Why doesn’t my exercise ring reflect my workouts? Yesterday I did a 3 mile cycle and a 1 mile walk for a total time of 49 minutes. Each of those are tracked, but my exercise ring doesn’t give me credit for them. Why is that.

Today, I walked as I always do for 3.4 miles and during my walk my Exercise Ring CLOSED at 45 mins of walking. I ended my walk and looked at my watch and it only recorded 4 mins of exercise. The ring is NOT closed.

It’s unfortunate for older people with physical limitations that that is the criteria for getting exercise credit. It should be based on age criteria as well as have the ability to account for limitations such as arthritis that can prevent a person from a 3.3 mi per hour pace. I find it somewhat age and disability discriminatory because of this. Apple should update it’s fitness app to reflect these types of issues so we, ad older adults, can still get credit for exercising when we are doing it up to our capabilities. (Heart rate measurements should have an age-related adjustment range.

3.3 mph to get exercise credit might be good for the younger folks, however for us older folks (72+) 2.6-2.9 is fast enough.

my Apple Watch 2 used to record full minutes at those speeds, but my series 3.

Apple needs to reconsider this

This question has been answered at the top of the page.

It's worked for me for 3 years now,and is as accurate today as it was when I called apple support.

The purpose is to encourage you to get fitter,you can use the "Other" workout type if for whatever reason you can't reach the brisk walk criteria.

You should tell Apple then: https://www.apple.com/feedback/watch.html