Activity Tracker and Cold Weather?

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Activity Tracker and Cold Weather?

I work PT at a major shipper, and loading boxes and freight on to semi trailers accounts for quite a bit of physical activity over 3-4 hours that I'm there. During the warmer months, my Apple Watch (series 1) records this as a high level of "exercise" (green ring) minutes for the day (as well as calories - red ring).

Now that it's cold, the calorie count is still fairly high, but it's like I'm doing ZERO "exercise" minutes. Quite the opposite in reality - it's holiday shipping. We're swamped. I'm running around and carrying more freight than ever, but according to the watch, I'm sitting on my behind.

Still getting 10K-12K steps per night warm or cold according to the watch, just the amount the green ring moves is what changed.

Any ideas why it still says I'm burning similar amounts of calories (red ring), but not doing any exercise (green ring)?

Posted on Dec 11, 2017 4:28 AM

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CarlAVII

Community Specialist

Dec 11, 2017 5:28 PM in response to SolariderX

Hi SolariderX,

Thanks for posting in the Apple Support Community. I understand that you're not seeing your activity rings on your Apple Watch update as you expect them to in the colder weather.

There are a few things that you can do to make sure your Apple Watch is accurately recording your activity. First, I recommend to take a look through the following steps to ensure your watch is recording activity accurately.

Get the most accurate measurements using your Apple Watch
You may also need to calibrate your watch, which you can do using these steps: Calibrating your Apple Watch Series 1 or earlier for improved Workout and Activity accuracy
Cheers!

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