What counts as standing up?

[Velora Bloom]

Hello!

On the Watch you can close these rings and one of them is for standing up. But what counts as standing up? I’ve gone on a walk and the exercise ring has counted it as 17 minutes of exercise but the standing up ring hasn’t figured out you need to stand up to be able to walk. When I came home I went gaming for an hour and after that went to fold my laundry. So you’d think that after an hour on a couch and then going up stairs and folding clothes for 15 minutes would also be a trigger for standing up, but the Apple Watch doesn’t realize it yet.

What actually counts as standing up?

Thanks!

 

[BigBlur]

Your arm needs to be hanging down for one minute at least once every hour. If it’s bent because you’re holding something or doing a task, it doesn’t know if you’re standing or not and won’t count.

 

[Velora Bloom]

Your arm needs to be hanging down for one minute at least once every hour. If it’s bent because you’re holding something or doing a task, it doesn’t know if you’re standing or not and won’t count.

I guess that explains why I never close that ring on the days I’m most active haha

Also can’t set it to lower than 6 so it’s making the entire Watch feel like a dumb device🫤

 

[Tdude96]

I’ve gone on a walk and the exercise ring has counted it as 17 minutes of exercise but the standing up ring hasn’t figured out you need to stand up to be able to walk. When I came home I went gaming for an hour and after that went to fold my laundry. So you’d think that after an hour on a couch and then going up stairs and folding clothes for 15 minutes would also be a trigger for standing up, but the Apple Watch doesn’t realize it yet.

17 minutes of exercise walking should have counted if you were tracking it as a workout. Folding laundry likely should have counted. I don't know about gaming, since I don't know what type we're talking about. Stairs you'd think would count, but not if it took less than a minute to walk up them and standing/walking wasn't detected in the seconds surrounding that motion.

Your arm needs to be hanging down for one minute at least once every hour. If it’s bent because you’re holding something or doing a task, it doesn’t know if you’re standing or not and won’t count.

This is accurate, but not entirely complete. Arm motion outside of "down" will trigger it depending on the motion. e.g. sitting with your elbow resting a table and just pivoting your arm back and forth like a metronome - palm down on one side, palm up on the other. Same with any big arm motion in general.

This all makes me think one of two things is going on.

First is that wrist and orientation may not be set properly. Try going to Settings > General > Orientation and double-checking that it's set for the correct wrist AND which side the crown is on. Both of these need to be set accurately in order to register motion properly.

If orientation is accurate, then the second thing is that there may be something wrong with your accelerometer and your watch may need service or replacement.

If orientation is correct and you need a stopgap, starting a workout and letting it run for 1 minute should add to your stand ring for that hour, regardless of whether you stood or not. Not an ideal solution, but a way to get those points and close that ring.

 

[doogm]

The official Apple explanation for the Stand ring is that you need to stand up and move around for one minute to get credit. https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/track-daily-activity-apd3bf6d85a6/26/watchos/26

"The blue Stand ring shows how many times in the day you’ve stood and moved for at least 1 minute per hour."

That said, in my experience it doesn't always know that you have actually stood, as I have received credit as I am sitting on the couch and doing something like, as you mention, folding clothes.

I have had one time when I stood for over an hour (though did not more around - I was literally standing in place) when I did not receive credit. But I have never done an outdoor workout when I did not get stand credit, especially for multiple-hour workouts or activity.

 

[Velora Bloom]

17 minutes of exercise walking should have counted if you were tracking it as a workout. Folding laundry likely should have counted. I don't know about gaming, since I don't know what type we're talking about. Stairs you'd think would count, but not if it took less than a minute to walk up them and standing/walking wasn't detected in the seconds surrounding that motion.


This is accurate, but not entirely complete. Arm motion outside of "down" will trigger it depending on the motion. e.g. sitting with your elbow resting a table and just pivoting your arm back and forth like a metronome - palm down on one side, palm up on the other. Same with any big arm motion in general.

This all makes me think one of two things is going on.

First is that wrist and orientation may not be set properly. Try going to Settings > General > Orientation and double-checking that it's set for the correct wrist AND which side the crown is on. Both of these need to be set accurately in order to register motion properly.

If orientation is accurate, then the second thing is that there may be something wrong with your accelerometer and your watch may need service or replacement.

If orientation is correct and you need a stopgap, starting a workout and letting it run for 1 minute should add to your stand ring for that hour, regardless of whether you stood or not. Not an ideal solution, but a way to get those points and close that ring.

I don’t start workouts manually anymore since the weird new interface that keeps moving around and changing the position or size of buttons right when you want to press the screen. I’m >30 years old so I just can’t handle that hip stuff anymore, haha. When I bought the Watch the GUI was so much more pleasant to use.

The gaming was to indicate I had been sitting down for at least and hour and the folding of laundry and using the stairs to indicate I was standing and moving around for way more than a minute. But the Watch probably didn’t see gaming on the couch as sitting down so it must have thought I was just standing stationary in the living room for an hour and since I immediately went up the stairs when I quit gaming it must have thought I had been moving around for 1.5 hours which equals not standing up a single time according to the Watch’s logic.

So it probably works for sedentary lifestyles but not really for active ones. Same as going on a 6 hour hike and taking a few breaks in between == not standing up a single time according to Watch logic.

Closing the ring probably only works reliably if you’re really calm and sit down every hour for a longer while and not for people who’re just moving around a lot and only take short breaks in the middle of activities.

But thanks for the tips! I will check the next time I put on the Watch.

Luckily I don’t feel the need to close the rings, but just every time I try to use the Watch it’s not behaving the way I want it to so I figured it’s worth asking about it. Maybe my assumptions are wrong and it is in fact compatible with my lifestyle and I just need to doublecheck the orientation and stuff. So thanks again, I will definitely check!

 

[Velora Bloom]

I have had one time when I stood for over an hour (though did not more around - I was literally standing in place) when I did not receive credit. But I have never done an outdoor workout when I did not get stand credit, especially for multiple-hour workouts or activity.

Spoiler: Adult stuff

Ive closed the standing up ring multiple times while using a vaporizer to smoke weed lol while sitting on the couch. Or when masturbating and lying on my belly or back in bed lol

 

[Tdude96]

Based on that, I feel even more strongly that it's the orientation settings. It's likely that only one of those activities might trigger the watch to think you were standing if that is set correctly.