When I exercise my watch does not record the activity. I use the exercise app ro record my exercise by selecting indoor walk (treadmill) and recording the total time I want to exercise. The app shows my progress as I exercis. When completed I hit stop. However the activity does not show up on the middle of the three ring.
Apple Watch, iOS 8.3
This does not work correctly. Hopefully, it will be fixed soon.
George
After you tap the screen and hit "End" do you save the session?
I do but I don't know for what purpose.
George
Yes I did save the session but I still have the problem.
None of the solutions proffered worked
I'm in the same boat. My first apple watch recorded exercise perfectly and automatically (exercise minutes are recorded antyime you do a brisk walk or more, automatically). Unfortunately, when I exchanged my watch for another one (wanted a different style), the watch barely went over 3 minutes and I am a very active person. I calibrated the watch numerous times with not very much luck. I REALLY hope this isn't a hardware issue.
I was able to get the problem resolved with the help of Apple Care. They had me recalibrate my watch. However I did a hour on a treadmill at 4 miles per hour and it only gave me credit for 21 minutes.
Good to hear! After doing it, were you able to accumulate exercise minutes without actually being on the "workout" setting?
After you stop you need to scroll down to save
My watch worked at first, recorded my exercise, now it says I did 5 minutes when i took and hour and a half beach walk. I saved the session. I recalibrated, so we will see, but this is a big problem as exercise is why I bought the watch!!
Same for me,
Hi
To credit progress towards your daily Exercise goal, the Activity app aims to identify activity that equals or exceeds the intensity of "a brisk walk". The definition of a brisk walk varies from person to person and depends upon your personal information.
To check that your personal information is accurate - and to update it over time:
- On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch tab > Health > Edit - tap and adjust items, then tap on Done.
In some circumstances - including during all treadmill-based walks and runs - the Activity app relies on your arm motion (measured by the built-in accelerometer) to track movement for the purpose of credited progress towards the Exercise goal. For the best results, allow the arm on which you are wearing your watch to swing naturally as you walk or run.
For outdoor activities, it may help to take your iPhone with you and to record walks and runs as workouts using the Workout app (ideally, turn on Location Services on your iPhone, so that GPS data is available to help your watch in estimating your pace).
Calibrating your watch also helps to improve the accuracy of various estimations (including Exercise credit) made by the Activity app and Workout app. More information and instructions for calibrating your watch are available via the link below.
If you still find it difficult to achieve Exercise credit, a workaround is to record activity using the Other category in the Workout app. This will always credit one minute towards the Exercise goal for each full minute of the workout's duration.
More information
- Calibrating your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy - Apple Support
- Use the Activity app on your Apple Watch - Apple Support
- Use the Workout app on your Apple Watch - Apple Support
If you have not yet done so, it may also help to update your iPhone and Apple Watch to the latest software versions. After updating from earlier software versions, some users reported increases in the proportion of their activity that was credited as Exercise.
- Update the iOS software on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Hi, have you solved the problem? I don't always want to use the Workout button preferring the Watch to record my movements automatically. This morning I did a spinning class for 45 mins and recorded no extra calories or movement. Not sure where to go from here.
To receive appropriate credit in the Activity app for stationary bike / spinning workouts, be sure to record your activity via the Workout app, choosing Indoor Cycle as the activity type:
When I exercise my watch does not record the activity.
