How to Fix Apple Watch Activity & Exercise Tracking

[karenmiller]

On the apple I watch message boards, TONS of people are still having this problem with the activity tracker not working with outdoor walks. Really disappointing for such a pricey watch that markets itself to help keep track of activity.

[mekameka]

I walked 6 miles & only got 1 minute exercise credit. 😡. I got home & filled made 3 or four trips to the freezer for ice to fill a jug & earned 3 minutes of exercise. The day before, I walked 7 miles & got 82 minutes exercise credit. So something is wrong with Apple

[sawtanang]

POS is too pricey for this to be a constant problem. I sometimes get it working but NEVER works with Apple ear pods when listening to music.

[tonybussey]

I find that periodically my Apple Watch keeps pausing during workouts, which is really frustrating especially when rowing! Doesn’t do it all the time, but when it plays up, it pauses every 10 seconds or so.

[daisy-maehughesman-smith]

My activity doesn’t work at all and I’ve had a series 1 for Christmas 2018 and it worked fine. Any suggestions on what to do

[stephenmartin]

Does it have to be exactly 20 minutes to calibrate or just a relatively significant amount of time?

[lanaglad]

My problem is it’s tracking my time but not my steps calories or mileage which pisses me off hopefully this will do the job

[Diedrich]

This was very helpful. Thank you for making it so easy. I followed all of these directions and my watch is still not working as expected. The movement ring is tracking just fine. The exercise ring is only tracking exercise that I manually set. It is not tracking exercise throughout the day like it used to. Is there a way that I can fix that?

[jandolejsi]

I got my first Apple watch two weeks ago. I am partialy handicaped so the excercise I do the most is outdoor walk. I start the workout manually, walk for more than 30 minutes, the summary even says so but the excercise ring closes only for 9 or 10 minutes. Idk what’s the problem because I don’t have time for much more workout and I close both red and blue rings and the green one is an eyesore.

[maresgoh]

If we reset, does it mean all our past walk data, badges etc date will be wiped out?

[iposttvshows]

Does resetting the fitness calibration data erase all of your data, workouts, etc, or just recalibrates?
Also, I find the apple watch and the heart app count the steps the same, without 100 give or take. But I also use my fitnesspal to track my calories and based on my step tracking before getting the watch, the myfitnesspal is more accurate at tracking my treadmill usage and I'm not sure if it's because 90% of the time, I'm holding on with both hands? There are days that there is a 1500 step difference, with the watch and heart app being less. Kinda frustrating considering the cost of the watch.

[kloo]

I cycled today, and at one point i noticed my watch was "asking" if I wanted to lock, end or pause my workout. I wanted to keep going and wanted none of those options. What may have happened to cause it to show that screen?

[victoriazylstra]

So I’m wondering if the reason my workout didn’t show up on the exercise ring is because I didn’t have my phone with me? The location, hr, distance, calories, etc all show up in my phone but they don’t give me the credit on the exercise ring

[tinocabral]

Do I have to start a workout every time I’m going to move, or will the activity app track calories and steps effectively on its own?

[shithitthefan]

If you bought an expensive watch to track your movements but forgot to carry your phone, no logs found. Ah genius

[normamunoz]

When you reset it through the watched does your history and awards delete?

[graceclover]

Does resetting the calibration delete all of my workout data in the past?

[doofenshmirtz]

Please help ASAP. My watch will count my exercise and my stand but not my calories.

[QuangNguyen-venh]

i cant open my fitness app at all, it just loads forever. My health app is also empty with no data in it. My isn't my watch syncing any data

[teresap]

If you reset the data calibration in the Apple Watch, does it reset all of your achievements and clear the rings?