Apple Watch ultra keeps pausing during workout

When I’m in a workout, the watch continuously pauses my workouts, even when the screen is locked. I’m not referring to auto pause, this happens when the action button and side button is pressed at the same time. When I’m wearing boxing wraps, doing pushups, it’ll push both buttons at the same time.

I also unlock the screen all the time, because now instead of twisting the crown to unlock , you only have to hold the crown down(the button that sticks out the farthest, that’s the easiest to push on accident). Which has caused me to loose/end a lot of workouts.

Does anyone have a solution to lock the screen and buttons on the Apple Watch Ultra? I’m a huge apple fanboy and I’m having to convince my friends to not upgrade, it’s the first apple product I regret getting.