Track number of activities
For fitness targets, we have distance, time, etc. I'd like to track number of posted activities. E.g., it doesn't matter to me if I play singles tennis for 45 or doubles for 80... The goal is to build the habit of getting out there. I'm using time as a proxy, but that can obscure my goal if I go long one day but fail to get out there the 10 times/month that I want to achieve
Jeff Burke
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Hi Jeff,
Thanks for reaching out! If your goal is to do a fitness activity a certain number of times per week - as opposed to tracking the exact time of each session - the best way to do that is with the Habit tracker type. That way, you can just tap to log yes that you played tennis and it will track the goal as 1/X times for the week.
You could still track the time with an Apple Health tracker too. For some goals it's nice to see it from two perspectives like this.
I looked into setting up Apple Health trackers to work like habits but it made setup a lot more complicated than it was worth so I decided not to go that route, but the Habit tracker is so easy to use that this setup should work well.
Best of luck with all your goals & habits!
Kyle