There are three ways to use MySwimPro on your Apple Watch – Guided Workouts, Pool Mode, and Open Water Mode!

There are three ways to load a Guided Workout to your Apple Watch

Send To Apple Watch

Sending a workout to your watch with the Send To Apple Watch option is quick and easy. This option is great for preloading your workout to your watch or after making last minute changes to your workout.

Once the Workout is complete it will automatically log to your account and you can view your stats on the Profile tab on your mobile app. Navigating a Workout on Apple Watch

Workout Of The Day

To load a Workout to your Apple Watch using the Workout of the Day option, tap on the Workout on your watch, then swim!

Training Plan

To load a Workout to your Apple Watch using the Training Plan option, tap on the Workout on your watch, then swim!

Once the Workout is complete it will automatically log to your account and you can view your stats on the Profile tab on your mobile app. Navigating a Workout on Apple Watch

Once you've started a Workout on Apple Watch, you have a few options. Most of them are only visible by bringing up the menu. To access the menu:

Split times are automatically recorded.
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For example:
4x50 Free @ 1:30. This means you have 1:30 to swim and rest for each individual 50. On the first 50, lets say you swam it in 1:01. The timer on the watch is going to keep counting until it hits 1:30 but has recorded your swim time of 1:01. You now have 29 seconds to rest. When the timer hits 1:30, the watch will automatically advance to the next rep. For the 2nd 50, you swam it in :59. Again, the timer will keep going until it hits 1:30. This means you get 31 seconds of rest. On the 3rd 50 you swam it in 1:20. The watch has recorded the 1:20 but keeps counting for the rest until 1:30. This means you got 10 seconds of rest. On the 4th 50 you swam it in 1:15. You would now get 15 seconds of rest until the set was over.
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This would then record as:
4x50 Free @ 1:30
​1:01, :59, 1:20. 1:15
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The exception to this is DRILL Sets. DRILL Sets do not record split times at all and will not update your distance until the interval is complete. This is because smart watches cannot record Drill times accurately. Since MySwimPro knows you are doing a drill, we are able to credit you the correct distance. You'll notice these are greyed out and will not update distance at all until the interval is complete.
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If you are ready to advance a rep before the interval is complete then you can manually advance the workout using two different methods:
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1) Spin the crown gently in the up direction > Keep spinning until the loading circle finishes > You will then get a 3 second countdown.
​If the water lock symbol appears, wait for it to go away and then try again but spin slower to start. (Only available for series 4 watches and above)
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2) Turn water lock off > Swipe to open the menu > tap Next rep > You will then get a 3 second countdown.

Hit the two side buttons at the same time to pause or resume your Workout without having to unlock water lock.

Additionally, you can turn water lock off > swipe the screen > tap pause.

Workouts will automatically end & save when the last interval of a guided workout is complete. If you need to end a workout early:
Turn water lock off > swipe to open the menu > tap end > confirm
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To track an unguided pool swim with an Apple Watch:

While you’re swimming, the MySwimPro Apple Watch App will display your Workout time, distance, average 100 pace and real-time heart rate. Pause the Workout at any time by unlocking the screen/water lock (spinning the digital crown), and swiping right on the screen to bring up the menu. Navigating a Workout on Apple Watch

In watchOS 9, kickboard detection has been added as a new stroke type for Pool Swim workouts. To ensure proper kick detection the apple watch needs to see two things:
1) Accelerometer goes to 0 at the start and end of the rep.
2) Watch hand position changes.
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#1 is easy since you start the set at 0 and then go back to 0 when you stop swimming.
#2 The watch assumes you are either in streamline or using a board in front of you. In order to record the end, you need to drop your watch hand by your side for 5 seconds.

Wearables have a hard time tracking non-competitive swimming styles. To solve this, we created Drill Mode. Drill mode is automatically enabled during DRILL Sets in a Guided Workout.

You can use Drill Mode during any open (unguided) swim to add in a drill Set that the Apple Watch would normally not be able to track. To use Drill Mode, you need to Enter Drill Mode, perform the kick or drill Set, then Exit Drill Mode.

To Enter Drill Mode:

To Exit Drill Mode:

Open water tracking is most accurate when location services are enabled for MySwimPro. There are two places to check that these permission are enabled:

Once you've started a Workout on Apple Watch, you have a few options. Most of them are only visible by bringing up the menu. To access the menu:

From there you will have a few options, depending on what mode you're in:

Other available controls:

Swimming with a touchscreen on your wrist means that the water sometimes accidentally touches the screen and selects things. To solve this, Apple created Water Lock, which locks the screen and prevents accidental touches.

Water lock on Apple Watch serves two purposes:

MySwimPro automatically enables water lock at the start of a Swim Workout. Once it's off, you can enable it again by using the force touch menu to select Lock.

Apple Watches (Series 2 and later) are water resistant to 50 meters whether or not the water lock is on. It is not required that water lock is on during your swim, but we do suggest it so the water doesn’t accidentally tap a notification. If you do choose to turn it off during your Workout, we recommend you enable and disable it again after your Workout to properly expel the water from the speaker.

You can learn more about the Apple Watch's water resistance on Apple's website here.

Apple Watch Series 5 and later can display the time and other glanceable information, even when your wrist is down. Always On is turned on by default on Apple Watch Series 5 and later. In this mode, the time is always visible, along with your watch face or the most recent active app such as MySwimPro.
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Always On has settings that let you turn the feature off, which can increase battery life. You can also choose the information that you want to appear on the screen when your wrist is down.

On our Apple Watch app, when you swim a Workout loaded to your watch from your phone (we call this a "guided" Workout), the app does it's best to calculate split times for each rep.

It should be noted that splits cannot be calculated for non-competitive strokes, and drills, usually because your watch/wrist isn't moving.

Splits start counting for a rep when you push off the wall, but only once the rep has started. So, to give the watch the best chance at accurately recording your splits, push off the wall only after you feel the haptic on the watch. That is to say, don't push off early (before the rep timer starts).
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Our Community Champion would love to help! Contact us at support@myswimpro.com or use the messenger.
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