You can track your break time with Apple Watch Segments

When you are lifting weights, you usually setting At the end of your exercise, rest for 1-2 minutes before doing another exercise. You can gauge this by feel (do it when you’re ready), but a timer can help. Turns out you can do this with a simple double-tap using the Apple Watch’s Segments feature.

Let’s talk about break time.of best rest time It depends on the type of training. If you’re doing light exercises that are meant to be quick with each other, he might only have 30 seconds of rest between sets. Conversely, if you’re lifting heavy, he recommends waiting 3-5 minutes between sets (maybe a little longer before attempting a personal record).

If you’re impatient, you may be tempted to do the next set quickly. By setting the timer to a minimum value (say 2 minutes) you can encourage them to sit on their butts if not enough time has passed. Or maybe you want the opposite. Oops, she’s been five minutes. It’s time to get back to work.

How to time breaks using Apple Watch Segments

apple watch segment Like the r/AppleWatchFitness subreddit, this feature is an underutilized gem. Always a quick reminder.met recently Tips for using segments for time restsfrom u/Cultural_Rock6281, and it’s a good one. Just start a new segment.

The overall workout timer will continue, but you will also see a segment timer starting at zero at the point of the double-tap if your view is set up correctly. This is most often used to mark sections of a running workout, such as marking a segment each time you go around a track, but it’s also useful when timing sets.

Double-tap the screen before or after each exercise to set a rest timer. (It’s a good idea to do it ahead of time, as it’s common to end an exercise in a state of mind where you may forget to start the timer.)

But first, you’ll need to make sure your watch is set to show segmented times.

1. Select the type of workout you want to do (possibly traditional strength training)
2. tap the three dots button
3. Tap the pencil icon for an “open” workout (or one you plan to do).
4. Tap Workout View, then tap Edit View
5. Turn on one of the views that contains a segment timer, such as ‘Metrics 2’.
6. Start your workout.
7. Turn the crown to access the view with segment timer.

And when you are working:

1. Once you’ve started your exercise, double tap to start a new segment.
2. When you think it’s time to go again, look at your wrist. (The exercise itself probably took about 30 seconds, so a 2 minute break shows her at 2:30.)
3. Ready? Double tap to start a new segment and start your workout.

If you really know things, you can choose to start a new segment at the start When finish the exercise. Or maybe you prefer to start your segment only when you finish your exercise and start your rest. (For more information on what you can do with the Apple Watch segment, see OUR GUIDE HERE.)