Having a real issue with my exercise ring, and at this point I don't really understand what's happening, so perhaps some internet help might be good.
My exercise ring set on a walking exercise just never seems to increase. For example I've done this walk yesterday:
Which gave me just 9 minutes exercise.
I did a similar one today:
Which gave me just 4 minutes.
Now I know it's related to your heartbeat, but what is the algorithm? I have a resting heart rate average of 64bpm, so surely if I'm walking for nearly 3 hours with average heart rate of 102bpm I should be gaining more than a few minutes exercise.
Both walks were done with someone else with an Apple Watch. Different people. On the first walk my friend had 93 minutes exercise (vs my 9) and on the second my partner had 51 mins exercise (vs my 4).
Their resting heart rates were similar to mine (in fact my partner's is higher) and their average heart rate was similar to mine on the walks.
Apple chat have been useless, just saying "the watch works it out based on your heart rate" but didn't really know HOW it works it out or what I need to be aiming for to get it to count.
I took my old watch to the Apple Store and the guy there said it could just be it's an older Series 4 watch and might have started not to look at my heart rate enough (I've been having this issue for a while now) so I actually bought a Series 6 (which is what these walks used) but it's not fixed the problem at all.
So: IS this an issue? Is my heart just really weird? Is there something in the iPhone software that's the issue here, rather than the watch? I just refuse to believe that a fairly brisk 11km walk is only 4 minutes of exercise.
My exercise ring set on a walking exercise just never seems to increase. For example I've done this walk yesterday:
Which gave me just 9 minutes exercise.
I did a similar one today:
Which gave me just 4 minutes.
Now I know it's related to your heartbeat, but what is the algorithm? I have a resting heart rate average of 64bpm, so surely if I'm walking for nearly 3 hours with average heart rate of 102bpm I should be gaining more than a few minutes exercise.
Both walks were done with someone else with an Apple Watch. Different people. On the first walk my friend had 93 minutes exercise (vs my 9) and on the second my partner had 51 mins exercise (vs my 4).
Their resting heart rates were similar to mine (in fact my partner's is higher) and their average heart rate was similar to mine on the walks.
Apple chat have been useless, just saying "the watch works it out based on your heart rate" but didn't really know HOW it works it out or what I need to be aiming for to get it to count.
I took my old watch to the Apple Store and the guy there said it could just be it's an older Series 4 watch and might have started not to look at my heart rate enough (I've been having this issue for a while now) so I actually bought a Series 6 (which is what these walks used) but it's not fixed the problem at all.
So: IS this an issue? Is my heart just really weird? Is there something in the iPhone software that's the issue here, rather than the watch? I just refuse to believe that a fairly brisk 11km walk is only 4 minutes of exercise.