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# Train with Apple Watch

Keep your strength session on your wrist. Open Momentum on Apple Watch,
choose an available strength workout, and check the reps and weight before
logging each set. You can record sets locally without granting Health access
or keeping a live connection to iPhone.

## Get the workout onto your Watch

Use Momentum on a paired iPhone and Apple Watch. Open Momentum on iPhone
with your scheduled strength workout, then open Momentum on Apple Watch.
Wait until the workout appears before starting from the Watch. This guide
covers rep-and-weight sets.

If you see **No workouts**, open Momentum on iPhone to refresh the stored
plan. A stored plan is not a promise that every workout is still eligible;
an outdated or removed workout may need a fresh plan from iPhone.

Health access is optional for Momentum's local set log. Saving a workout to
Apple Health requires workout write access on the Watch. Heart rate and active
energy also depend on the read access and measurements available.

## Work through your strength session

### Start from the Watch

1. Open Momentum on Apple Watch.
2. Select the workout's day.
3. If the day contains several workouts, tap **Open Workouts**.
4. Select the strength workout's start control, labeled **Start** followed by
   its name for accessibility.
5. If **Record with Apple Health?** appears, choose **Continue with Apple
   Health** to review Apple's permission request, or **Continue Without Health**
   to keep the workout in Momentum without a Health save.
6. Let the countdown finish.

You can instead [start the strength workout on iPhone](../workouts/run-strength-workout.md).
Momentum then attempts to open the Watch workout. If the Watch shows the Health
choice, answer it there; opening the phone workout does not confirm Watch
delivery. Do not start a second copy while waiting.

### Check and log each set

1. Tap the current rep or weight value to adjust it.
2. Turn the Digital Crown or use **Increase** and **Decrease**.
3. Tap **Close** to return to the workout.
4. After performing the set, tap the action labeled **Log set**.

Adjusting a value prepares the current set; **Log set** records it. If you
leave reps and weight unchanged, logging uses the planned values. Those
values are your record, not independent measurements.

During rest, tap **Skip rest** to move on or **+30**, labeled **Add 30 seconds
of rest**, to extend it. Swipe between workout pages to open **Controls**,
then tap **Pause** or **Resume** as needed.

### Finish or end early

Logging the final set opens **Workout Complete**. To stop sooner:

1. Open **Controls**.
2. Tap **End Workout**.
3. Tap **End Early** to keep the completed sets and open the summary, or
   **Keep Going** to continue.

Review **Workout Complete** or **Workout Ended**, then tap **Done** when it
becomes available.

## Check the two save outcomes

Successfully logged sets persist in Momentum on the Watch while companion
delivery may still be waiting. In **Controls > Workout Status**, check
**Local Save** separately from **iPhone** delivery.

The summary reports the Apple Health save separately. **Saved to Apple Health**
confirms that save; **Saving to Apple Health** does not. If **Saved in Momentum**
appears with **Try Apple Health Again**, you can retry the Health save without
recreating the workout. **Not saved to Apple Health** does not mean the
Momentum set log was lost.

## When you need a different next step

If the phone-started workout reports denied Health access, change Momentum's
workout write permission in Health permissions, then tap **Check Access** on
the Watch. You can also choose **Continue Without Health**. Permission to
write a workout does not establish access to every measurement.

If **Workout Interrupted** appears, choose **Resume Workout** or **End at Last
Saved Activity**. Do not delete local data to resolve a delivery delay.
If a set fails to save, check the current set before logging again.

Momentum runs strength workouts on the Watch. A compatible endurance
workout instead offers **Open** followed by its name and **in Workout**;
that action opens Apple's Workout app, not Momentum's strength player.
Opening it does not record completed training. Pairing, Apple's Workout app,
and a compatible workout are required for that handoff.

## Keep training and delivery distinct

- [Understand companion delivery](./companion-delivery.md)
- [Run a strength workout on iPhone](../workouts/run-strength-workout.md)
- [Planned and performed values](../concepts/planned-and-performed-values.md)
- [Manage Workout Sync (WorkoutKit)](../workout-sync/manage-workout-sync.md)