If I stand up walk walk prior to 10 minutes before the hour I still get a “Stand Up” reminder. Is it suppose to send that reminder even if I have done more than a minute upright and swing arms before the 50th minute in an hour. Can it be made to not do that if I have already satisfied that goal?
It will send the reminder if the Apple Watch does not think you have hit the stand goal for that current hour.
The Apple Watch does not really know what position your body is in. The Apple Watch uses the accelerometer to determine that your Apple Watch arm is swinging as you are walking. It takes between 30 and 60 complete cycles of back and forth, normal walking, arm swings in a short period of time before the Apple Watch decides you have accomplished you “Stand” for the current hour. If you interrupt the arm swinging for a few minutes, it will reset, and you have to start the 30-60 swings over again. Later in the day, it seems to require more arm swings, or if you keep having incomplet, what the Apple Watch thinks are stand attempts. In reality, you can just wave your arm around 30-60 times in a short period of time and get stand credit. Knitters, sitting in a chair, always get their stand credit and huge step counts. Professional Chefs, on their feet, working in a kitchen all day, miss their hourly stands, because their Apple Watch arm is often holding food being chopped, or carrying something when walking, or holding a pot, pan, etc… No 30-60 arm swings in a short period of time, then no stand credit.
It will send the reminder if the Apple Watch does not think you have hit the stand goal for that current hour.
The Apple Watch does not really know what position your body is in. The Apple Watch uses the accelerometer to determine that your Apple Watch arm is swinging as you are walking. It takes between 30 and 60 complete cycles of back and forth, normal walking, arm swings in a short period of time before the Apple Watch decides you have accomplished you “Stand” for the current hour. If you interrupt the arm swinging for a few minutes, it will reset, and you have to start the 30-60 swings over again. Later in the day, it seems to require more arm swings, or if you keep having incomplet, what the Apple Watch thinks are stand attempts. In reality, you can just wave your arm around 30-60 times in a short period of time and get stand credit. Knitters, sitting in a chair, always get their stand credit and huge step counts. Professional Chefs, on their feet, working in a kitchen all day, miss their hourly stands, because their Apple Watch arm is often holding food being chopped, or carrying something when walking, or holding a pot, pan, etc… No 30-60 arm swings in a short period of time, then no stand credit.
awiserman wrote:
So if you do stand, move the correct arm swings and satisfy the hour's stand it should not give you the "stand" notice. Is that correct?
That is what happens for me. I only get the reminder if I've been sitting at my workstation for hours on end, and do not move more than my fingers on the keyboard.
But if I get up and walk around a bit, I do not get a reminder. Or if I wave my arm around (actually swing it on the chair arm rest) for 30-60 complete back and forth cycles, it will satisfy the stand requirement, and not trigger at 10 minutes before the next hour.
After getting my first Apple Watch, I was confused about what it took to meet my stand goal, so I did a lot of experimentation (the danger of having an college degree in engineering), and after awhile it became obvious that Apple Watch accelerator just wanted to see 30-60 arm swings.
Also over time, I've seen reports from professional chefs, and knitters both complaining. The Chefs because they did not get their stand goals, and the knitters because they did, and had huge step counts that they know they did not earn. All of this contributed to my understanding of the Apple Watch stand goal and what it takes to hit your goal each hour.
So if you do stand, move the correct arm swings and satisfy the hour's stand it should not give you the "stand" notice. Is that correct?
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