Exercise ring should be customizable to individual

Like many other Apple watch users, I am unhappy with the exercise ring. I just used the Hiking workout and completed a 40 minute walk up and down mountain roads in my neighborhood. My heart rate reached 161 bpm on the uphill climbs and stayed elevated on the downhill. The Workout app said I reached and surpassed my 30 minute goal, and yet, at the end of the workout, the exercise ring registered only 20 minutes of activity. The Outdoor Walk setting is even worse. An Apple employee on another thread stated that Apple defines a workout as a “brisk walk.” I assure you, I was walking pretty briskly. In my opinion, the Workout app and exercise ring do not work together like they should. But in truth, I can’t do a workout like this on a regular basis. Today, I’m feeling pretty good, but I have chronic muscular pain, and on most days, I can barely manage a moderate walk. I’m fact, a good number of your Apple watch users probably have chronic pain or other conditions that prevent them from exercising to your expectations. Not everyone can be a 25 year old athlete. The medical community recommends 30 minutes of *moderate* walking a day for good health, and if the exercise ring must have a one size fits all approach, then this is what the exercise ring should be based on. Better yet, the exercise ring should be customizable for the individual, not “one size fits all.” Someone who is in great shape, runs, goes to the gym, etc. should be able to set their exercise ring goal to 30 minutes of more intense activity, but people who have chronic pain or other health conditions, who need to exercise and should be able track their exercise, should be able to track their exercise goals in ways that are realistic *for them* without being defeated by the exercise ring that they’re not getting enough exercise, when they clearly are. The exercise ring/goals should then be adjustable as one improves. And, if Apple can’t figure out the technology to make the exercise ring customizable, then allow us to turn the darn exercise ring off. I’d rather not bother with it.