Can you exercise with an Apple watch?
Jessica Cortez
Updated on April 26, 2026
Beside this, is it OK to sweat with Apple Watch?
Your Apple Watch is water resistant, but not waterproof. * For example, you may wear and use your Apple Watch during exercise (exposure to sweat is OK), in the rain, and while washing your hands.
Similarly, can you exercise with Apple watch without iPhone? Apple has two built-in fitness apps called Activity and Workout, and both work away from the iPhone. You can measure heart rate, too. Activity tracks steps, time spent standing, and active exercise. The only thing you can't do away from your iPhone is track your walk or run with GPS: that requires your iPhone.
Keeping this in consideration, what workout should I use on Apple Watch?
- Walking. Choose Indoor Walk for walking on a treadmill or for when you're walking indoors, like on an indoor track or in a mall.
- Running. Choose Indoor Run for running on a treadmill or any time that you're running indoors.
- Cycling.
- Elliptical.
- Rower.
- Stair stepper.
- High intensity interval training (HIIT)
- Hiking.
Do you wear your Apple watch to bed?
There is no absolute requirement to wear your Apple Watch in bed with the AutoSleep app. If you do, it uses the Watch's sensors to establish when you sleep and will then monitor movement and heart rate to provide a sleep score in the morning.