Originally Posted by
evenmed According to
Apple Watch Series 2: A Swimmer's Perspective - Mac Rumors, it's great at tracking your workout if you're swimming back and forth. It measures calories burnt and heartbeat rate accurately, as well as distance. However, "..where the Apple Watch's swim tracking starts to fall short is for people looking to do more varied swim workouts based around swim sets and focused exercises like stroke drills and kicking. The Apple Watch's tracking is linked to its ability to sense arm motion, which means if you're doing a kick set, it won't pick it up at all. Or if you're doing specialized drills to work on your technique, such as one-arm strokes, if may not track accurately if you don't have a regular stroke rhythm".
Thank you for the reply! I do a few kick sets, but that likely won't be an issue as much (hopefully you can 'add data' like on the iPhone Health app. Also wondering if the Speedo Fit app (which I've been using to manually add my workouts) has a Watch app!
I was mainly concerned about it falling off with more intense swimming, but after reading the article, I'm confident it should hold up nicely!