Whenever I do an activity that gets my arms moving, my Apple Watch ultra becomes very sporadic with recording heart rate. I have it tightly fastened on my wrist, but I can't seem to get it to consistently record my heart rate. When I stop moving my hands, it starts working again. Any fixes for this?
Apple Watch Ultra
I suspect that, as your arm gets sweaty, the watch slips a bit. You might try tightening it just a tad more before exercising. You might also try moving it up your arm a little toward your elbow.
I suspect that, as your arm gets sweaty, the watch slips a bit. You might try tightening it just a tad more before exercising. You might also try moving it up your arm a little toward your elbow.
There might be someone out there with an answer but I’ve watched some YouTube videos of Nick Bare and he’s said that the heart rate monitors on smart watches (he uses Garmin) isn’t great to reference from and he uses an actual chest heart rate monitor. But maybe there is a solution that im not aware of
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KpT418HLc0o
he explains his heart rate monitor at 11:10 and says he never trusts his heart rate monitor on his smart watch
You could try a third party app to see if it will work any better.
Thanks. I have tried workoutdoors and a few others but the results are the same. It has to do with arm and hand motion. I have tried a very tight setting and also putting the watch on the inside of my wrist — but nothing works.
It's quite accurate on a stationary bike, when I am not moving my hands and arms. It's just when I'm running or doing the versa climber or really anything that involves a lot of hand/arm waving.
Heart Rate does not record consistently during run
