A report from The New York Times over the weekend highlighted the trend of people wearing an Apple Watch on their ankles, instead of the wrist.

In pursuit of tracking fitness goals in a comfortable manner, a growing number of people are relocating their watches (and causing some confusion along the way).

A growing number of Apple Watch users are wearing the device on their ankles to improve fitness tracking accuracy, but the trend has led to both practical benefits and unexpected confusion.

A growing number of people are wearing their Apple Watch on their ankle, according to a new report, with five different reasons cited. The most mundane of these are people with tiny wrists who find that the Watch is too loose during workouts, even with the smallest of bands …

Some Apple Watch users are wearing it on their ankle instead of their wrist to get better workout data, but we've done some testing, and it's not a great place to wear the device.