How do I lock my watch during a workout? The Lock button is no longer there when I swipe right.

horrid new method for locking screen. I can’t get through a **** workout without the thing automatically pausing. I’m beginning to hate these Apple watches.

No this is the same problem of this thread, I don't believe you understood their point. I went hiking today, realized the lock button was gone from the workout screen. If you lock it from the control center area the watch just shows you the clock face. People usually lock their watches during a workout so a button doesn't get accidentally pressed that screws up the recorded workout. But when the face is locked you want to see the stats of your workout screen stats when you glance at the watch during the workout, when the watch is locked now this is not an option. Despite having so much money it doesn't appear as if the company does any testing in real world scenarios because this would have been a registered bug.

I have the pretty silly process.

Start your workout.

To engage the lock, Press the flat button, scroll down to the water drop and press it. The screen automatically goes back to the screen you were at.

To disengage the lock, press and hold the crown button until it clears.

I’m not sure what prompted them to change this process but it does work.

Maybe they needed to show the value of having a flat button?

Thanks for your help!

As for me, it was a very strange decision because now they have an empty space . Looks like they just forgot about this button. Waiting for an update and I hope they will add this button again

While your exercise is running, you can click the side button once. Scroll down and you should see the lock button (the icon that’s like a drop of water) ☺️

Great. How do I lock all the buttons so it isn’t calling the police when I crush the watch between my wrist and forearm in “push-up position”?

Clicking the side button once just takes me out of the active workout and brings me back to the lock screen with no water drop option. I have the Series 5 watch, does anyone know if it doesn't work with this watch anymore?

Since you upgraded to watchOS 10 access to the Control Center, and has changed. You will find the "lock" icon using the following advice.

"Open or close Control Center

• Open Control Center: Press the side button once.
• Close Control Center: With Control Center open, turn your wrist away from you or press the side button again.""

Awesome 👏 I just tried and works like charm very needed feature :)

This is a terrible change. It was so easy to just lock the watch from within the fitness app, and keep the workout metrics on the screen while working out. Brutal.

This new method is no good. Last night during an ice hockey game my watch not only unlocked from waterproof mode it also called my ex girlfriends best friend…

I have a v7 watch running 10.2 and a v14 phone running 17.2.1. I speed skate with wrist guards so locking the watch was critical for accurately logging workouts. I have looked at everything here but nothing locks the watch during a workout. When swiping during a workout why is there a “new” button replacing the “lock” button? Don’t understand the purpose. I have put up with how inaccurate it records (I get gaps so the dreaded grey dotted lines linking times between when it drops and picks up recording) but without the locking function the watch now becomes useless.

YES! Everyone please provide the feedback to Apple, I just sent my feedback. Bring back the lock button!!

Just make a button lock that works. This is so dumb. Cant lift without pausing or stopping a workout or activating siri mid-lift. Makes 0 sense why there isnt a standard lock. Water lock does fuck all.

I understand entirely and can 100% assure you that it works for me...

The key point is that you need to lock the screen whilst in the app. I imagine you are in an actiity and then press the crown button returning to the clock screen, then go the control panel and lock the that screen.

You need to press the side button well showing the stats or whatever you want, then press the water drop icon and it will lock the workout screen.

I suppose there's a chance you have a really old version of the watch or something that this doesn't work with, I've got a 6 which has an always-on display, so I guess that might be relevant.