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Q: BUG: Exercise app time not showing in Activity app

First thing in the morning, I did an "OPEN" session of "indoor cycling" for 39 minutes, and while both time and calories burned shows in the Exercise app, in the Activity app, my calories burned are counted under "Move", but under "Exercise" did not count the time, still showing 0.

 

Is anyone else seeing this, or was it a fluke for me?

Posted on Apr 28, 2015 7:54 AM

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  • by TominBKK,

    TominBKK TominBKK Jul 22, 2015 6:11 PM in response to Matthew Frederick
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    Jul 22, 2015 6:11 PM in response to Matthew Frederick

    A big thank you to you!   My activity app worked just fine until about five days ago, when it stopped recording any of my exercise.  This was frustrating as I was really starting to get into filling up my rings, you know what I mean.  I just did the reset using the other technique that you talked about, and I received some exercise, and then I did a short walking work out, and it also recorded.  As I already deleted my longer walk this morning, I will take another one tonight and doublecheck to make sure that it is working properly.  But, so far, everything looks good. Thanks again for your support, this has been the only advice I have seen that has worked for me so far, and it seems to have solved the problem.

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Jul 23, 2015 1:11 AM in response to BramPriv
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    Jul 23, 2015 1:11 AM in response to BramPriv

    BramPriv wrote:

     

    I am sorry to report that your take is way off base.

    You obviously haven't tested it like I have then.

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Jul 23, 2015 1:27 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Jul 23, 2015 1:27 AM in response to Winston Churchill

    Jjust tried it again to make sure it hadn't changed with v1.1.

     

    Turn off wrist detection (note this doesn't stop it reading your heart rate as you'll see later)

    Remove the watch from your wrist.

    Start an indoor walk (say) and start to shake the watch.

    Stop after a few minutes and note the exercise credit given in the exercise ring.

     

    It works too on your wrist, but you need to make sure you don't shake so much that you raise your heart rate and introduce doubt into the matter.

  • by Rewjr,

    Rewjr Rewjr Jul 23, 2015 2:52 PM in response to wnpn
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    Jul 23, 2015 2:52 PM in response to wnpn

    The strangest thing to me: I commute by bike 3 days a week, approximately 2.5 miles each way.  I quit starting the outdoor bike workout app, just because I was tired of it.  BUT, I still get credit for all of the exercise and calories for my rides, without doing anything.

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Jul 24, 2015 1:24 AM in response to Rewjr
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    Jul 24, 2015 1:24 AM in response to Rewjr

    Yes that is what you should expect. It just won't record your mileage etc etc.

  • by Nancy H,

    Nancy H Nancy H Jul 25, 2015 5:32 PM in response to hawkwood
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    Jul 25, 2015 5:32 PM in response to hawkwood

    I had this same problem for the first time today. I hiked almost 3 miles, set my workout to outdoor walk and got 6 minutes of exercise credit! I usually walk on treadmill which seems to record exercise correctly.

  • by garyfromgreat neck,

    garyfromgreat neck garyfromgreat neck Aug 11, 2015 7:57 AM in response to hawkwood
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    Aug 11, 2015 7:57 AM in response to hawkwood

    I did an elliptical which register accurately followed by an "indoor walk" on a treadmill. The treadmill time did not register. This needs to be addressed by Apple since many of us purchased then watch because of the health feature.

  • by debsterz1963,

    debsterz1963 debsterz1963 Aug 11, 2015 10:49 PM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Aug 11, 2015 10:49 PM in response to Winston Churchill

    I am doing Jillian Michaels Cardio for 30 minutes, yesterday it worked ok, today it showed only 4 minutes of exercise.  I was highly disappointed lol, all that sweat.  This was saved on the other settings in the app.  It showed my time as activity, not fitness. 

    Maybe I am doing it all wrong.

  • by Mary1973,

    Mary1973 Mary1973 Aug 17, 2015 10:34 AM in response to hawkwood
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    Aug 17, 2015 10:34 AM in response to hawkwood

    So, I have been doing ALOT of research on this, and I am a bit of a spreadsheet geek.  I started wondering, if it is based on pace/heart rate than there must be a specific heart rate that the apple watch is looking for.  When I look at my watch when I am working out, it has me between 130 and 140.  So then I went into the health app and looked at my heart rate data.  During a workout, the watch checks your heart rate every 5 seconds.  I used my Excel and i entered in all of my heart rate readings and what time they were taken.  I took a 21 minute walk this morning, and only 11 minutes of it was credited to exercise.  I analyzed my data, and there was only a total of 11 minutes where by heart rate was 75% or higher of my max heart rate.  75% of my max is 133, so everything that 133 or higher was counted.  So right, wrong or infuriating, it would seem, according to my data, that if your HR is not at 75%, it will not be counted towards your exercise circle.

     

    Dear Apple-please change the HR minimum to 70% . My legs can only walk so fast .  Thank you.

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Aug 17, 2015 10:59 AM in response to Mary1973
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    Aug 17, 2015 10:59 AM in response to Mary1973

    Thanks for sharing that, it would have taken me ages.

  • by Mary1973,

    Mary1973 Mary1973 Aug 17, 2015 11:27 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Aug 17, 2015 11:27 AM in response to Winston Churchill

    You are welcome.  Excel is great because it looks like I am doing actual work .

  • by G3gator,

    G3gator G3gator Aug 17, 2015 11:56 AM in response to Mary1973
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    Aug 17, 2015 11:56 AM in response to Mary1973

    Interesting. Thanks.

     

    George

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Aug 17, 2015 12:06 PM in response to Mary1973
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    Aug 17, 2015 12:06 PM in response to Mary1973

    I had a thought about your observations.

     

    The exercise ring is credited as you go and not at the end of the day. How does it know what your maximum heart rate is, if it hasn't yet occurred.

  • by Mary1973,

    Mary1973 Mary1973 Aug 17, 2015 12:20 PM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Aug 17, 2015 12:20 PM in response to Winston Churchill

    The data that you enter into your health app and when you set activity determines your Target Heart Rate.  The formula is 220-your age. For this example, I am 42 years old.  220-42 is 178, so Apple already knows that my max is 178.  Take 75% of that and it comes to 133.  So every time my heart rate reads 133 or above, I get credit on my exercise circle. 

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Aug 17, 2015 12:38 PM in response to Mary1973
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    Aug 17, 2015 12:38 PM in response to Mary1973

    That makes sense and more or less fits in with what I see myself. I'm still convinced it credits you for movement as well though. Try it.

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