Apple Watch app for stationary bike tracking

Do you know whether the GPS will track distance in this Other mode? For instance, when you finish on the stationary bike and use exercise machines or move otherwise—or do you have to start a new workout?

rogerowens wrote:

Do you know whether the GPS will track distance in this Other mode? For instance, when you finish on the stationary bike and use exercise machines or move otherwise—or do you have to start a new workout?

GPS is not used for tracking distance for any indoor workouts.

It is also not used when recording outdoor workouts using "Other" as the activity type.

Hi

The Workout app on Apple Watch includes an activity type for Indoor Cycle, which is designed for workouts on stationary bikes.

Indoor workouts are not tracked via GPS. GPS / Location Services is instead used for outdoor workouts, when it tracks changes in your location, during the course of your workout, to help estimate results including distance, speed and pace.

Choosing the activity type that most closely matches your workout enables Apple Watch to use the most appropriate sensors and data sources when estimating the results of your workout.

For activities that are not included within the list, you can choose "Other". This will credit one minute of Exercise for each full minute of the workout. Active calories will be estimated at a rate equivalent to a brisk walk or based on data recorded by the heart rate sensor, whichever is higher.

More information:

Work out with your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Bottom line it does not track distance, only time, heart rate, Active calories, total calories. Start and end times and % complete.

You're welcome! 🙂

Thanks!