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If you don’t, you are probably not getting the most out of your Apple Watch use it for fitness, and while you are dealing with this issue, you should also tweak the statistics that the watch shows you.
Because yes, you can change the statistics that the Apple Watch shows when you log a workout with the standard workout app. We’ll show you how to do this and give you a few other useful tips.
Focus on your training goal with the single metric view
I’ve been doing a lot of calorie-focused workouts lately. For example, I try to burn 150 kilocalories on the treadmill, 200 on the cross trainer or 150 kilocalories on the bike. The flood of information on the Apple Watch screen makes it harder to focus on the only thing that matters – the active calorie count.
This is why it’s great to switch to a single metric view. You will find it easier to get the information you need with a quick glance, which is a godsend in the middle of an intense workout. To do this, open the View app on your iPhone and choose Training> Training View> Single Reading.
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Customize the statistics you see while exercising
The display of your Apple Watch is not big enough to show you all kinds of data during your workout, which is why you will see up to five data points at the end, depending on which workout you are recording.
When I discovered that there were 12 different data points available while tracking outdoor runs, I saw that the five shown by default on the watch are not my favorites. I would definitely prefer to see the current pace and the active kilocalories over the duration of the training and, for example, the rolling pace.
You can go to any workout in the Watch app and choose the data you want to see when you track it on Apple Watch. Go over to Training> Training View and scroll down to the Trainings Section. Now select any workout and press Edit in the upper right corner and tap red minus symbol to the left of one of the metrics above.
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Once that’s done, you can get new readings from the Not include Section by clicking on the green plus symbol next to the data point of your choice.
Automatically pause your running training
Have you ever found that waiting at a stop sign resulted in a dramatic decrease in your average pace for a run? You can avoid this by manually pausing your workout when you stop and resuming it when you’re out, or you can ask your Apple Watch to do it for you.
Go to in the Watch app on your iPhone Work out and activate Carry out auto-pause.
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Create a standard playlist for your workouts
You can stop fiddling with your Apple Watch (or iPhone) to find the right playlist every time you hit the gym. Just set a default playlist for your workouts and your Apple Watch will automatically play it every time you start a workout.
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You can enable this by opening the Watch app on your iPhone and selecting it. walk Training> Training playlist. You can choose any Apple Music playlist from this page. After choosing a playlist, you can choose between Play from the start or Mix to determine the order in which the songs will be played.
Extend your battery life when tracking workouts
I often forget to charge my Apple Watch overnight and waste my time charging it in the morning when, ideally, I should start exercising. If you’re in a similar situation, you can put Apple Watch into sleep mode to get more miles while running and walking.
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When you turn on sleep mode, your Apple Watch’s heart rate monitor is turned off, which means the active and calorie burn data is less accurate. My regular 15-minute walk training usually shows 50 active and 70 calories burned. When the energy-saving mode was activated, 30 active and 50 total calories burned were displayed. Since the GPS is activated, all other data points (speed, altitude, route map, etc.) were correct.
You can enable this through the Watch app on your iPhone. Go to Work out and activate power saving mode.
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