Apple watch exercise ring

lhanson0851 · April 2015

I held out for the Apple Watch and I'm finding it motivating for the exercise. It does not recognize my dog walk for the time input in. I walked 40 minutes and it gave me 20. I don't know if my heart rate didn't go up enough? At one time it slipped down on my wrist and I had to re enter the passcode. It went into pause during that time. Any ideas?

Heatherkw2014 · April 2015

It's possible it could have paused. During a workout it uses the heart rate monitoring constantly. I've been making sure I wear it snug during a workout to make sure I get the best experience. Also if you are not moving at a brisk pace or above it won't give you an exercise credit. So if you had to stop or slow down at any point it may not have counted that. I've had it happen during my walks with my dogs.

whothat270 · April 2015

Did you record it as outdoor walk or as other? If it's other, it seems to use predominantly heart rate, while outdoor walk it uses steps.

BIGBMF · April 2015

I walked with the app twice today. Both times it didn't count some time as exercise. I think I was going too slow. It bothered me at first but then I figured it counted in the workout app and maybe I need to pick up the pace and not smoke while I'm walking.

BIGBMF · April 2015

Doing the same thing even more today. Out of 128 minutes it gave me 12. Still short of my 5 mile a day goal so after age of ultron I'm gonna jog a short distance and see if it counts all of it.

BIGBMF · May 2015

Ok I can pretty much confirm that the Apple watch only considers walking an exercise if your going over 3.5 miles an hour.

minizebu · May 2015

I don't have an Apple watch, however, my suspicion is that you have to be moving continuously at an aerobic pace for some period of time for it to credit you for active minutes.

I have a simple Omron pedometer and if I walk continuously for less than ten minutes, it will record my step count, but does not label the time as "aerobic minutes". I have walked on the treadmill at paces as low as 2.7mph and it still gives me credit for aerobic minutes (after ten minutes of continuos activity).

On a dog walk, where you might be starting and stopping a lot, I can see how your Apple watch might not be crediting it all as active.

Does Apple have FAQ web site for the Apple Watch? You might want to check it out.

lhanson0851 · May 2015

Thanks for all the information. I will up my speed and see what happens.

TCCot · June 2015

The exercise ring needs vast improvement. It is very inaccurate. I just finished a 40 minute walk using the outdoor walk mode, with a really great motivational Nike interval training tape. My heart rate was over 95 the entire 40 minutes and around 105 during the five 3 minute intervals. It gave me credit for a measly 10 minutes of exercise. I'm just going to ignore that ring until Apple gets it act together.
TC

scottb81 · June 2015

I don't think the exercise ring moves in response to heartrate but rather to pace when walking. My walking heartrate rarely exceeds 80 but the exercise ring moves if I walk fast enough. I think 3.5 mph is the speed you need to be walking to get exercise credit.

minizebu · June 2015

TCCot wrote: »

The exercise ring needs vast improvement. It is very inaccurate. I just finished a 40 minute walk using the outdoor walk mode, with a really great motivational Nike interval training tape. My heart rate was over 95 the entire 40 minutes and around 105 during the five 3 minute intervals. It gave me credit for a measly 10 minutes of exercise. I'm just going to ignore that ring until Apple gets it act together.
TC

Or, you could take the exercise ring to heart and push yourself to pick up the pace a bit.

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