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How to stop Inspire HR tracking steps while I was tracking a non-stepping sport (swimming)

‎01-27-2020 16:51

‎01-27-2020 16:51

I swam from roughly 9am to 10am today, and started the exercise tracker for swimming from the very beginning. The stats for the swim were pretty much right, but I noticed in the expanded view of the steps (in the app) it showed a few "high intensity" steps taken from 9-9:15, 500ish steps from 9:15-9:30, and a couple hundred the next two 15 minute intervals. I obviously wasn't walking then, so is there a way to make it not track my steps when I'm doing an obviously non-stepping sport? I assume it does this for things like kayaking too. 

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‎02-09-2020 15:14

‎02-09-2020 15:14

It is capturing either your arm movement or the kicking of your legs and giving you steps. The only way would be to take off your tracker... 

although it isn't technically a step activity, your legs are moving and kicking, so the steps it is affording you are not completely wrong. my opinion of course. 

Elena | Pennsylvania

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