Apple introduced a nice iPhone lock screen widget in iOS 16 with the advent of lock screen widgets. These little icons are on the lock screen, making it easy to see key information from a variety of apps.
And with more useful widgets being added all the time, it’s a good idea to set up a lock screen specifically for your fitness activities. But first, you’ll need to set up focus mode for your workout time. Here’s how to set up the perfect fitness lock screen on iOS.
Configure Apple’s Focus Mode feature
Focus Modes is Apple’s update to the Do Not Disturb function. This feature allows you to change the look of your iPhone based on the activity you’re currently doing, blocking out distractions from apps or people that might draw focus from what you’re trying to do.
There is a lot of difference Focus modes suggested by AppleAnd you can customize your own, too. Fitness Focus mode is ideal for working out; In fact, this is one of Apple’s suggested modes.
How to set up focus mode for fitness
That’s easy Set up your focus mode for exercise. You only need to go to Control Center (Swipe down from the upper right corner). You will see a file to focus A button with a moon icon next to it by default. Tap on it, and you’ll see a bunch of profiles, including fitness.
Choose fitnessand then click settings To make changes to the schedule for this focus mode and the people and apps you’ll allow notifications from, plus an option Customize screens.
Tap on the iPhone mini screen shown there. This is where you will create the perfect fitness lock screen.
Choose your lock screen wallpaper first by setting your own background image or pattern. This can be a bunch of images, or you can fill it with emojis, patterns and colors that might motivate you and put you in the right mindset to exercise.
Now you can go ahead and start adding widgets to your lock screen. You can customize three different regions: the area above the clock, the clock itself, and the area below it.
If you don’t need the current date displayed at the top of the screen, tap it to change it to a scale that fits best. For example, you can choose to get a summary of your day’s activity. The history is still there, it’s just abbreviated at the beginning of the painting. Or you can add widget there.
Click on Add widgets button and you will get a view of suggested tools to add. This will vary based on the apps you have installed on your phone.
In the images below, the tools have been added:
- Gentler Streak app, activity tracker.
- The Waterllama app, which reminds you to drink water and stay hydrated during your workout.
- Fitness, which gives another shortcut to your activity data.
- Overcast, a podcast player to give you easy access to your entertainment.
You can add four small icons below the clock, two large icons, or a combination of sizes. When you make your selections, just click did. Now, you are ready to go.
Since there are so many possible combinations of focus modes and lock screens that you can create, you can easily customize many different screens to suit the different types of exercises you might be doing. For example, if you’re venturing outside, you might want to add a weather widget.
Use the fitness lock screen to help you focus on your workout
Now, all you have to do is schedule your regular workout or put your phone in the fitness center Mode via Control Center when it’s time to hit the gym.
Since the release of iOS 16, many app developers have already added lock screen functionality to their apps, to allow you to put together a cool fitness lock screen. And as more apps join, you’ll be able to tweak and customize them even more to suit your workout needs.