How to Track Your Workouts with Samsung Health

By Amboy Manalo

Dec 14, 2018 07:53 PM

Dec 26, 2018 06:55 PM

Samsung Health 101

Health & Fitness

Smartphone displaying a fitness app next to a dumbbell on a carpeted surface.

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Keeping track of your physical activities can be difficult, especially if you have a hectic lifestyle with responsibilities to constantly stay on top of. Thankfully, Samsung Health is there to help you log your workout routines, leaving you with one less thing to keep track of as you go about your busy day.

Formerly S Health, Samsung's rebranded health app has become one of the most comprehensive health apps out there, and now it's available for all Android phones. It sports advanced features like one-on-one challenges and heart rate monitoring, but its basic functionality is perhaps even more important — like any good fitness app, Samsung Health lets you record your exercises with ease, so you spend less time finagling with your device and more time working out.

Install Samsung Health on Any Android Device (Google Play Store)

Select a Workout

To get the ball rolling, open Samsung Health, hit the "Exercise" tile, then choose the type of exercise from the list provided. From there, tap the "Basic workout" drop-down menu to choose a recording method.

Fitness app dashboard showing heart rate and activity metrics.

List of exercise options in a fitness app.

Push-up exercise tutorial with animated demonstration.

Choose a Method to Record Your Workout

There are three modes to record your exercise: "Duration target," Burned calorie target," and "Basic workout."Duration target challenges you to exercise within a set amount of time while recording the calories you burn. Burned calorie target pushes you to burn a set amount of calories while displaying the time elapsed. Basic workout simply records both elapsed time and calories burned.

Push-up tracking interface with duration and calorie target options.

Push-up exercise timer showing 29 minutes and 41 seconds, with a graphic of a person in a push-up position.

Workout timer displaying 295 push-ups completed in 36 seconds.

It's worth noting that other options for setting targets are available for different activities. Walking and Cycling, for example, let you set a distance target to track how far you're walking.

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Bear in mind that Samsung Health doesn't track reps if you're doing a repetitive exercise like crunches or bench presses. Instead, it only records the duration of the workout along with the calories burned. That said, be sure to always hit "Pause" in between reps to more accurately log your activity.

To save battery while working out, tap on the lock icon in the lower right corner to track your progress on an OLED-friendly black screen.

Push-up exercise timer showing 1 minute and 11 seconds, with a count of 10 push-ups completed.

Timer displaying duration of 1 minute and 42 seconds with 15 seconds remaining.

Stop Recording

To stop recording at any time during the workout, tap on the "Pause" button, followed by "Stop." From there, add any relevant images or notes that you may have concerning your workout, then either hit "Share" to save and and share your progress, or "Done" if you just want to log it into Samsung Health.

Timer for push-ups with 1 minute and 52 seconds elapsed.

Push-up workout summary displaying time, calorie burn, and exercise details.

Remove a Recorded Workout

If you've recorded a workout that you feel was inaccurate, you can easily remove it by tapping on the logged workout within the "Exercise" tile on Samsung Health's main page, then tapping on "Delete" on the following page. Hit "Delete" once again to confirm removal.

Health app dashboard displaying activity statistics and metrics.

Push-up workout summary showing duration, calories burned, and repetitions.

Fitness app screenshot showing workout duration, calories burned, distance, and heart rate statistics.

This article was produced during Gadget Hacks' annual Health & Fitness special coverage. Read all of the Health & Fitness series.

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