Heart Rate Cutting Out During Running Workouts

Hello all. I know this issue has been discussed many times, but I have yet to see a fix or any helpful tips other than the regurgitated basic tips that do nothing, so I am clogging up the forums with yet another thread in hopes Apple will one day deliver a serious fix.

As many people have pointed out for years now,I have been experiencing problems with my watch recording my heart rate during certain workouts, mostly running workouts.

In my most recent workout, it hardly recorded anything past the first couple of moments, which is extremely frustrating not only because I now have no good data regarding this run, but then it throws off my averages for later workouts and other metrics like VO2 Max, etc.

Most recent run:

When I bike, or do any other activity where my arms aren’t swinging, there are no lapses in heart rate data, only when running and walking does it cut out and record sporadically.

Most recent Cycle:

I have heard some of the zaniest reasons for why this might occur—skin temp, outdoor temp, watch position, and even arm hair concentration, and yet no reason is consistent enough for me to believe it. I have done cold workouts, hot workouts, indoor, outdoor, and the issue persists—I have even shaven my wrist on my left arm…no help.

At this point, with how long this issue has been known, the only solution I see is to waste more and more of Apple’s time until they finally acknowledge the issue and resolve it. I love Apple as much as the next guy, but this issue makes the watch borderline useless some days, and I would hate to make the switch to something more reliable, because I admire Apple products and the Apple ecosystem.