's unique to you, as some training days you feel great and others not so. Eclipse uses a background formula to estimate the RPE and will pre-fill this in, but just tap into the question to edit.

With the RPE value assigned, Eclipse can calculate the internal Load of the workout. Load is used by lots of professional sporting organisations the world over to monitor fitness and fatigue, it is a great indicator for anyone who exercises a little or a lot.

Load represents your response to exercising, quantified by the intensity and duration of each workout you perform. This validated formula uses the RPE score x Duration (mins) to give you Load, so a 30min run with an RPE of 2 would be 60 load units.

Refer to the Activity page to learn more about tracking your Load with the Load gauge.

Edit Post Workout Entries

Go directly into the workout details to edit a post workout inbox entry. Tap on the notepad icon in the top right corner and this will open the inbox entry. This method can also be used for populating historical entries if you select a past workout.

Using the Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) formula, Eclipse Yourself will estimate the energy expenditure based on the activity type, intensity and duration.

Tip - if you need to delete a workout, this is all done in the Apple Health app. Open the Health app, tap Browse, tap Activity, tap Workouts, tap into Show All Data, tap Edit, tap the workout you wish to delete and select 'Workout & Data'