Hi Deb, I'm not sure. I had similar problems with indoor cycling and thought I probably wasn't pumping hard enough. For outdoor walks, I've stopped using the workout app because the number of calories and amount of exercise don't seem to be any different in the activity app whether I'm running the Workout app or not. On the other hand, when I use 7-Minute Workout Pro and run the Workout app, Activity counts it as 7 minutes of exercise, and it doesn't count it that way if the Workout app isn't running.
I think the biggest difference when having Workout running is that it checks your heart rate more often, and it uses the phone's GPS when you're doing an outdoor workout to confirm how far you've gone. I think your heart rate has to be way up for it to count as exercise, but I'm not sure how high it has to be. As for watch placement, make sure the band is tight enough that the watch stays still. Also, make sure the watch is on top of your writs. You might try looking at your heart rate during the workout and also sometime when you're not working out to see if the readings make sense. I'm really not sure what else to suggest. I wonder if there are bugs, or whether this app just requires a really high heart rate to count. I wish the user guide provided more detail about how calories burned and level of exercise are counted. Best, Anna > On May 7, 2015, at 10:38 AM, Deb Lewis <deblewi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi: > I'm using the Workout app on my Apple Watch. I'm doing indoor cycling. > I have the watch positioned in the normal way on my wrist. But after > 25 minutes of pretty hard cycling it says I've only burned 13 calories > and done 1% of the required activity. Really? What am I doing wrong > here? Is there a way to test whether the watch is touching the correct > part of your wrist? I'm riding with some tention at a fast pace. I can > feel my heart beating much faster and the app shows some definite > increase in my heart rate. I also took a brisk walk the other day and > again it only gave me a few calories. Any thoughts? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
