Use the Activity app on your Apple Watch
With the Activity app on your Apple Watch, you can track how much you move, exercise and stand from day to day.
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Track your Activity
To get started, open the Activity app on your Apple Watch and follow the onscreen steps. Your Apple Watch lets you know when you've reached your goals and will offer suggestions and encouragement to help you close your rings. Find out how to close each ring or change your goals.
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Move
The Move ring shows how many active calories you've burnt so far. Complete your daily Move goal by burning active calories every day. Active calories, unlike resting, are ones that you burn by standing or moving around. Get help earning Move and Exercise credit.
For users aged 13 and younger, the Move ring shows how many minutes the user has spent actively moving around.
![An image of the exercise ring](https://cdsassets.apple.com/live/7WUAS350/images/apple-watch/watchos3-activity-exercise-icon.png)
Exercise
The Exercise ring shows how many minutes of brisk activity you've completed. Complete your daily Exercise goal by exercising for at least 30 minutes each day. Find out how to meet your exercise goal.
![An image of the stand ring](https://cdsassets.apple.com/live/7WUAS350/images/apple-watch/watchos3-activity-stand-icon.png)
Stand
The Stand ring shows the hours in which you've stood and moved for at least a minute. Complete your daily Stand goal by standing up and moving around for at least 1 minute during 12 different hours in the day. Even if you stand all day, you'll still need to move around to earn credit for standing.
If you specify that you use a wheelchair, the Stand ring will switch to the Roll ring. Roll shows hours in which you've pushed around for at least 1 minute.
Check your Activity history
You can check your progress for the day on your Apple Watch, or check your entire history from the Fitness app on your iPhone.
On your iPhone
Open the Fitness app on your iPhone.
Tap Activity in the Summary tab to see details about your all-day activity.
to see your progress for the month. On the calendar, appears next to the days that you worked out.
To see more details, tap a day.
To get information about a workout, such as your route or total distance, scroll down to the Workouts section, then tap the item.*
On your Apple Watch
Open the Activity app on your Apple Watch.
Tap
in the upper-left to see your weekly summary, or you can swipe up to see details for each ring.Swipe up again to see more, such as your total steps, your distance and workouts.
Set activity reminders
On your iPhone, open the Watch app.
Tap the My Watch tab, then tap Activity.
Choose your notifications and reminders. For example, coaching notifications are based on your previous progress.
Learn more
Earn Activity awards using your Apple Watch. With watchOS 6, you can see awards directly on your Apple Watch.
* The metrics that appear depend on the type of workout. For example, route is available for outdoor walk, run, open water swim or cycle workouts when you have GPS.