I just had a tennis lesson and I wanted to set my Apple Watch to count that as an exercise. I have no idea how many calories I am supposed to burn with that, or what my heart rate should be, etc. I just want something simple: to direct Apple Watch to note that I did some exercise today, 45 minutes of tennis lessons. How do I do that?
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).
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).
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.
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".
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.
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.
You can suggest that Apple adds an activity type to the Workout app (eg specifically for tennis) here:
As a tennis player, I too have this problem, so I built a TennisKeeper app. It tracks your tennis activities and add it as a workout to your Apple Health so that you can get the credit in your Apple activity app.
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http://www.tenniskeeperapp.com/
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The "other" setting does a poor job tracking tennis.
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Check out the tennis app, Swing. It was featured on Episode 3 of Apple's new Planet of the Apps TV Show! It saves your tennis workouts to Activity and Health :)
How do I set tennis as a workout on my Apple Watch
