Can i fast forward my workout video?

I was on my bike doing a cycling workout, with my Air Pods bluetooth connected to the Apple TV because the baby was sleeping, my hands were on the handlebars, not even really moving my wrist around much. I was 24 minutes into a 45 minute workout and the Apple TV said "Lost Connection" to my Apple Watch and kicked me out of the workout. Ok fine, I'll just fast forward to the 24 minute mark and resume my workout. No dice. This is definitely going to be a factor in me canceling my 3 month free trial when it ends.

I'm sure it is non-trivial for the workout software to resume when a "new" watch reconnects in the middle of a workout already started on that watch, but the developers have to figure out something. Connections drop sometimes. Gotta make it better. I know they will, the question is how long will it take and how will they notify us that it has been fixed.

It's 8/21/2021 and you STILL cannot resume a workout from where you left off. This seems like a BASELINE expectation. Internet connections cut out for any number of reasons. To have the only option be to start the workout completely over seems like a ridiculous user experience. Honestly, more and more I'm wondering why I'm not just using Peloton.

I slap myself on the back of the head and start over. The extra workout time is good for me.

Tell Apple you would like to have this: Feedback - Apple Fitness Plus - Apple

I suspect if you are using the workout with your Apple Watch this will never be an option.

Chatted with Apple on this. Everyone, please leave feedback at the link below so this is fixed!

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

I got interrupted and had to walk away from my work out - when I got back it had disconnected and closed the workout... came back and my only option is to start over because it wont let me fast forward :(

I’m having the same issue with rewind. I had to step away quickly without pausing the workout. I just assumed I could rewind it and pick up where I left off. Clearly, that’s not the case. I’m thankful I discovered this during my free trial because it’s a deal breaker.

Yep, still not fixed. Bad idea to release a media player without proper media player controls.

it’s probably something to do with the hooks into Apple Watch, but still, bad idea

Fix it or I’m going back to a certain app sponsored by Mr C Hemsworth, of Melbourne. Australia. It’s actually pretty good, some tough workouts, and being Australian, isn’t full of people “woooo”ing every 5 seconds, which is *really* irritating.

Also, I don’t seem to be able to do any more than preview a workout from my ATV…..

Doing workout during lunch break... have 30 minutes and Apple Watch lost connection. Streaming through my Apple TV 4K. Why can’t I fast forward through what I’ve already completed? Had to start workout over...

Can’t fast forward a video? Apple probably thinks it’s better for you. Pretty unbelievable but hey, it’s how apple wants it. The user “experience” as they see it. They don’t want their users making decisions for themselves. I only tolerate them for their watch. Hating pretty much everything else about Apple. Deal killer for Apple Fitness for sure!

This is still an issue - this just happened to me halfway through a workout. I was using Airplay to play a workout on my Apple TV. I had to pause for about a minute to fill up my water bottle. I came back, resumed and was in the last half of my workout when my phone randomly disconnected. I tried to get back to the workout, but it would not let me fast forward. This was very disappointing (especially for a 30-minute HIIT workout), and if this is a persistent issue and I still cannot fast forward, I’ll have to consider a different fitness app. I’m using an iPhone 12 Pro on iOS 14.4.

If you pause too long it considers you done. I got a call that lasted too long for the app and it made me start over. Would have been much more helpful to resume or be able to fast forward. Other exercise apps have those.

The fact that you can't fast forward of rewind is dumb. The video froze halfway through, so I restarted it and there was no way to jump to where I was. This should be fixed.

Nothing like getting disconnected during a yoga video. So frustrating that I can’t reset and start back where I was😡

I wish they would enable this functionality. It's especially frustrating in the middle of a workout. The internet connection drops for a moment, and then it doesn't re-start. Why won't the playback just re-start without having to start the workout over??