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Strength workouts in Titan

How Titan reads strength sessions from Apple Health, how it scores their effort, and where strength shows up in suggestions.

Published May 20, 2025Updated Sep 28, 2026

Titan reads strength sessions from Apple Health, the same way it reads runs and rides. Record a lifting session with a workout app, such as the Workout app on Apple Watch, and Titan scores its effort from the heart rate recorded during it.

01Record a strength session

Start a strength workout on your watch before your first set and end it after your last. Titan does not log sets, reps, or weight. It reads the workout that Apple Health stores, with its duration, energy, and heart rate. See recording workouts on the watch for sync and troubleshooting.

Titan files traditional strength, functional strength, and cross training workouts under Strength. They appear on the Workouts screen with a dumbbell icon, and they count toward your weekly sessions like any other workout.

02How Titan scores a strength session

A strength workout with heart rate earns load from its time in each heart rate zone, weighted 1 for Zone 1 up to 5 for Zone 5. Lifting often keeps heart rate in the lower zones between sets, so a hard session can score less Exertion than its muscular effort suggests. Heart rate cannot measure muscular fatigue.

A strength workout without heart rate still counts. Titan multiplies its minutes by 0.9, so a 60 minute session gives a load of 54, which is about 4.2 Exertion points. Workout detail shows the session's Exertion and Load in its Effort card.

03Strength in suggestions

On the Exertion screen, the Strength suggestion targets Zones 2 to 3. Its guidance reads "Use familiar movements and controlled repetitions. Leave recovery between sets. Heart-rate exertion alone does not capture muscular fatigue." Below your target, the suggestion also shows the minutes that would close the gap.

On the Workouts screen, Workout Suggestions includes Compound Strength, a 45 to 60 minute session with a lower-body and posterior chain emphasis. Your training goal sets where it ranks. It sits third for Building and seventh for Injured or Resting. Tap Edit Types to remove it if you never lift.

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