All of which is very easy to keep tabs on if you own an Apple Watch.
you’re free to track your workouts with other devices, of course.
you could discover your heart rate, calories, distance, and elapsed time during and after each exercise.
double-check youre already running iOS 11 or higher on your iPhone.
On your phone, fire up the Watch app.
Tap on General and then Software Update.
If the Watch app says you have watchOS 4.0 or higher, youre in business.
If not, let the update download and get installed on your watch.
Swipe down the screen until you find the workout youre about to undertake.
From there, begin your workout of choice, and your watch will count down and start tracking.
If you set a goal, the watch will alert you when youve achieved it.
The Workout app then displays a screen showing the stats for your entire workout.
Tap on Done to record the workout.
Want to exercise with a more hands-off approach?
Ask Siri to start a workout.
Siri begins the workout.
When youre done, just tell Siri to stop the specific workout.
Start your first workout.
Before you finish, swipe your watch screen to the right.
Tap on the New button.
Start your second workout.
Before youre done, swipe to the right again, tap on New, and start your third workout.
Continue this process until youve completed all your workouts.
When youre done, stop the recording of your last workout.
Your watch then displays the stats for each workout as well as for all your workouts collectively.
Need motivation to encourage you to work out?
Your Apple Watch offers a smart coaching feature, as well.
Music can be another motivator.
On your iPhone, fire up the Apple Watch app.
Tap on the My Watch tab at the bottom of the screen.
Swipe down to and tap on the Workout app.
Tap on the entry for Workout Playlist and choose a specific playlist.
That playlist will now automatically start when you begin a workout.
Remember that youll need a Bluetooth headset or speaker to listen to your music.
Tracking your data
Now lets say you want to see the data for your recent workout.
The red Move chart displays the calories youve burned since the start of the day.
The green Exercise chart indicates the amount of time youve spent exercising so far.
And the blue Stand chart points to the number of hours youve spent standing today.
The objective is to kill the ring on each activity, which means youve met or surpassed your goal.
Tap on the icon for Weekly Summary and youll see how youve fared for the week so far.
But you might travel back in time much further.
Move over to your iPhone and fire up the Activity app.
The app shows you your activity for the current day.
Swipe further down the screen to see the workouts youve performed that day.
you could filter the information to display only a specific workout.
In the Activity app on your phone, tap on the Workouts icon at the bottom of the screen.
At the My Watch screen, tap on the Workout app and then tap on Workout View.
Then tap on Edit.
you’re able to record as many as five metrics for each workout.
Press down on the screen of the Activity app on your watch.
Tap on the icon to Change Move Goal.
Tap on the + sign to increase the number of calories or the sign to decrease them.
Tap on the Health app to open it.
you might always try these and other apps to see if you like them.
