What is smart rest?
With smart rest, your rest doesn't last a fixed number of seconds. It ends as soon as your heart rate drops below your limit again. Recover quickly and you carry on sooner. Having a hard time? Then you get a little longer.
You need an Apple Watch for this, because it measures your heart rate.
Turning on smart rest
Create or edit a workout. Under Rest, set Rest ends to On heart rate. Then you set three things:
| Limit (bpm) | Below this heart rate the rest ends. Default 130. |
| Minimum | You always rest at least this long. Default 10 seconds. |
| Maximum | The rest never lasts longer. Default 90 seconds. |
The total time of the workout is then shown as a range, for example 12–19 min.
During the workout
During the rest you see your heart rate large in the ring, with for example to 130 bpm below it. The ring fills up as you get closer to your limit. Once your heart rate drops below it, you hear 3-2-1 and carry on.
Smart rest applies to the rest between work blocks. The rest between sets stays on time.
Without a Watch or heart rate
Not wearing a Watch, or your heart rate drops out for more than 10 seconds? Then DoHiit uses the regular rest time. You set it under Rest without Watch.
Still stuck?
Email us and we'll help you out. Tell us which iPhone you have and which version of iOS.