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How to pause Activity Rings on the Apple Watch
In This Article
Closing your Activity Rings is one of the easiest ways to stay on top of your fitness goals with the Apple Watch.
The feature consists of three rings: Move, Exercise and Stand. The red ring represents Move and shows how many active calories you’ve burned that day. The green ring is Exercise, telling you how many minutes of brisk activity you’ve done. Finally, the blue ring is Stand, tracking how many times a day you’ve stood and moved for at least one minute every hour. For wheelchair users, Stand is replaced with Roll. Once a ring closes, you’ll know you’ve hit your goal.
So, what if you need to take a break but don’t want to risk interrupting your streak? That’s what the pause option is for. Keep reading to learn how to pause your Activity Rings for up to 90 days without breaking your streak.
What you’ll need
The Short Version
How to pause Activity Rings on the Apple Watch
Step1
Open the Activity app on your watch
This is the icon with three coloured circles.
Step2
Tap on the rings
Tap anywhere on the rings.
Step3
Hit Pause Rings
You can also change your goals from here.
Troubleshooting
To resume your Activity Rings, simply tap the Activity Rings again and hit Resume Rings.
If you want to edit the duration of your pause at any point, simply tap on the Activity Rings, select Edit Pause and turn the Digital Crown to set your duration. Then, tap Done.
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