watch lags recording heartbeat during exercises

I’ve had my watch for a year (Apple watch 5 Nike GPS) and I work out daily and for at least 10-20 minutes of my 60 minute workouts (broken in multiple segments) the watch doesn’t record my heartbeat. Any suggestions or should I just switch from Apple to something specifically designed for workouts only?

Posted on Feb 19, 2021 4:42 AM

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Randy-12

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Feb 19, 2021 6:16 AM in response to omer.abs

Make sure that you don't have the watch in power saving mode

iPhone>Watch>Workout>Power Saving Mode>Make sure that this is toggled off

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