Apple Watch Series 3 Workout not adding to my Exercise ring! Why not? I have one of those new fan dangled Apple Watches and sometimes my workouts don’t count towards my green exercise ring. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don’t! Why?

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Before anyone questions this, I know this to be fact because I’ve tested it as follows:


I take a screenshot of my rings
I start an Outdoor Walk Workout
I walk for 20 minutes
I stop the Outdoor Walk Workout
I check my rings and the red Move ring has grown, but the green Exercise ring hasn’t changed


I’ve done the above test many times this week. The only thing that changes is that sometimes the green Exercise ring grows, but usually it doesn’t.

Not happy. :(
Is your walk actually exercise?

Considering the intermittent nature of your issue, I’m wondering whether all your walks are actually exercise? 

According to the Health app on your iPhone:


  Every full minute of movement equal to or exceeding the intensity of
  a brisk walk counts towards your daily Exercise Minutes.


NOTE: Emphasis mine

So, if you’re just going for a casual walk it’s not likely to count towards this ring. If your walk happens to be at a faster pace, it will. This would explain the intermittent nature of your experience with the Exercise ring, and also explains why the Move ring still works, because even a casual walk will burn calories.