How to activate water lock during exercise or sports?

[DylanU]

Charge 5 water lock seems to lock from all features of activity since it locks the screen itself.

Is there any way I can enable water lock during activities other than swimming?

[ShadowNinja]

Hi, yes you can, when you start an exercise exit the exercise app then go to the water lock button, then lock it, it won’t show the exercice stats, but it is still tracking, once your done, unlock then go to exercise app to stop.

[DylanU]

Thanks a lot for the kind reply. Unfortunately, I cannot exit the exercise app once it starts until I pause and finish the app. My charge 5 seems to have the latest firmware. Any suggestion?

[Gr4ndp4 · Accepted solution]

Hi, @DylanU, welcome to the community, you do not mention what kind of exercise you contemplate, some will auto-recognize without you starting them. In your phone app today screen>touch your icon in the top left corner>Activity & Wellness>exercise to see a list, adjust the time as you see fit, and ensure the auto-recognize slider is on (if you use auto-recognize GPS will not be used). All you would need to do then is engage the water-lock and strut your stuff. Disengage the water lock when you want to and on your return home sync your app for the stats.

Let us know how you get on.

Cheers

[movingtarget1]

Hello @Gr4ndp4  -- I have the same problem as @DylanU 

I have a charge 5. All my activities are set to auto recognize. I sometimes do water aerobics. Since there is no actual water aerobics activity available, I use Outdoor Activity .

If I turn water lock on first, I can not exit that screen & start Outdoor Activity.

If I start Outdoor Activity first, then I can't exit to get to water lock.

If I start Outdoor Activity first, and then hit pause I still can't get to the water lock button.

I have no problems when I'm straight out swimming. 

Any ideas on this? 

I'm new to community - so not sure if I should be addressing this concern to peeps who are primarily into water sports? 

Anyway - thanks for any thoughts you may have!

[Gr4ndp4]

hi, @movingtarget1 , I admit I do not do Aquafit sessions but am a daily swimmer. Looking through various search options I see the suggestion for water aerobics is "Workout". May I suggest you give it a try?

Cheers