Q: Measure Calorie Burn when using workout

Hi

Yes - tracking an Outdoor Walk, for example, via the Workout app may result in a more accurate estimation of your Active Calories burned during that activity.

When you track an activity using the Workout app and specify an activity type, your watch uses the most appropriate sensors and data sources to estimate the results of that workout.

For example, when recording an Outdoor Walk:

• If you also take your iPhone along (with Location Services and Bluetooth enabled), your watch can access GPS data from the iPhone when estimating pace and distance.
• If you do not take your iPhone along, the watch relies on data from the built-in accelerometer when estimating pace and distance.
• Data from the heart rate sensor is used when estimating Active Calories, including calculations that are tailored to that specified activity type.

Calibrating your watch also helps to improve the accuracy of various estimations made by the Activity app and Workout app. More information and instructions for calibrating your watch (including for resetting any existing calibration data and starting afresh) are available via the link below. Estimations of results also depend on your personal information. To check that this is accurate - and to update it over time:

• On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch tab > Health > Edit - tap and adjust items, then tap on Done.

More information:

Calibrating your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy - Apple Support

Use the Activity app on your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Use the Workout app on your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Hi Andre

If you record the entire workout as "Other", your Active Calories will be estimated based on the equivalent of a brisk walk or your heart rate, whichever is higher at any given stage.

When recording specific activity types, calorie calculations are tailored to those activities, so are more accurate.

Whether or not you wish to split the activities into separate workouts is a matter of personal preference. You may prefer convenience (record it all under one workout, choosing "Other") over accuracy, for example.

Note also that workouts recorded via "Other" credit one minute of Exercise for each full minute of the workout, whereas Exercise is only credited under the other activity categories for each full minute during which your activity is deemed to be at least as intensive as a brisk walk.

You're welcome!

Boekenspesh wrote:

 

.. If I track a workout as 'Other' or any other type and just sit on the couch for 10 minutes (not exercising) I clock around 25 cals. Why would the watch think I'm burnig active calories if I'm just sitting on the couch? ..

Whenever you record a workout as "Other", your Active Calories will be estimated based on the equivalent of a brisk walk or your heart rate, whichever is higher at any given stage.

No - calories for specific activity types are estimated using tailored calculations based on your heart rate.