Guide: Managing Your Workouts with FITIV Pulse (iOS)

FITIV Pulse lets you manage your workout tracking around how you actually train. This guide covers the three workout categories in FITIV Pulse, how to create, edit, and delete workouts in each one, and how to organize your Favourites for quick access.

What Are the Different Workout Categories in FITIV Pulse?

FITIV Pulse works with three kinds of workouts:

• Standard (Default): The workout types built into FITIV Pulse by default, covering the activities most users already track.
• Custom: Workouts you build yourself. Go as simple as a cold plunge or sauna session, or as detailed as interval and Tabata training with time, zone, and distance targets plus rest timers.
• Weight Lifting Templates: Strength training workouts with reps, sets, timers, and supersets mapped out in detail.

Standard Workouts

How Do I Log a Standard Workout?

Standard workouts are ready to use right away; just select one from the default list and tap Start to begin tracking. 

If you forgot to track a workout live, you can still log it by adding it manually or importing it from Apple Health, both from the History tab.

To add a workout manually:

1. Open the FITIV Pulse app and tap the History tab.
2. Tap the + icon in the top right corner.
3. Select Manually Add.
4. Enter the workout type, duration, distance, calories burned, and any other details you have.
5. Tap Save to add it to your history.

If a workout tracked in another app doesn't sync into FITIV Pulse automatically, you can pull it in manually from Apple Health.

To import a workout from Apple Health:

1. Open the FITIV Pulse app and tap the History tab.
2. Tap the + icon in the top right corner.
3. Select Add From Apple Health.
4. Browse the workouts synced to Apple Health from other devices or apps.
5. Tap the workout you want to import.

How Do I Edit a Standard Workout?

You cannot. However, you can edit the post-workout data of a logged Standard workout, such as its title, duration, distance, or calories, but you can't change the workout type itself once it's logged. If you want a modified version of a Standard workout with its own settings, such as a Zone 2 Running session, create a Custom workout instead.

To edit a logged workout:

1. Open the FITIV Pulse app and tap the History tab.
2. Tap the workout you want to edit.
3. Tap Edit in the top right corner.

How Do I Delete a Standard Workout?

Standard workouts are part of FITIV Pulse's default list and can't be deleted. If there's one you don't use, just leave it out of your Favorites so it stays out of your quick-access list.

Custom Workouts

How Do I Create a Custom Workout?

FITIV Pulse covers most workout types by default, but the Workout Builder lets you create your own when it doesn't.

To create a custom workout:

1. Go to the Workout tab in FITIV Pulse.
2. Tap Custom Workouts under the Pinned Workouts section.
3. Tap the + icon in the top right corner.
4. In the Workout Builder, add a Name and select the closest Activity Type.
5. Toggle Voice Coaching on or off.
6. Optionally, tap Add Intervals to plan segmented intervals with targets based on time, calories, distance, heart rate, and more.
7. Optionally, tap Advanced Options to set the workout's Icon, GPS Route, Speed unit (MIN/KM or KPH), Estimate Distance (Apple Watch only), and Auto Water Lock (Apple Watch Series 2 or above).
8. Tap Save to add it to your workout list.

How Do I Edit a Custom Workout?

Editing a custom workout opens the same Workout Builder screen you used to create it, with your Name, Activity Type, Voice Coaching, intervals, and Advanced Options already filled in for you to change.

To edit a custom workout:

1. Go to the Workout tab in FITIV Pulse.
2. Tap Custom Workouts.
3. Tap the custom workout you want to edit.
4. Tap Edit in the top right corner.

How Do I Delete a Custom Workout?

To delete a custom workout:

1. Go to the Workout tab in FITIV Pulse.
2. Tap Custom Workouts.
3. Swipe the custom workout you want to remove from right to left.
4. Tap the trash can icon to delete it.

Weight Lifting Templates

How Do I Create a Weight Lifting Template?

To build a template from scratch:

1. Go to Workout > Templates.
2. Tap + Add.
3. Choose how you want to build it: take a photo of a workout routine, describe a routine in natural language, or add exercises manually.

You can also turn a workout into a template after the fact. If you log exercises manually during a live weightlifting or strength training Standard workout, you'll be prompted to save it as a template once you finish.

How Do I Edit a Weight Lifting Template?

To edit a template:

1. Go to the Workout tab in FITIV Pulse.
2. Tap Weight Lifting Templates.
3. Tap the template you want to edit.
4. Edit the exercises, sets, reps, and rest timers as needed.

How Do I Delete a Weight Lifting Template?

To delete a template:

1. Go to the Workout tab in FITIV Pulse.
2. Tap Weight Lifting Templates.
3. Tap the template you want to delete.
4. Tap the trash can icon in the top right corner.

How Do I Organize My Workouts?

Favourites work the same way across all three categories, standard, custom, and weight lifting templates, giving you quick access to the workouts you use most.

To add or remove a Favourite workout:

1. Open the FITIV Pulse app.
2. Tap the Workout tab.
3. Tap the pin icon.
4. In the Favourites view, add or remove workouts to build your quick-access list.

Tips for Managing Your Workouts

A Favourites list that matches your routine saves time and keeps quick access focused on what you actually do. Update your 6 Favourites whenever your training focus shifts, swapping out workouts you're not using anymore. If a workout is missing from Apple Health when you go to import it, confirm it synced to Apple Health first, since FITIV Pulse can only import what Apple Health already has.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Can I add a workout after it already happened? 

Yes. Use Manually Add from the History tab to log a Standard workout with its type, duration, distance, and calories after the fact.

Q: Why don't I see a workout in the Add From Apple Health list?

FITIV Pulse can only import workouts that have already synced to Apple Health. Check that the originating app or device has finished syncing, then check the History tab again.

Q: How many workouts can I keep in my Favourites? 

Up to 6, and you can mix standard workout types, custom workouts, and templates in any combination.

 - The FITIV Support Team