If you’re a fitness enthusiast, you know that tracking your workouts and progress is essential for making sure you’re getting the most out of your Apple Watch. But what if you don’t have access to a gym or don’t have the time to go? Well, there are ways to customize the workout stats on your Apple Watch so that you get the most out of your workouts. Here are three tips:

  1. Set up a personalized workout routine: One way to customize your workout stats on an Apple Watch is by setting up a personalized routine. This can include different exercises, reps, and time periods. You can also set up different goals for each session, such as making it last for an hour or reaching certain numbers.
  2. Use heart rate monitors: If you want to track your heart rate during your workouts, you can do so by using a heart rate monitor. This will help you see how hard and fast you’re working and give you feedback on how well you’re doing.
  3. Use calorie counting tools: If you want to track calories in addition to working out, there are various calorie counting tools available for an Apple Watch. These tools will help keep track of how many calories you’ve burned throughout your workout and provide feedback on how many calories per dayyou’ve eaten overall

An Apple Watch can only display five different metrics or performance stats, like your current pace or the distance you’ve run, as you work out—so you can customize which ones you see. You can even set your watch to display just a single important metric. Here’s how.

How to Customize Which Metrics You See

For every workout type, your watch can track and show: Duration, Active Kilocalories, Total Kilocalories, and Heart Rate. For some workouts, like Outdoor Run or Pool Swim, your watch also tracks (and can display) other more specific, stats like Distance, Current Pace, Elevation gained, and Lengths swam.

To change which stats you see on your watch while you workout, open the “Watch” app on your iPhone and go to Workout > Workout View.

Under “Workouts,” select the activity you want to customize, then tap “Edit.”

The different stats are grouped under “Metrics,” which are displayed when you workout, and “Do Not Include,” which aren’t. To add a stat, tap the green plus sign icon. To remove one, tap the red circle icon, and then tap “Remove.” To reorder the different metrics, use the handles on the right. When you’re finished, tap “Done.”

The next time you track a workout, you’ll see your chosen list of metrics. To make one more visible, you can highlight it by turning the Digital Crown. This makes it show in color, so you can see it more readily with a glance. You can see Distance lit up in yellow in the screenshot below.

How to Switch to Single Metric View

If you only want to focus on a single important stat (or stop yourself from constantly looking at your wrist as you workout), you can set the Workout app on your Apple Watch to Single Metric mode.

To do so, open the “Watch” app on your iPhone and go to Workout > Workout View. Select “Single Metric.”

Now, when you track a workout with your watch, you’ll only see a single performance stat (and the time) at any one time. To cycle between them, twist the Digital Crown.