Create Your Own Custom Interval Timer When none of the other templates fit your requirements you can build a custom interval timer one interval at a time.

This allows you to create any type of interval timer you can think of.

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Proponents of this type of exercise say it delivers many of the benefits of a much longer workout in a short, sharp burst.

Interval training is also ideal for indoor workouts, like the cardio machines at your local gym.

Or you can get creative and mix things up with a jump rope or weights.

The bursts of exercise are usually known as sets although Apple also uses the term segment.

More on segments later).

The idea is that the breaks enable you to do a more intense workout.

For example, if you are training for a 10K running race, you could use interval training to increase your speed.

Do an interval session where you run at your target race pace for five minutes, then jog slowly for one minute to recover, then repeat.

And, as the name suggests, its just a kind of interval training where you push yourself even harder.

Then scroll down a longer list until your find High Intensity Interval Training and tap on it.

You just get the three basic metrics common to all other workouts: Duration, Heart Rate and Calories.

But Apple optimized the motion and heart rate algorithms for HIIT, so at least your stats you should be more accurate when you use this option.

This feature is not yet supported for the HIIT workout option itself, but there is still a way you can log your sets and rest intervals.

As the term suggests, a segment is just a section of the workout that you have marked using this feature.

After you finish your workout, you can view these segments in the Activity app on your iPhone.

In the Workout tab, tap on your workout and then tap Segments to expand it.

Be patient. It can take a while for them to appear.

For running and cycling workouts, you also get distance and pace for each segment.

This enables you to see the intensity of your sets without the rest intervals bringing down your averages.

Used in combination with segments, this is the best way to log intervals on Apple Watch, because you get pace and distance as well as calories.

Whatever type of interval workout you decide to do, your Apple Watch has it covered.

Interval Timer App For Mac