I just walked on my treadmill for 20 minutes. I don't see anything in the exercise ring. How is the exercise time counted?
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Best Answer
If you hold onto the handle bars, your WATCH has no way to tell that you’re exercising. Your arms need to be swinging during Walking activities for WATCH to credit you exercise minutes.
As @RedEagle2000 mentioned, your activity also needs to cross a certain intensity threshold. That intensity is specific to each individual, with WATCH learning your exercise capacity through your measured heart rate throughout the day, your other activities, etc. Calibrating your WATCH as per Apple’s instructions can help in that department.