Activity FAQs

How to check your SimplyMe step-count data
We need only one day of step-count data within a 28-day rolling time-window to generate your Daily Step Average rating.  You can check how many days of ...
What is a 28-day rolling time-window?
By now you would have heard us mention the 28-day rolling time-window we use to calculate a number of your health ratings. If you’re unsure what we mean by ...
Exercise Minutes: what is a 4-complete-week rolling time-window?
When it comes to your Exercise Minutes rating, one of the requirements is a minimum of 14 days of data within a 4-complete-week rolling time-window. What is...
Exercise Minutes: covering 3 weeks of the 4 complete-weeks
To calculate your Exercise Minutes rating, a minimum of 14 days of data must be spread over at least 3 weeks within the 4-complete-week rolling time-window....
Why is my Exercise Rating green when my Intense or Moderate minutes are red/amber?
You may have noticed that your Exercise Rating is green but your intense or moderate minutes are yet to change from red or amber. The good news is you’re...
Exercise Minutes: Intense vs Moderate
If you’re completing the bonus reading on exercise and SimplyMe all by yourself… excellent!  For those of you for whom extra reading was punishment - yo...
How do I know if moderate or intense physical activity is suitable for me?
Are you unsure whether you should be doing moderate or intense exercise?   Then please read the questions below.   Has your medical practitioner ever t...
Why do my exercise minutes appear different in SimplyMe vs. my device?
Wearable device apps provide SimplyMe with a ‘snapshot’ of your activity. Some details are provided, others are not – and we can only work with what we’ve g...
Why do I have an overall Activity rating, but no Intense or Moderate Exercise Minutes ratings?
In order to improve your health, you need to know where you’re at. And because we’re here to help you improve your health, we want to give you important inf...
What qualifies as ‘Intense Exercise’?
Intense exercise gets your heart pounding and body sweating. You’re only able to speak a few words at a time and if you were to rate the difficulty of the w...