Activity rings not connecting with workout

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Activity rings not connecting with workout

My activity rings are not logging my movement correctly, and when I log a workout it doesn’t record those minutes in the exercise rings. I’ve recalibrated my watch, I’ve restarted both my watch and phone, I’ve unpaired and repaired my watch to my phone, and I’ve checked all of the privacy and other features of the like. The activity app will show my workout at the bottom but not in the rings. The workout recorded is accurate including the GPS feature.

Apple Watch, watchOS 4

Posted on Jul 13, 2020 5:39 PM

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connorfromgrinnell

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Jul 13, 2020 5:40 PM in response to Sfitch52

The exercise ring doesn’t measure time of a workout, it measures time of intense activity where your heart rate is above normal. So, for example, on a walk, it’s harder to get your heart rate up for a long period of time and therefore harder to get all 30 minuets of exercise credit. Your Watch uses a lot of different data in it’s calculations as well.

For more info about how Apple Watch tracks exercise, see this article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207941

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Sfitch52 Author

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Jul 13, 2020 5:50 PM in response to connorfromgrinnell

Right, yet when I bike for 6 miles at a high intensity with a high heart rate (above 110 when my normal is 60s) the entire time (an hour) it doesn’t record any of it in my exercise ring. In fact it shows one minute recorded every 15 or so minutes in the health app under exercise.

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