Apple Watch Indoor Walk vs Outdoor Walk

Damian45
Damian45 Posts: 85 Member
edited November 28 in Fitness and Exercise
I've had my Apple watch for just a couple of weeks but I've already dropped about five pounds thanks to this little thing. I have a specific scenario I need to ask about the workout app. At work we have a very large training room with very high ceilings. Along the top of one wall are windows running from corner to corner.
Would indoor walk be the right workout to use, or outdoor because of the windows? I know indoor simply counts arm or hip sways to gauge the distance and subsequently calories burned. Outdoor actually grabs a GPS satellite to help with those measurements. The two yield vastly different results and I want the absolute most accurate.
Any thoughts?

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  • cyndit1
    cyndit1 Posts: 170 Member
    If you're on a TM its indoor. If your outside, the GPS is used. IMO
  • Damian45
    Damian45 Posts: 85 Member
    cyndit1 wrote: »
    If you're on a TM its indoor. If your outside, the GPS is used. IMO

    What is TM?
  • rachel780mpg
    rachel780mpg Posts: 83 Member
    I would think that outdoor walk feature would also include the different variations in level ground that may incur outdoors. Generally indoor walking is a flat surface. I would choose indoor if I were you.
  • swirlybee
    swirlybee Posts: 497 Member
    Damian45 wrote: »
    cyndit1 wrote: »
    If you're on a TM its indoor. If your outside, the GPS is used. IMO

    What is TM?

    Treadmill.

    Agree that indoor is for flat surfaces while outdoors take into account the different slight elevation changes
  • lgrady760
    lgrady760 Posts: 1 Member
    i would count it as an indoor walk. Even though there are windows you are still indoors.153009034.png
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Indoor. GPS will not work very well in that kind of environment.
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