Can the 5x record strokes when "stationary" swimming ?

Former Member over 7 years ago

Asking for a friend..
A mate of mine trains for swimming in a hydro/swim pool which means he's stationary when swimming. We did a quick test on dry land by standing still and just practicing a few strokes. The watch didn't seem to record the stroke count and I'm wondering if it's because we weren't moving ?
Anyone actually tried this ?

0 Dr Phil over 7 years ago

You should be fine in the actual water. You won't get distance, only stroke detection.

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

Hi

I tried this today in a hydro pool and it was hit and miss, because I was not technically moving I think it confused the watch sensors. The data was inconsistent and not something that would be usable

0 Dr Phil over 7 years ago

Maybe it's your stroke? What was the output?

The watch cannot detect your forward movement per se. The accelerometers detect your arm motion to work out the stroke. That being said I can see the poor thing getting confused as the number of strokes keeps increasing without any changes in direction to indicate lengths?

0 gildenhuys over 7 years ago

Pool swim mode displays the number of strokes per length. If there aren't any lengths, the stroke count doesn't make sense. Try using open water swim mode - you can turn GPS off.

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

Maybe it's your stroke? What was the output?

The watch cannot detect your forward movement per se. The accelerometers detect your arm motion to work out the stroke. That being said I can see the poor thing getting confused as the number of strokes keeps increasing without any changes in direction to indicate lengths?

It registered 2 strokes in total and this I suspect is when I dropped back when in the hydro pool and moved forward a little bit. I will give it ago with the suggestion above next week and report back

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

Thanks for all the feedback everyone