For Apple Watch users, closing your activity rings each day is a great way to stay motivated, active, and healthy. Closing your rings means meeting your daily goals for Stand, Move, and Exercise, which are represented by vibrant colored rings on your Apple Watch face.

If you’re new to using an Apple Watch or finding it challenging to close your activity rings, don’t worry. In this article, we’ll walk you through some tips and tricks to ensure you hit your goals each day and stay on top of your fitness.

1. Set reasonable goals

Before you start trying to close your activity rings, it’s essential to set achievable goals based on your current fitness level. If you set unrealistic goals, you’re more likely to get discouraged and give up altogether.

To customize your daily activity goals:

– Open the Activity app on your iPhone or Apple Watch.

– Scroll down and tap on “Change Goals.”

– Adjust the Move, Exercise, and Stand goals based on your desired targets.

2. Wear your watch throughout the day

While it may seem obvious, to close your activity rings each day, you need to wear your watch throughout the day. If you frequently take your watch off, you’ll lose out on tracking progress towards your goals.

3. Start with the Stand ring

The Stand ring is the easiest one to close, and you can achieve it by standing for at least one minute per hour for 12 hours. To hit this goal, you can set reminders to stand up and stretch, take a quick walk or go make yourself a cup of coffee.

4. Prioritize exercise

As the name implies, the exercise ring measures the minutes of moderate to high-intensity activity per day. You can hit this goal through workouts such as cycling, running, dancing or anything else that gets your heart rate up. Try to do a few workouts per week to meet this goal.

5. Break up sitting time with movement

Another effective way to close your Move ring is by breaking up long periods of sitting time with movement. Take a five-minute walk around the block or do some simple exercises like squats or leg raises to get your blood flowing.

6. Use challenges

Apple Watch challenges are a great way to stay motivated and committed to closing your activity rings. You can compete against friends or family members by challenging them to close their rings, or participate in monthly challenges through the Activity app.

7. Celebrate your successes

Finally, don’t forget to celebrate your successes when you close your activity rings for the day! Your Apple Watch will congratulate you on hitting your goals, which is an achievement to be proud of. Celebrating your progress will help motivate you to keep up the good work and close those rings every day.