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GlossaryApple Activity

Exercise Minutes

Definition

Minutes of brisk activity, at the intensity of a brisk walk or above. Apple Watch records them in Apple Health, and other trackers record their own version of active minutes. MoveTogether's default daily goal is 30 exercise minutes.

Close-up of a wrist wearable showing three concentric activity rings mid-workout.

How MoveTogether uses it.

Exercise is the second of MoveTogether's three rings, alongside Move and Steps. It comes from your chosen tracker through Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android. It feeds Head to Head on exercise minutes directly and counts toward Ring Close Count, Percentage of Goals, and Raw Numbers.

Trackers draw the intensity line in slightly different places, so the same walk can read a few minutes apart on two brands. Your goal is yours to set, and goal-based methods score each person against their own target.

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Related terms

Move RingThe Apple Watch ring that tracks active calories burned during the day.Activity RingsApple's three daily activity targets, Move (calories burned), Exercise (minutes of brisk activity), and Stand (hours with at least one minute of standing).Active CaloriesCalories burned through movement, as distinct from your basal (resting) metabolic rate.Head to HeadA MoveTogether competition scoring method that races one number, and the highest total wins.Workout BasedA MoveTogether competition scoring method that counts training days rather than all-day activity.Raw NumbersA MoveTogether competition scoring method that adds up total activity: Active Calories, Exercise Minutes, and a step contribution in one points total.
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See exercise minutes in action.

MoveTogether is on the App Store and Google Play. Bring any device that syncs to Apple Health or Health Connect, or just your phone, and start your first competition this week.

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