Stand activity doesn't work with standing desks (oh the irony)

Good point. Just sitting or just standing either one is not great if there is no movement at all. With that said my body could not sit as long as I stand at work, 12-15 hours, no way!! Everybody's body is very different. If I had a desk job I would ha e to have a standing desk. So no judging! You don't know people's stories!

lol. Yeah c'mon, all these nuts are just "standing wrong", right?

So to reach your "Stand goal" you can't just stand, you need to stand and move. To reach your move goal you can't just "move", but you have to move vigorously. Brilliant... 😉

I have a standing desk at work and ran in to the same issue. The easiest solution is to put your Apple Watch wrist by your side like you are standing to attention, this makes the watch think you are standing.

Pro tip: Drop your hand to your side while sitting to also meet the stand goal.

I am having the same sort of problem. My apple watch is giving me a minute for standing when I am actually sitting. Also at times when it reminds me to stand I stand for 5-10minutes and it doesn't alert I have done so. Unfortunately it makes you question the "exercise/activity" function that the watch is supposed to be measuring.

It's not really about sitting versus standing, you need to do a little moving around as well. I usually find that getting up and going to make a cup of coffee or something of that nature is quite adequate in order to achieve my stand goal for that hour.

Haha. Sad but funny. I don't have a standing desk but I find that just standing (on demand) and then leaning down to my keyboard doesn't cut it. I also have move around for a short while.

Same problem here. Standing all day and the watch keeps telling me to stand up for a few minutes. How do I stand up when I'm already standing? :-P

We've answered the question you need to stand and move, not just stand.

It's a stand feature, not a stand desk feature, it works exactly how it says it does. I actually think you need to get away from your stand desk too, you are kidding yourself if you think standing still for hours on end is good for you, but that's another matter, this app is nothing to do with stand desks, it's to get you up from sitting and have you move around a little, to that end that's exactly what it does.

Here is another thread where this topic is discussed. Perhaps something mentioned there might help...

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7020541

I thought it was an issue also until I started to swing my arms more prominently when I walk. Before, I would walk upstairs and back and forth for almost 5 minutes with no "credit". Now, it only takes me about 30 seconds to get the Watch to recognize it...and it's because I started to swing my arms more wildly as I walk when I'm prompted to stand.

Yes. I'm having the same problem. In addition, I get "stand up" reminders at 10pm. These are serious design flaws. I suspect that this will become a "throw away" App for most people and that there will far better Apps for activity tracking that come out from 3rd parties. Be patient and wait for the developer community to come to the rescue! 🙂

Got the same issue today. Maybe it should compare the altitudes when not moving. Just a suggestion.

"I suspect that this will become a "throw away" App for most people"

Not me. I find it helpful as I tend to get too absorbed at my sitting desk and the reminder to stand up and walk around is helpful, and hopefully healthful.

George