my apple watch keeps pausing during workouts

I've been reading about this pausing issue for it feels like forever.

My Series 3 keeps on pausing no matter what workout i start. I've owned a series 1 previously, same there. Under Armour apps like Endomondo or Record are tracking just fine without any pausing issues. I can not understand how tattoos can affect the tracking process of my workout. My heart rate is found by the watch and displayed correctly. Can anybody at apple please explain why a workout should pause on tattooed skin, even if all heart rate data is picked accurately?

Thank you for your quick reply Jonathan. But, why is this only an issue in the apple workout app, and not in advanced fitness tracking apps (Under Armor Record) mentioned above? Obviously it´s more a bug then a feature. So that means I am stuck between tracking my workouts just fine with third party apps but not getting any achievements for my workouts in the activities app - or - using the built in workout app, hoping for my watch to detect me from time to time and not pausing during a workout? That's pretty frustrating, and more a software than a hardware issue - that could be terminated pretty easily imho.

I play flag football and have a similar issue. During a workout/game, the workout will just freeze. I originally had the series 1 and thought it was the watch so upgraded to a series 3 but same issue. The only thing I can think of is my gloves probably get pushed up against the wheel/button and Pause it even though the screen is locked. Going to try and wear it up higher but does anyone know if pressing on the buttons together would pause the workout even if it is locked? This has been an annoying issue

Its so frustrating that there doesnt seem to be an answer to this. My Apple Watch Series 3 keeps pausing while I’m on a run. I’ve tried:

Turning it on and off again

Restarting my iPhone

Switching which wrist I wear it on

Wearing it high on my arm

Wearing it low on my arm

Loosening the strap

Tightening the strap

“Locking” the workout app

It JUST won’t stay on! I don’t understand why there isn’t a “lock workout” option? So that nothing can pause it unless you unlock it? Seems like a simple solution to a problem literally EVERY SINGLE FRIEND I HAVE who has an Apple Watch????

I understand the frustration. If I had tattoos on both wrist I would of taken the watch back to the store and got my money back and bought a Garmin or more reliable fitness watch.

Seems like Apple just love releasing overly complex technology and can’t seem to grasp the importance of reliability.

The fitness app is one of the only reasons to get the watch. Otherwise you might as well have a normal watch. It doesn’t do anything your phone can’t do and it was released to compete with the fitbit. So if the fitness tracker doesn’t work properly, I would say that’s the definition of something that doesn’t work well.

I thought my wraps was an issue as well but while kickboxing it kept stopping - It was after the HIIT round and I was stretching. I didn’t have my gloves on yet. So I tucked my wrap under the crown/watch and it kept stopping. I turned it on and off 2 times as I couldn’t get it to unlock. Than it would run on or off my wrist for 30 seconds and stop. My watch is only 3 months old. There has to be a fix as I got this watch for this exact workout!!! Very frustrating

I too really, Really, REALLY, hate this auto pause nonsense during my high intensity interval training workouts. In every other way like my Apple Watch S2. It infuriates me when I went all out for my 45 minute workout, only to look down and see that my “smart watch” thinks I only put in 8 minutes of effort, which is pretty dumb.

Turn off auto pause/and wrist detection when I’m doing HIIT workouts. (It’s not jogging, my watch is going to come off the wrist at times!)

I am about to try some of the other apps like Under Armour, cmon Apple I expect more out of you. Fix this. Or I guess I’ll have to get a Fitbit instead for all my activity tracking.

Well, I do not have any intention to give the watch back. The watch does it's job pretty well, except for the workout app.