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Apr 30, 2015 7:22 PM in response to jodiefrommount laurelby swandy,I did 45 minutes on a stationary bike - after selecting indoor cycling as my activity - and had he same result, no movement on the exercise ring. Same thing happened when I took my dog for a walk - but that I wrote off to the fact we were not moving very quickly (and stopping a lot).
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May 1, 2015 5:05 AM in response to jodiefrommount laurelby FeenixFlashfire,I Am having a similar problem... I did 40 minutes on the treadmill 3.4 mph with a 3% incline... avg heart rate of 130... Used the exercise app... But only got "credit" for 24 minutes of exercise on the exercise ring of the activity app...
if this helps the health community tends to define a brisk walk as 3.3 miles per hour
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May 1, 2015 5:56 AM in response to jodiefrommount laurelby goldndoodle,When you look at the workout summary on your iPhone Activity app - does it show an accurate distance walked on the treadmill?
Just out of curiosity ... did you "calibrate" your WATCH first by walking outside while carrying your iPhone? I've seen some websites saying that needs to be done before you get accurate data for inside activity - and the more you walk outside while carrying your iPhone to more accurate the data gets. The WATCH will grab GPS data from the iPhone while you walk outside, take that distance measurement, divide it by the number of steps you took while walking outside, to determine your average stride. Without that data, the watch doesn't know how far you've walked on a treadmill.
I have so far only done outside walks - the Exercise ring and Move ring increase with each workout - the summary on the walk says I walked 4 miles in 58 minutes and the Exercise ring will show 58 minutes of exercise. Avg pace just under 4MPH, avg heart rate of 128BPM.
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May 1, 2015 6:16 AM in response to goldndoodleby nick101,How the various apps work (based on documentation and some testing):
Activity (Watch): measures based on heart rate as measured by watch and movement (steps), measured by the accelerometer in the watch. If your wrist doesn't move (e.g. on a stationary bike, Activity won't measure movement. It will attempt to calculate calories consumed based on your heart rate, weight, age, gender. Results go to the Activity and Health apps on the phone
Workout (Watch): collects data on a defined workout between starting and stopping the workout. If you have your phone with you, it uses the phone GPS to measure distance, and thus calculate speed, pace, calories used etc). It will also try to assess your average stride length for walking/running based on number of steps in the GPS-measured distance. If you then use the watch without the phone, it'll use the stride length to estimate distance, pace, speed etc).
Activity (iPhone): collects data from both Watch apps on movement, calories etc
Health (iPhone): collects detailed data on everything from both apps.
So:
- It's worth calibrating walking and running strides by using the phone with the watch on outdoor workouts
- Indoor workouts are dependent on the watch assessing heart rate and knowing stride length - it has no other data to work with
Hope that helps - please ask if it's not clear
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May 1, 2015 6:51 AM in response to nick101by FeenixFlashfire,wow, lost my first reply to you ... I walked several times outdoors with my phone... I suspect that my stride on. The treadmill is altering as I get warmer... I checked the mileage and it is within a decent margin of error... But my pace is off... Suggesting that as I get moving my stride maybe changing... I just need to work on keeping my stride on the tread consistent... I think in my case the issue is with me not the watch
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May 1, 2015 7:03 AM in response to FeenixFlashfireby nick101,Yes - I think stride will be different outdoors and on treadmill, and it will change during the exercise - gradient, tiredness, time of day all have an effect.
I expect Apple to refine the software over time - this is a first release -
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May 1, 2015 7:42 AM in response to nick101by FeenixFlashfire,YEs first release... For myself I just needed to understand the root issue... I am not worried about getting my sweat equity in... But I am one of those people... Who dearly wants to color in all of my squares... Or in this case my circles.... I know how to do that now... If it means a few extra minutes on the tread I the afternoon before I lift... So be it... Thank you for all of the help!
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May 1, 2015 12:35 PM in response to jodiefrommount laurelby alex_h1,Howdy Jodie,
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.
If the activity you are doing is not being accurately depicted in the Activity app on your Apple Watch, then I suggest going through the calibration steps in the article below. These should help to improve the Activity and Workout accuracy on your Apple Watch.
Calibrating your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy
Take care,
Alex H.
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Jun 5, 2015 10:35 AM in response to FeenixFlashfireby capnbob,From what I've found, outdoor walking in the green ring is determined by pace rather than HR (which drives the calories). If you don't generally keep up a pace of <20minute miles (>3mph), you don't get green ring credit no matter what your HR is doing. It seems to judge minute by minute so you could get credit for a faster minute but not if you slow down (stop for a long-ish traffic light etc.). I am not sure how this translates to treadmill walking where it cannot use pace as a driver. My stationary bike sessions all register almost all minutes in the green ring. Make sure you are selecting indoor walk. Might make a difference.
