WorkoutKit

WorkoutKit at WWDC 2024

Relevant Sessions:

1. Build custom swimming workouts with WorkoutKit
2. What’s new in watchOS 11

Key Features and Enhancements:

1. Custom Swimming Workouts:

   • Goal Types: You can create goal-based workouts for energy, time, or distance, pacer workouts, triathlon workouts, and custom workouts with structured steps.
   • New Goal Type: For custom pool swimming workouts, a new goal type combines both distance and time. This is useful for swimmers who perform repeated sets of distance and rest.
   • User-Selectable Workout Locations: Starting in watchOS 10.1, you no longer need to specify indoor or outdoor locations when scheduling workouts.
   • Custom Step Names: In watchOS 11, you can customize step names for all workout types, providing more context for each step.

2. New Alerts and Goals:

   • Average Power Alerts: For running and cycling workouts, you can specify between current and average power alerts.
   • Pace Alerts: New for indoor running in watchOS 11.
   • Distance Goals: Expanded support for distance goals in various outdoor activities, including new types like outdoor rowing and outdoor skating.

3. API Enhancements:

   • Workout Scheduler API: Allows scheduling workouts for later.
   • Display Name Property: Customize the name of your work, recovery, warmup, and cooldown steps.

Example Use Case:

• Custom Pool Swim Workout:
  • Create a workout with a distance of 50 meters and a time duration of 1 minute.
  • Use the pool swim distance with time goal type.
  • Customize steps to indicate swim strokes.
  • Schedule the workout using the workout scheduler API.

Additional Resources:

• For more details on custom swimming workouts, check out the session Build custom swimming workouts with WorkoutKit.
• For broader updates in watchOS 11, including health and fitness enhancements, refer to What’s new in watchOS 11.

Feel free to explore these sessions for a deeper dive into the new features and enhancements in WorkoutKit!