Hey there! Got an Apple Watch strapped on and ready to get moving? This smart wearable makes tracking fitness goals a breeze with its innovative rings concept.
As you‘ve probably noticed, the watch uses Move, Exercise and Stand rings to visualize daily activity. Red shows calories burned, blue is stand hours, green marks workout minutes. Simple, right?
Here‘s the cool part – you can completely customize these targets to match your own fitness journey!
Why Adjust Your Apple Watch Goals?
First, let‘s discuss why you‘d even want to change your goals. By default, Apple suggests automatic activity levels based on your personal stats. Makes sense so far.
But goals may need tweaking over time as your fitness plans evolve. Here‘s 3 big reasons you might dial targets up or down:
1. Training Status Changes
Ramping up for a marathon? Recovering from an injury or illness? Apple‘s neat algorithms can‘t always account for your real-world training peaks and valleys. Boosting or lowering goals keeps motivation realistic.
2. Target Specific Areas
Got a strength training kick? Daily calorie targets won‘t shift on their own for extra gym days. Bump up active minutes manually for a customized workout push!
3. Lifestyle Factors
Let‘s be honest – some weeks we manage an hour run daily. Others, just squeezing in 30 minutes is a major win! Adjusting move and exercise goals keeps accountability in line with your changing routine.
See? Lots of great reasons to tailor your activity levels. Luckily, it only takes seconds on Apple Watch.
Step-By-Step Guide to Changing Apple Watch Goals
Ready to customize your targets for more meaningful progress tracking? Follow these simple steps:
Step 1: Open the Activity App
Launch the Activity app on your watch by tapping the bright icon shown below:
This opens your activity dashboard with the signature move/exercise/stand rings:
Check your progress so far today. Now let‘s alter those goals!
Step 2: Swipe Up to Reveal "Change Goals"
From the main Activity screen, swipe up with your finger to reveal additional options:
See the "Change Goals" link at the bottom? Tap here to open the customization menu.
Step 3: Adjust Each Goal Up or Down
Goals ready for tweaking? You can now increase or decrease daily targets for:
- Move: Total calories burned
- Exercise: Brisk activity minutes
- Stand: Hours spent standing
I‘m upping my exercise goal here getting ready for a 10K race. Tap "+" to raise targets or "-" to lower.
Monitoring Progress to Changed Goals
Whew, goals tuned to your training! The Apple Watch will now track your daily stats against these new personalized levels.
You can check progress any time right from the Activity or Fitness apps. Close those rings to hit your own targets!
For weekly views with tables and charts, flip over to the Fitness app:
And that‘s it! Now your Apple Watch fitness feedback stays meaningful even as training evolves. Tweak those move, exercise and stand goals to your heart‘s content.
Let‘s recap the key Apple Watch features that make all of this possible…
Apple Watch Sensors and Algorithms
Wondering how Apple Watch tracks activity and sets goals automatically? A suite of advanced sensors are built right in:
Optical Heart Rate Sensor: Uses photodiodes to detect blood flow changes. Tracks workout intensity.
Accelerometer: Measures acceleration forces across 3 axes for counting steps.
Gyroscope: Detects rotational motions like wrist turns during workouts.
Ambient Light Sensor: Adjusts screen brightness for easy reading.
Plus the watch pulls data from your iPhone for metrics like age, weight, height to estimate calorie burn.
Apple‘s fitness algorithms crunch numbers from these sensors to set personalized move, exercise and stand goals. Pretty smart!
But again, only you know your real-world training needs. That‘s why customizing objectives takes things to the next level!
FAQs – Adjusting Apple Watch Goals
Got questions on fine tuning your activity levels? Here‘s answers to some common FAQs:
Can I mute workout reminder alerts?
Sure! Open the Apple Watch app > Activity, and toggle workout reminders off. Customize what you do/don‘t receive.
Can I share my daily activity with friends?
Absolutely! In the Activity app, tap Sharing. Tap "+" to select friends to share progress with via invites.
What‘s the best way to change Apple Watch move goal?
Open Activity, swipe up, select "Change Goals", then simply raise or lower the Move calorie target as needed. Do the same for exercise minutes and stand hours!
And there you have it! Now you can stop settling for automatic activity levels that don‘t match your fitness journey. Customize Apple Watch goals in just minutes for progress tracking that works for YOU!
Let me know if any other questions come up on mastering this. Happy training!
