I work as retail manager I don’t sit all day at work at least 8-10hrs a day but watch only records some of them. I may stand still at times but not a whole hour of no movement? Is it only counted if move while standing a certain amount of time?
The Apple Watch does not know your body orientation. It only knows if the accelerometer is accelerating and decelerating, as in you are walking and your Apple Watch arm is swinging as your arms tend to do when walking.
The Apple Watch wants to see 30-60 complete cycles of back and forth of the Apple Watch arm in a brief period of time (a minute or 2).
if you interrupt this 30-60 cycle count for say 5 minutes, the counter resets, and the count starts over again. I've noticed that if you interrupt the cycle enough during the hour, it wants a much higher contiguous cycle count to satisfy the stand requirement.
Professional Chefs, miss their stand counts all the time, even though they are on their feet all day long, but their Apple Watch arm is often holding food been chopped, or holding a pot/pan, carrying things around the kitchen, etc... They very rarely have their arms swinging back and forth for a contiguous 30-60 cycles in a brief period of time.
But Knitters, sitting in a chair, get perfect stand records because their Apple Watch arm is making a motion that has the accelerometer thinking they are walking around, even though they are sitting in a nice comfy chair. They also get huge step counts from knitting.
The point is that the Apple Watch does not know if you are laying down or standing on your head. It only knows that your arm is moving for 30-60 back and forth cycles in a brief period of time. You can get stand credit in bed, seated at your desk, or pushing a baby carriage as long as you wave your arm around long enough once an hour.
The Apple Watch does not know your body orientation. It only knows if the accelerometer is accelerating and decelerating, as in you are walking and your Apple Watch arm is swinging as your arms tend to do when walking.
The Apple Watch wants to see 30-60 complete cycles of back and forth of the Apple Watch arm in a brief period of time (a minute or 2).
if you interrupt this 30-60 cycle count for say 5 minutes, the counter resets, and the count starts over again. I've noticed that if you interrupt the cycle enough during the hour, it wants a much higher contiguous cycle count to satisfy the stand requirement.
Professional Chefs, miss their stand counts all the time, even though they are on their feet all day long, but their Apple Watch arm is often holding food been chopped, or holding a pot/pan, carrying things around the kitchen, etc... They very rarely have their arms swinging back and forth for a contiguous 30-60 cycles in a brief period of time.
But Knitters, sitting in a chair, get perfect stand records because their Apple Watch arm is making a motion that has the accelerometer thinking they are walking around, even though they are sitting in a nice comfy chair. They also get huge step counts from knitting.
The point is that the Apple Watch does not know if you are laying down or standing on your head. It only knows that your arm is moving for 30-60 back and forth cycles in a brief period of time. You can get stand credit in bed, seated at your desk, or pushing a baby carriage as long as you wave your arm around long enough once an hour.
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