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Q: Apple Watch health fitness confused by slow moving vehicle

Hi all,

 

My friends tell me that I'm going to get in shape REALLY fast because Apple Watch is logging my movement in slow moving vehicles as exercise. When Apple Watch is traveling 5-20 mph e.g. in a slow car, golf cart, moped, etc. (which happens a lot where I live) it logs it as exercise time. This morning I worked out for 15 minutes by driving a golf cart across the course.

 

Is there a way to adjust this or turn it off? In future, I'd like to see a patch that cross-checks the watch's movement with my heart rate. If Apple Watch is moving at a good clip but my heart rate isn't going up significantly, I'm not exercising.

 

Hope Apple reads this.

 

BTW, other than this, LOVE LOVE LOVE the watch.

Apple Watch, iOS 8.3

Posted on May 14, 2015 9:48 AM

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  • by yas9in,

    yas9in yas9in May 16, 2015 1:06 AM in response to lifebyc
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    May 16, 2015 1:06 AM in response to lifebyc

    The watch does crosscheck movement with heart rate. it would seem to be your iPhone counting these movements as exercise. were you carrying it with you when all this happened?

    the watch will calibrate itself and get better at recognising your movements with time. take a few long walks and runs with it outside while carrying your iPhone and be sure to start a workout from the workout app, this should, should calibrate it.

     

    Good Luck

  • by BourbonSlush,

    BourbonSlush BourbonSlush May 22, 2015 10:32 PM in response to lifebyc
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    May 22, 2015 10:32 PM in response to lifebyc

    Ive had the same issue.   I sat in slow moving traffic today sitting in the back of a cab for an hour and my step count increased between 500-1000 steps.     Sigh.

     

    My watch does not do a cross check against my heart rate consistently and I do not have accurate heart rate readings consistently.   I could be huffing and puffing on the stair mill or running stairs and my bpm registers under 100.  Nothing populates towards the exercise goal.  Conversely its registered 185 bpm while sedentary And that will register. 

     

    Yes my watch is calibrated and yes it's fitted appropriately.    I recently traveled from EST to PST and all activity accumulated.  Is that correct?

  • by downunderguy,

    downunderguy downunderguy Apr 4, 2016 3:24 PM in response to yas9in
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    Apr 4, 2016 3:24 PM in response to yas9in

    So, the only way to get this inappropriate tracking stopped is to NOT carry your phone?