These hidden Apple Watch features are amazing! Use them during your workouts

To make the most of your Apple Watch's modes and settings for your health and fitness, discover these little-known features of your mobile gadget.

Many of those who have been using Apple watches for a long time in their sports training or in the gym are not fully aware of the capabilities of this gadget as a physical activity tracker. But Apple smartwatches have advanced and customizable fitness tracking features that everyone can use for their individual goals and with the greatest efficiency. What are these functions and how to use them?

First of all, you can transform your watch screen from a regular style to a sports tracker screen using the Focus feature on your iPhone. When you go for a workout or exercise, you can set a watch face that displays your physical activity parameters depending on the type of exercise. And when you finish your workout, you can easily return the watch screen to normal watch mode. Plus, you can customize which notifications you want to see and which ones you want to hide, depending on what you're doing. This feature is also useful to avoid being disturbed by calls and messages from other users. If you link a focus to a lock screen, you can turn it on by simply swiping on the corresponding lock screen.

To customize Focus feature, go to Settings on your iPhone Settings > Focus, then choose a specific Focus (for example, Personal, Do Not Disturb, Work, or Sleep). In Control Center, you can schedule a Focus to turn on automatically or turn it on or off.

Apple Watch Workout is an app that lets you customize the screens that appear during workouts, setting goals for each activity and its duration. You can also create your own workout type by clicking Add Workout. Workout offers a variety of different physical activities to choose from, such as outdoor running, cardio and elliptical training, functional strength training, core training, and even kickboxing. You can customize parameters such as active calories, or distance, At the same time, you can monitor the condition of your body to avoid excessive overload. Starting with watchOS 9, Apple  introduced heart rate tracking, and you can also phase your workouts at different intensity levels. Your watch can also pair and sync data with compatible cardio equipment such as treadmills, ellipticals, indoor bikes.

Automatic Pause is another useful feature that will help get accurate data on physical activity for those who jog, bike or roller skate along city streets and are forced to stop at traffic lights. On your Apple Watch, open the Settings app > Workout > Auto-Pause > Auto-Pause. On your iPhone, open the Watch app > My Watch > Workout > Auto-Pause > Auto-Pause.