How to start a workout on your Apple Watch in 2 different ways
- You can start a workout on an Apple Watch in two different ways.
- The Apple Watch can sense many types of exercise, and if you begin working out, your Apple Watch should automatically display a reminder to begin tracking your workout.
- You can also start a workout manually in the Workout app, and set specific goals for duration, distance, calories burned, and more.
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Apple has positioned the Apple Watch as a health and fitness device, so it's no surprise that it puts a lot of emphasis on exercise.
Many of the key features on your Apple Watch are geared towards working out, such as the activity goals that track exercise, walking, and standing time.
In addition, the Workouts app can be quite helpful for your exercise sessions - here's how to use it.
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How to start a workout on an Apple Watch automatically
The good news is that in many cases, you don't need to do much to start a workout on your Apple Watch.
If you don't start the Workout app manually, but simply start exercising, your Apple Watch should notice and remind you to start tracking the exercise on its own.
According to Apple, your Apple Watch can sense the following kinds of exercise:
- Indoor Walk
- Outdoor Walk
- Indoor Run
- Outdoor Run
- Elliptical
- Rower
- Pool Swim
- Open Water Swim
After a few minutes of performing any of these exercises, your watch should display a reminder to begin tracking this exercise. When you see the message, tap "Record Workout."
Likewise, when you stop exercising, the watch will ask if you are done and stop tracking the workout.
The amount of time it takes the Apple Watch to remind you to start and stop the workout varies, but is generally within a few minutes.
Even if you don't get a reminder to start the exercise for several minutes, don't worry: the watch has been tracking the exercise from the start and you should get credit for the full workout.
How to start a workout on an Apple Watch manually
You can also start a workout manually, and specify a goal for the exercise before you begin.
1. Press the Digital Crown to see the list of apps and start the Workout app, which looks like a person running on a green background.
2. Find the exercise you want to perform.
3. If you want to start the exercise immediately, tap it. If you want to specify a goal for the workout, tap the three dots.
4. On the goals page, tap the kind of goal you want and use the controls to set one for duration, distance, or calories burned. Then tap "Start."
5. When the workout is done, swipe to the right to open the Workout Options page, and tap "End."
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