Apple clearly had a goal to improve the Messages app.

7 min readDec 8, 2020

This required a lot of discipline, and if I hadn’t been on the cross-country team, I’m not sure that I would have stuck with it. However, if you can find a way to consistently put the work in, and stay focused on your long term goals, the results will be well worth it.First, you have to carve out two separate times to work out. If you have a very busy work schedule, this may be difficult to do. When I worked 9–5 as a summer camp counselor, I had to get up at around 6 am to get my morning workout in, and double back in the evening for my shakeout run.When I ran twice a day, the second run was always an easy shakeout. Sometimes, it was a cross-training session, like a swim. It was also always much shorter than my morning run (usually around 20–30 minutes). And if you’re a new runner, you might want to start off with an evening walk.
“prevents injuries by strengthening muscles and connective tissues; it helps you run faster by improving neuromuscular coordination and power; and it improves running economy by encouraging coordination and stride efficiency.”

“Studies suggest doubling up and running in a depleted state can boost fat-burning, train the body to use glycogen more efficiently, and stimulate mitochondria production (more mitochondria can delay fatigue).”

I had mentally prepared myself for the increase in mileage and the longer, more intense workouts. But, when I received my first training schedule, there was something else that completely shocked me.
But if you aren’t keen on running twice in a single day, you could try working a different system for your second workout. Rather than stacking cardio sessions, you could run in the morning and lift weights in the evening. I used this method in college as well, and it helped me become a stronger, more efficient runner and a well-rounded athlete.

When I entered my first year of college, a heavier academic load wasn’t the only big change I had to deal with. As a result of joining a division one cross-country program, I also had to adjust to a much more rigorous training schedule.

Multiple updates and standardizations were made to top-level UI’s, including the Control Center, widgets, Spotlight, and the Notification Center. These changes make system status clear, easy to find, and customizable.

When redesigning dock icons, Apple consciously tried to retain the personality from the original. There are lots of new UI sounds as well, which were literally built on top of snippets of the originals so that they sounded familiar.

But, you don’t need to work out twice a day every single day in order to reap the benefits. In college, I typically did it three times per week (once to get a second run or cross-training session in, and twice to get a lift in). I will say that the lifting is key, even if you’re a runner. According to Runner’s World, strength training:

My schedule for Monday included two workout sessions — a run in the morning and another in the evening. I honestly thought it was a mistake. At the time, the concept of exercising twice in a single day was completely foreign to me. However, after a few weeks, I started to get used to it.

Whether you’re trying to lean up, get faster, exercise longer, or just move your body more, you can certainly benefit from working out twice a day, as long as you do it properly. Thus, here’s how to exercise twice a day to boost your fitness.The Dock and Menu Bar have a new interface that allows you to customize where controls show up. The method they use of visually showing the user exactly what will happen is not only satisfying, it’s a very effective form of communication.While it wasn’t always easy to get out there and go for a run in the evening or hit the gym to lift weights when I had already exercised in the morning, the fitness gains I was making were substantial enough to keep me motivated to continue.

What I mean here is that you have to choose your two workouts wisely. While it might be tempting to grind through two hard runs in a single day, doing so could backfire on you and lead to injury.

The Control Center and Notification Center changes are meant to create consistency through the ecosystem. There’s also new unified line of symbols. Some of the visual changes, though, like the new app icons, don’t match up with iOS 14; hopefully they’ll fix that.

The Dock and Menu Bar have a new interface that allows you to customize where controls show up. The method they use of visually showing the user exactly what will happen is not only satisfying, it’s a very effective form of communication.

Apple clearly had a goal to improve the Messages app.

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