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I log over 10,000 steps a day and take daily walks of approximately 2 miles every day but my watch shows 6 minutes of exercise... very frustrating
Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 6
The exercise ring doesn’t measure time of a workout, it measures time of intense activity where your heart rate is above normal. So, for example, on a walk, it’s harder to get your heart rate up for a long period of time and therefore harder to get all 30 minuets of exercise credit. Your Watch uses a lot of different data in it’s calculations as well (steps don’t really count since they are a horrible metric of exercise).
For more info about how Apple Watch tracks exercise, see this article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207941
The exercise ring doesn’t measure time of a workout, it measures time of intense activity where your heart rate is above normal. So, for example, on a walk, it’s harder to get your heart rate up for a long period of time and therefore harder to get all 30 minuets of exercise credit. Your Watch uses a lot of different data in it’s calculations as well (steps don’t really count since they are a horrible metric of exercise).
For more info about how Apple Watch tracks exercise, see this article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207941
To earn 1 minute of exercise credit(green ring);
Travel a full minute at a brisk walking pace(3.3 mph approx) or above.
Raise your heart rate to approx 75% of your maximum.
When you're at around or above this heart rate for the entire minute you'll receive 1 exercise minute credit.
If you pause or slow down then you won't get any exercise credit.
During my walks my heart rates average is 109. How high does it need to get to count as “exercise”?
My Apple Watch series 3 has stopped logging my exercise. It has the most recent update.
