View and edit workout metrics on Apple Watch

During a workout, Apple Watch displays information (or metrics) such as active calories, heart rate, and distance to help you monitor your progress. Each workout type displays a set of default metrics appropriate for that activity, which you can modify.

Switch workout views during a workout

Start a workout, then turn the Digital Crown to scroll through workout views.

Personalize workout views

The workout views you see depend on the kind of workout you’re doing. Cardio-focused workouts have more workout views by default, but you can edit some of them to suit your workout style.

The Workout Views screen showing the Elevation metric. Near the top is a graph showing elevation increases and decreases over time. Below is the amount of elevation gained and the current elevation. At the bottom is the Include switch.

Open the Workout app on your Apple Watch.
Turn the Digital Crown to the workout you want to do.
Tap , tap in any tile, then tap Workout Views.
Tap Edit Views, scroll through the workout views, then tap Include next to the metrics you want to appear during the workout.
To select the metrics that appear in the first two workout views, tap in the Metric 1 or Metric 2 set, tap a metric, then choose a different metric.

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View and edit workout metrics on Apple Watch

Switch workout views during a workout

Personalize workout views