HT204523: Work out with your Apple Watch
Learn about Work out with your Apple Watch
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Sep 6, 2015 6:37 AM in response to Redrudyby Jonathan UK,Hi
When you play tennis, start and finish a workout in the Workout app, choosing Other as the activity type.
From the Home screen (single press on Digital Crown) > tap on the Workout app (runner symbol on green background).
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Sep 6, 2015 6:45 AM in response to Jonathan UKby Redrudy,That takes me to a calorie counting screen that asks me to "set calories." I have no idea how many calories I'm supposed to burn in the workout. There is no simple "tennis" setting.
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Sep 6, 2015 6:50 AM in response to Redrudyby Jonathan UK,You are using "Other" because the Workout app does not have a tennis setting.
On the screen that you are referring to, you can swipe left or right to set a different type of goal for the activity you are about to start - for example, you can choose time instead.
For more instructions, click the link I provided above.
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Sep 6, 2015 6:52 AM in response to Redrudyby Jonathan UK,You can suggest that Apple adds an activity type to the Workout app (eg specifically for tennis) here:
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Sep 6, 2015 7:01 AM in response to Redrudyby Jonathan UK,Also:
You cannot add - via the Workout app - an activity that you have already completed. To record a workout so that it is shown in your activity history in the Activity app on your iPhone, you need to start and end that workout via the Workout app on your Apple Watch when you are actually doing that activity.
Use the Workout app on Apple Watch - Apple Support
Use the Activity app on your Apple Watch - Apple Support
It is possible to add data - after the fact - via the Health app on your iPhone, but it will not be reflected as a workout in the Activity app on your iPhone:
On your iPhone: Health > Health Data tab > Fitness > Workouts > Add Data Point.
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Sep 6, 2015 7:41 AM in response to Redrudyby John Galt,Redrudy wrote:
That takes me to a calorie counting screen that asks me to "set calories." I have no idea how many calories I'm supposed to burn in the workout. There is no simple "tennis" setting.
From the "set calories" screen, swipe right for the ability to set the duration of your workout. Set it to 45 minutes, then Start.
If you don't want to set any particular goal (calories or time) then swipe once more to the right and choose "open".