Apple Watch Exercise Mysticism

Hi Folks,

I've searched a lot. I read the articles and the support.

The only conclusion I can some to is the software for tracking Exercise on the Apple Watch needs improvement. Serious improvement.

Today, I did a 40 minute outdoor bike. As always, I faithfully start the tracking and end the tracking of "Outdoor Bike" or whatever the exact thing is.

Today, I got an average HR of 132 and a peak HR of 147. I got 20 minutes of exercise credit which is completely unacceptable. From the HR graph, I can clearly see that the heart rate was well within the cardio range for HR for my age except at the very beginning. Fine, so give me 35 minutes, or whatever, but 20?

This has gotten progressively worse the more I bike. It is learning something about my workouts, and likely trying to encourage me to work harder or something by only giving me 20 minutes. Or does it not count it as exercise if I work TOO hard?

It is infuriating.

I've reset the calibration data, so we will see what happens. Given my weight and height and age, I do not need to work any harder than the bike ride I just did. It is completely sufficient.

Another 10 minute ride home, and I am still not at my 30 minutes for the day, but I guess it'll mark the walk to the coffee shop as exercise to top me up. A walk, at a relatively easy pace, with HR nowhere near what I did earlier, without me starting the walk monitor.

PLEASE FIX!

Thanks all for reading.