How to Add a Workout to the Apple Watch

You can manually add a workout to your Apple Watch in the Health App

By Leanne Hays updated on 10/12/2020

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If you forgot to hit the start button on your Apple Watch, or if you left your watch behind during a workout, don't worry! You can still add a workout to your Apple Watch. We've already shown how to start a workout in the Workout app, and how to view your Apple Watch activity and trends. Here we'll cover how to add activity to an Apple Watch in the Health app on your iPhone. Let's get started learning how!

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How to Add a Workout to an Apple Watch

To add a workout you forgot to track on your Apple Watch to the Health app:

Open the Health app on your iPhone.
Select the Browse tab.
Tap the Search bar and enter the word Workouts.
Select Workouts from the list of results.
On the top right, tap Add Data.
Choose your activity type, then enter the number of calories and the start and stop times.
When you’re finished, tap Add.

Now the data from the workout you forgot to track from your Apple Watch will be counted toward your fitness and activity goal on your Apple Watch!

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You can manually add a workout to your Apple Watch in the Health App

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Leanne Hays

Leanne Hays is an SEO Content Strategist and Feature Writer at iPhone Life, and has written hundreds of in-depth how-to and troubleshooting articles. She's a former Associate Editor for iPhone Life magazine, and has written for the Iowa Source, as well as web content for education marketing. Leanne has an associate's degree in education, with a focus on curriculum development, as well as a bachelor's degree in science. She has over nine years of experience with SEO, social media management, and web development and writing. Despite years of web work, Leanne is by no means an early adapter; she's only owned a smartphone for five years, which makes her highly sympathetic to the learning curve of new iPhone owners. She enjoys making reader's lives easier and putting her education experience to work by walking them through the most practical ways to use Apple devices, step-by-step.

In off-work hours, Leanne is a mother of two, homesteader, audiobook fanatic, musician, and learning enthusiast.